NICE. Monaco beats Nice 1-0 after B. Embolo scored just 1 goal (69′).

The match was played at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice. The referee was Benoît Millot with the assistance of Nicolas Danos and Julien Aube. The 4th official was Romain Lissorgue. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.8 degrees Celsius or 60.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Nice was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Monaco that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Monaco was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Monaco won the contest.​

Nice shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Monaco shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Nice received 2 yellow cards (P. Rosario and J. Lotomba). Talking about the opposition, Monaco received 1 yellow card (M. Camara).

Standings

After this match, Nice will stay with 5 points like Toulouse and Brest to sit in the 16th place. On the other side, Monaco will have 8 points like Rennes to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nice will host Angers SCO on the 18th of September with a 7-3 head to head stats in favor of Nice (5 draws).

Monaco will host Olympique Lyonnais on the 11th of September with a 16-10 head to head in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (7 draws).

Nice – Formation

Nice adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Lucien Favre decided to play with the following team: Kasper Schmeichel (6.7), Jean-Clair Todibo (7.0), Dante (7.6), Mattia Viti (6.9), Youcef Atal (6.5), Aaron Ramsey (7.3), Khépren Thuram (7.0), Melvin Bard (7.0), Nicolas Pépé (6.8), Gaëtan Laborde (6.7) and Andy Delort (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Marcin Bułka, Pablo Rosario (7.0), Sofiane Diop (6.8), Rares Ilie, Joe Bryan (6.8), Mads Bech Sørensen, Hicham Boudaoui, Jordan Lotomba (7.0) and Alexis Beka Beka (6.3).

Nice could not rely on the presence of J. Lotomba (injured).

Substitutions

Nice made 5 changes: Y. Atal for J. Lotomba (34′), K. Thuram for P. Rosario (46′), A. Ramsey for A. Beka Beka (55′), N. Pepe for S. Diop (76′) and M. Bard for J. Bryan (76′).

Best player: Dante​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Nice was Dante.

His rating is (7.6) with 72 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

Monaco – Formation

Also Monaco adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Philippe Clement played with: Alexander Nübel (7.7), Axel Disasi (7.2), Malang Sarr (7.3), Benoît Badiashile (7.1), Ruben Aguilar (6.8), Mohamed Camara (7.4), Youssouf Fofana (6.2), Caio Henrique (7.2), Krépin Diatta (6.8), Aleksandr Golovin (7.4) and Breel Embolo (7.7).

These were the players on the bench: Jean Lucas, Ismail Jakobs, Vanderson (7.0), Gelson Martins, Soungoutou Magassa, Thomas Didillon, Maghnes Akliouche, Takumi Minamino and Wissam Ben Yedder.

Substitutions

Monaco made 2 changes: R. Aguilar for Vanderson (65′) and A. Golovin for I. Jakobs (89′).

Best player: Breel Embolo​

The player that probably impressed the most for Monaco was Breel Embolo.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 18 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 13.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Troyes – Rennes – 1-1
• Reims – Lens – 1-1
• Brest – Strasbourg – 1-1
• Nice – Monaco – 0-1
• Montpellier – Lille – 1-3
• Clermont – Toulouse – 2-0
• Ajaccio – Lorient – 0-1