AJACCIO. Nice defeats Ajaccio 1-0 after A. Delort scored just 1 goal (65′). Nice capitalized on its superior ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stade François Coty stadium in Ajaccio on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Eric Wattellier with the collaboration of Thomas Luczynski and Aurélien Drouet. The 4th official was Azzedine Souifi. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 25 degrees Celsius or 76.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Nice had a strong ball possession 56% while Ajaccio was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ajaccio was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Nice succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Ajaccio shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Nice shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Ajaccio received 1 yellow card (V. Marchetti). Regarding the opposition, Nice received 5 yellow cards (J. Todibo, Dante, J. Lotomba, M. Bard and R. Barkley).

Standings

After playing this match, Ajaccio will stay with 1 points to hold in the 20th place. On the opposite side, Nice will have 8 points like Toulouse to hold in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Ajaccio will host Clermont on the 2nd of October with a 8-7 head to head record in favor of Clermont (7 draws).

Nice will host Angers SCO on the 18th of September with a 7-3 head to head statistic in favor of Nice (5 draws).

Ajaccio – Formation

Ajaccio adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Olivier Pantaloni decided to play with the following team: Benjamin Leroy (6.2), Mohamed Youssouf (7.1), Cedric Avinel (6.4), Clement Vidal (6.2), Ismaël Diallo (6.8), Cyrille Bayala (6.9), Vincent Marchetti (6.3), Mathieu Coutadeur (7.0), Kevin Spadanuda (6.8), Yoann Touzghar (6.7) and Romain Hamouma (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Mounaim El Idrissy (7.1), Youssouf Koné, Mickaël Barreto (6.8), Riad Nouri, Mickaël Alphonse (6.2), Thomas Mangani, Francois-Joseph Sollacaro, Qazim Laci (6.7) and Bevic Moussiti Oko (6.4).

Ajaccio could not rely on the presence of M. El Idrissy (injured).

Substitutions

Ajaccio made 5 changes: K. Spadanuda for M. El Idrissy (30′), R. Hamouma for M. Barreto (74′), Y. Touzghar for B. Moussiti-Oko (74′), M. Coutadeur for Q. Laci (81′) and I. Diallo for M. Alphonse (81′).

Best player: Mohamed Youssouf​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ajaccio was Mohamed Youssouf.

His rating is (7.1) with 37 passes (72% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.

Nice – Formation

Also Nice adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Lucien Favre played with: Kasper Schmeichel (7.7), Jordan Lotomba (6.8), Jean-Clair Todibo (7.1), Dante (7.8), Melvin Bard (7.1), Nicolas Pépé (7.4), Alexis Beka Beka (6.4), Khépren Thuram (6.9), Sofiane Diop (6.7), Gaëtan Laborde (7.7) and Andy Delort (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Bilal Brahimi, Antoine Mendy, Ross Barkley (7.2), Marcin Bułka, Rares Ilie, Hicham Boudaoui (7.0), Mads Bech Sørensen, Joe Bryan and Mattia Viti.

Substitutions

Nice made 3 changes: A. Delort for R. Barkley (71′), A. Beka Beka for H. Boudaoui (71′) and S. Diop for R. Ilie (90′).

Best player: Dante​

The most impressive player for Nice was Dante even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 67 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• Angers SCO – Montpellier – 2-1
• Monaco – Olympique Lyonnais – 2-1
• Toulouse – Reims – 1-0
• Rennes – Auxerre – 5-0
• Strasbourg – Clermont – 0-0
• Lorient – Nantes – 3-2
• Ajaccio – Nice – 0-1