NICE. Nice overcome Troyes. Nice was much better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice. The referee was Johan Hamel assisted by Mathieu Grosbost and Cédric Favre. The 4th official was Mickaël Leleu. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 8.9 degrees Celsius or 48.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.​

Match Statistics​

Nice

3 - 2

Troyes

  • ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
  • 15 Total 17
  • 6 On Target 6
  • 9 Off Target 11
  • 2 Shots blocked 1
  • 102 Attack 82
  • 45 Dangerous attack 48
  • 103 Ball safe 86
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 8 Total 9
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Nice had a superior ball possession 61% while Troyes was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Troyes was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, Nice managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Nice shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Troyes shot 17 times, 6 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Nice received 1 yellow card (J. Bryan). On the other side, Troyes received 1 yellow card (M. Balde).

Match Timeline

2'
35'
Jordan Lotomba- sub ->Y. Atal
42'
50'
58'
60'
60'
Abdu Conté- sub ->W. Odobert
Pablo Rosario- sub ->M. Lemina
63'
64'
Gaëtan Laborde- sub ->A. Delort
73'
Melvin Bard- sub ->J. Bryan
73'
77'
Xavier Chavalerin - sub ->R. Kouame
77'
83'
Xavier Chavalerin (goal)
84'
90'
Abdu Conté(goal)
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Paris Saint Germain
85
38
Lens
84
38
Olympique Marseille
73
38
Rennes
68
38
LOSC Lille
67
38
Monaco
65
38
Olympique Lyonnais
62
38
Clermont
59
38
Nice
58
38
Lorient
55
38
Reims
51
38
Montpellier
50
38
Toulouse
48
38
Brest
44
38
Strasbourg
40
38
Nantes
36
38
Auxerre
35
38
Ajaccio
26
38
Troyes
24
38
Angers SCO
18
38

After this encounter, Nice will have 11 points like Troyes to sit in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Troyes will stay with 11 points like Nice to remain in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nice will play away with Auxerre on the 16th of October with a 7-6 head to head in favor of Auxerre (3 draws).

Troyes will play away agasint Paris Saint Germain on the 29th of October with a 10-0 head to head record in favor of Paris Saint Germain (3 draws).

Nice – Formation

Nice
G
Kasper Schmeichel 1.Denmark
7.3
D
Dante 4.Brazil
7.1
D
Jean-Clair Todibo 25.France
6.9
D
Mattia Viti 42.Italy
7.8
2'
M
Joe Bryan 15.England
6.9
73' 58'
M
Youcef Atal 20.Algeria
7.4
42'
M
Mario Lemina 99.Gabon
7.4
63'
M
Khéphren Thuram 19.France
7.3
F
Sofiane Diop 10.Morocco
7.9
F
Andy Delort 7.Algeria
7.4
73' 35'
F
Nicolas Pépé 29.Ivory Coast
6.9
64' 50'
Substitutes
G
M. Bułka 90.Poland
D
Jordan Lotomba 23.Switzerland
6.7
42'
D
Melvin Bard 26.France
6.2
73'
M
Hicham Boudaoui 28.Algeria
M
Pablo Rosario 8.Netherlands
6.4
63'
M
Alexis Beka Beka 21.France
M
Ross Barkley 11.England
6.4
64'
F
Billal Brahimi 14.Algeria
F
Gaëtan Laborde 24.France
6.7
73'

Nice started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Lucien Favre decided to play with the following team: Kasper Schmeichel (7.3), Jean-Clair Todibo (6.9), Dante (7.1), Mattia Viti (7.8), Youcef Atal (7.4), Mario Lemina (7.4), Khépren Thuram (7.3), Joe Bryan (6.9), Nicolas Pépé (6.9), Andy Delort (7.4) and Sofiane Diop (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Hicham Boudaoui, Bilal Brahimi, Gaëtan Laborde (6.7), Jordan Lotomba (6.7), Pablo Rosario (6.4), Alexis Beka Beka, Ross Barkley (6.4), Marcin Bułka and Melvin Bard (6.2).

Substitutions

Nice made 5 changes: Y. Atal for J. Lotomba (42′), M. Lemina for P. Rosario (63′), N. Pepe for R. Barkley (64′), A. Delort for G. Laborde (73′) and J. Bryan for M. Bard (73′).

Best player: Sofiane Diop​

The most impressive player for Nice was Sofiane Diop even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 49 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.

Troyes – Formation

Troyes
G
Gauthier Gallon 30.France
6.4
D
Adil Rami 23.France
6.7
D
Erik Palmer-Brown 4.United States
5.8
60'
D
Yoann Salmier 17.French Guiana
6.6
D
Andreas Bruus 19.Denmark
6.4
D
Papa Ndiaga Yade 26.Senegal
6.4
M
R. Ripart 20.France
6.9
77'
M
Florian Tardieu 10.France
7.1
84'
M
Rominigue Kouamé 6.Mali
6.4
77'
M
Wilson Odobert 29.France
6.4
60'
F
Mama Baldé 7.Guinea-Bissau
6.5
90'
Substitutes
G
Mateusz Lis 1.Poland
D
Abdu Conté 12.Portugal
7.1
60' 90'
D
Jackson Porozo 2.Ecuador
D
Yasser Larouci 39.Algeria
D
Thierno Baldé 18.France
M
Tristan Dingome 5.France
6.5
84'
M
Rony Lopes 11.Portugal
7.3
60'
M
Xavier Chavalerin 24.France
7.8
77' 83'
F
Iké Ugbo 9.Canada
6.4
77'

Troyes started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Bruno Irles played with: Gauthier Gallon (6.4), Andreas Bruus (6.4), Erik Palmer-Brown (5.8), Adil Rami (6.7), Yoann Salmier (6.6), Papa Ndiaga Yade (6.4), Wilson Odobert (6.4), Rominigue Kouamé (6.4), Florian Tardieu (7.3), Renaud Ripart (6.9) and Mama Baldé (6.5).

They had on the bench: Tristan Dingomé, Abdu Conté (7.1), Jackson Porozo, Rony Lopes (7.3), Xavier Chavalerin (7.8), Ike Ugbo (6.4), Yasser Larouci, Mateusz Lis and Thierno Baldé.

Substitutions

Troyes made 5 changes: E. Palmer-Brown for Rony Lopes (60′), W. Odobert for A. Conte (60′), R. Kouame for X. Chavalerin (77′), R. Ripart for I. Ugbo (77′) and F. Tardieu for T. Dingome (84′).

Best player: Xavier Chavalerin​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Troyes was Xavier Chavalerin.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 6 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 2.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 77′.

Results of the day

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