NICE. Nice found a way to capture a draw against Nantes with a late goal from N. Pepe scored in the (90′) after Nantes got a lead with a goal from I. Ganago (49′). Nice was much superior in terms of ball possession (66%)
The match was played at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice. The referee was François Letexier with the assistance of Cyril Mugnier and Mehdi Rahmouni. The 4th official was Robin Chapapria. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.4 degrees Celsius or 54.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Nice was in firm control of the ball 66% while Nantes was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Nice had a more offensive attitude with 61 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Nice to win the match.
Nice shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Nantes shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Nice received 3 yellow cards (J. Todibo, J. Bryan and M. Bard). On the other side, Nantes received 3 yellow cards (A. Kombouare, M. Sissoko and A. Lafont).
Also, Nantes didn’t end the match with 11 players after K. Bamba (Nantes) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Nice will have 13 points like Troyes to sit in the 12th place. On the other side, Nantes will have 11 points to remain in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nice will play away with Lorient on the 30th of October with a 12-7 head to head stats in favor of Nice (8 draws).
Nantes will host Clermont on the 30th of October with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of Nantes (2 draws).
Nice – Formation
Nice started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Lucien Favre decided to play with the following team: Kasper Schmeichel , Jean-Clair Todibo , Dante , Mattia Viti , Jordan Lotomba , Khépren Thuram , Mario Lemina , Joe Bryan , Nicolas Pépé , Gaëtan Laborde and Ross Barkley .
The home team had on the bench: Hicham Boudaoui , Bilal Brahimi , Alexis Beka Beka, Marcin Bułka, Melvin Bard , Rares Ilie, Youcef Atal , Aaron Ramsey and Pablo Rosario.
Substitutions
Nice made 5 changes: J. Lotomba for Y. Atal (45′), M. Viti for H. Boudaoui (62′), K. Thuram for A. Ramsey (62′), R. Barkley for B. Brahimi (62′) and J. Bryan for M. Bard (70′).
Best player: Gaëtan Laborde
The player that probably impressed the most for Nice was Gaëtan Laborde.
His rating is with 24 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Nantes – Formation
Nantes started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Antoine Kombouare played with: Alban Lafont , Dennis Appiah , Andrei Girotto , Nicolas Pallois , Quentin Merlin , Samuel Moutoussamy , Pedro Chirivella , Ludovic Blas , Moussa Sissoko , Moses Simon and Ignatius Ganago .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Abdoul Kader Bamba, Jean-Charles Castelletto , Gor Manvelyan, Rémy Descamps, Fabien Centonze , Marcus Coco, Denis Petrić, Mostafa Mohamed and Sébastien Corchia.
Substitutions
Nantes made 5 changes: D. Appiah for F. Centonze (46′), M. Simon for Mostafa Mohamed (73′), I. Ganago for J. Castelletto (73′), M. Sissoko for S. Corchia (88′) and L. Blas for M. Coco (89′).
Best player: Andrei Girotto
The player that probably impressed the most for Nantes was Andrei Girotto.
His rating is with 46 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Angers SCO – Rennes – 1-2
- Toulouse – Strasbourg – 2-2
- Troyes – Lorient – 2-2
- Reims – Auxerre – 2-1
- Nice – Nantes – 1-1
- Lille – Monaco – 4-3
- Clermont – Brest – 1-3