REIMS. Reims defeats Nantes 1-0 after F. Balogun scored a penalty (81′). Reims took advantage of its better ball possession (57%).
N. Pallois received a red card (54′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Nantes lost the match.
The match was played at the Stade Auguste-Delaune II stadium in Reims on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Ruddy Buquet assisted by Guillaume Debart and Laurent Coniglio. The 4th official was Remi Landry. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.9 degrees Celsius or 47.97 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Reims had a strong ball possession 57% while Nantes was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Reims was more aggressive with 94 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Reims won the match.
Reims shot 23 times, 10 on target, 13 off target. On the opposite side, Nantes shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Reims received 2 yellow cards (J. Cajuste and N. Holm). On the other side, Nantes received 4 yellow cards (N. Pallois, L. Blas, A. Kombouare and S. Moutoussamy).
Also, Nantes didn’t end the match with 11 players after N. Pallois (Nantes) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (54′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Reims will have 16 points like Toulouse to sit in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Nantes will stay with 12 points to sit in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Reims will play away against Montpellier on the 13th of November with a 9-9 head to head stats.
Nantes will host Ajaccio on the 13th of November with a 6-3 head to head in favor of Nantes (1 draw).
Reims – Formation
Reims
72'
8'
81'
Reims started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager William Still decided to play with the following team: Yehvann Diouf , Alexis Flips , Emmanuel Agbadou , Yunis Abdelhamid , Thibault De Smet , Azor Matusiwa , Jens Cajuste , Junya Ito , Kamory Doumbia , Arbër Zeneli and Folarin Balogun .
The home team had on the bench: Patrick Pentz, Nathanael Mbuku, Ibrahim Diakité, Dion Lopy, Marshall Munetsi , Noah Jean Holm, Rafik Guitane, Mitchell Van Bergen and Cheick Keita.
Substitutions
Reims made 4 changes: J. Cajuste for M. Munetsi (63′), A. Zeneli for M. van Bergen (72′), K. Doumbia for N. Holm (89′) and F. Balogun for D. Lopy (88′).
Best player: Alexis Flips
The most impressive player for Reims was Alexis Flips even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 40 passes (77% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 11 crosses.
Nantes – Formation
Nantes
54'
Nantes started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Antoine Kombouare played with: Alban Lafont , Fabien Centonze , Jean-Charles Castelletto , Nicolas Pallois , Quentin Merlin , Andrei Girotto , Ludovic Blas , Moussa Sissoko , Pedro Chirivella , Moses Simon and Mostafa Mohamed .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Ignatius Ganago , Marcus Coco, Samuel Moutoussamy , Rémy Descamps, Sébastien Corchia, Dennis Appiah and Evann Guessand.
Substitutions
Nantes made 5 changes: Mostafa Mohamed for I. Ganago (57′), F. Centonze for S. Moutoussamy (72′), L. Blas for D. Appiah (72′), Q. Merlin for S. Corchia (84′) and M. Simon for E. Guessand (84′).
Best player: Alban Lafont
The player that probably impressed the most for Nantes was the goalkeeper: Alban Lafont. His rating is 8.32. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Olympique Marseille – Olympique Lyonnais – 1-0
- Lorient – Paris Saint Germain – 1-2
- Toulouse – Monaco – 0-2
- Reims – Nantes – 1-0
- Nice – Brest – 1-0
- Lille – Rennes – 1-1
- Clermont – Montpellier – 1-1
