Ligue 1: Nice conquers Nantes 2-1

NICE. Nice beat Nantes to win 2-1.

NICE. Nice conquered Nantes to win 2-1. It was Nice to strike first with a penalty of K. Dolberg at the 21′. Then it was a goal in the 45′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, K. Thuram gave the win to Nice in the 56′ minute with a goal.

The match was held at the Allianz Riviera Stadium in Nice on Friday and this began at 8:00 pm UTC. The referee was Ruddy Buquet with the help of Guillaume Debart and Bastien Courbet. The 4th official was Olivier Thual. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold around 1.7 degrees Celsius or 34.99 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 42%.​

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  Nice

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  Nantes

  1

  14 Jan 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Nice was in firm control of the ball 55% while Nantes was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Nice was more aggressive with 52 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Nice won the encounter.

Nice shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Nantes shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Nice received 2 yellow cards (Dante and J. Amavi). On the other side, Nantes received 1 yellow card (A. Sylla).

After this match, Nice will have 36 points like Olympique Marseille to stay in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Nantes will stay with 29 points like Strasbourg to stay in the 9th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming Ligue 1 match, Nice will play away against Metz on the 23rd of January with a 7-4 head to head record in favor of Nice (3 draws).

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  Metz

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  Nice

  2

  

  23 Jan 2022 Full time

Nantes will host Lorient on the 23rd of January with a 7-4 head to head in favor of Nantes (4 draws).

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  Nantes

  4

  

  Lorient

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  23 Jan 2022 Full time

Nice: Formation and Lineups

Nice started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Christophe Galtier chose to play with the following team: Walter Benítez (6.2), Jordan Lotomba (6.4), Jean-Clair Todibo (7.2), Dante (6.2), Jordan Amavi (6.5), Hicham Boudaoui (6.3), Khépren Thuram (7.3), Pablo Rosario (6.2), Justin Kluivert (7.1), Kasper Dolberg (7.3) and Amine Gouiri (7.4).

Substitutes

Nice made 4 changes: K. Dolberg for A. Delort (62′), J. Amavi for F. Daniliuc (75′), A. Gouiri for C. Stengs (75′) and J. Kluivert for E. Guessand (88′).

Top player: Amine Gouiri

The player who no doubt impressed Nice the most was Amine Gouiri even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 39 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9.

Nantes: Formation and Lineups

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

On the other side, Antoine Kombouare played with: Alban Lafont (6.4), Sébastien Corchia (6.6), Abdoulaye Sylla (6.2), Andrei Girotto (7.8), Fábio (7.5), Quentin Merlin (7.1), Ludovic Blas (6.2), Samuel Moutoussamy (6.2), Pedro Chirivella (6.5), Osman Bukari (6.2) and Randal Kolo Muani (7.1).

Substitutes

Nantes made 4 changes: A. Sylla for W. Geubbels (68′), S. Moutoussamy for R. Perreira de Sa (68′), O. Bukari for J. Augustin (80′) and S. Corchia for Y. M’Bemba (87′).

Top player: Andrei Girotto

The player who no doubt impressed Nantes the most was Andrei Girotto.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 66 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11.