French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, January 28, 2012
Montpellier DLWWW 1
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Nice DWDLD 0
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MON011
NICE000
Stade Municipal du Ray · 7,099 att.

Team Stats

14
Fouls
18
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
10
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
9
60
Possession
40
21
SHOTS
7
10
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
356
Accurate Passes
203
434
Passes
270
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
2
27
Crosses
24
0.1
Cross %
0.1
49
Long Balls
40
36
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
8
17
Tackles
12
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
17
31
Clearances
29

Head to Head

MON leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

NICE · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1David OspinaG
  2. 5Kévin GomisCD-L
  3. 2Renato CivelliCD-R
  4. 18Fabián MonzónLB
  5. 35Diacko FofanaRB
  6. 27Julien SabléCM-L
  7. 17Kevin AninCM-R
  8. 6Didier DigardRCM
  9. 26Anthony MounierLM
  10. 19Franck Dja DjedjeRM
  11. 20Abraham Guie GnekiF

Substitutes

  1. 24Esmaël GonçalvesSUB
  2. 16Raúl FernándezSUB
  3. 22Kévin MalagaSUB
  4. 34Alexy BosettiSUB
  5. 33Cyril HennionSUB
  6. 10Camel MeriemSUB

MON · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Geoffrey JourdrenG
  2. 4HiltonCD-L
  3. 22Benjamin StambouliCD-R
  4. 5Henri BedimoLB
  5. 2Garry BocalyRB
  6. 13Marco EstradaLM
  7. 6Joris MarveauxRM
  8. 17Olivier GiroudF
  9. 18Karim Aït-FanaRCF
  10. 20Rémy CabellaAM-L
  11. 12Geoffrey DernisAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Cyril JeunechampSUB
  2. 11Gregory LacombeSUB
  3. 14Romain PitauSUB
  4. 1Laurent PionnierSUB
  5. 24Bengali-Fodé KoitaSUB
  6. 33Bryan DaboSUB
  7. 25Mathieu DeplangeSUB

Timeline

  1. 20' Substitution, Nice. Camel Meriem replaces Didier Digard because of an injury.
  2. 31' Penalty saved! Olivier Giroud (Montpellier) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  3. 48' Cyril Hennion (Nice) Substitution at 48'
  4. 61' Substitution, Nice. Kévin Malaga replaces Diacko Fofana because of an injury.
  5. 69' Substitution, Montpellier. Bengali Fodé Koita replaces Geoffrey Dernis.
  6. 77' Karim Aït-Fana (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 90' Goal! Nice 0, Montpellier 1. Olivier Giroud (Montpellier) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Garry Bocaly.

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