French Ligue 1

Nice vs Saint-Étienne, 2015/2016 French Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1
Nice
  • 86': Valère Germain
  • 89': Valère Germain
FT
2 - 0
Saint-Étienne
  • Red Card 55': Kévin Malcuit
  • Red Card 72': Franck Tabanou

Nice steal march on indisciplined St Etienne in race for Europe

Nice steal march on indisciplined St Etienne in race for Europe

Match Timeline

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 3': Foul by Jérémy Clément (St Etienne).
  • 3': Hatem Ben Arfa (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 3': Foul by Nolan Roux (St Etienne).
  • 3': Nampalys Mendy (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 5': Foul by Valentin Eysseric (St Etienne).
  • 5': Jean Michael Seri (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Paul Baysse.
  • 8': Offside, St Etienne. Benoit Assou-Ekotto tries a through ball, but Nolan Roux is caught offside.
  • 10': Foul by Hatem Ben Arfa (Nice).
  • 10': Vincent Pajot (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 10': Foul by Maxime Le Marchand (Nice).
  • 10': Valentin Eysseric (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 10': Delay in match Maxime Le Marchand (Nice) because of an injury.
  • 11': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 11': Substitution, Nice. Romain Genevois replaces Maxime Le Marchand because of an injury.
  • 15': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Fabien Lemoine.
  • 16': Foul by Benoit Assou-Ekotto (St Etienne).
  • 16': Hatem Ben Arfa (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 17': Offside, Nice. Hatem Ben Arfa tries a through ball, but Paul Baysse is caught offside.
  • 22': Foul by Valentin Eysseric (St Etienne).
  • 22': Romain Genevois (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Valentin Eysseric (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 23': Delay in match Romain Genevois (Nice) because of an injury.
  • 24': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 27': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Jérémy Pied.
  • 31': Corner, St Etienne. Conceded by Jérémy Pied.
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Nolan Roux (St Etienne) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Franck Tabanou with a cross.
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Kévin Théophile-Catherine (St Etienne) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 33': Attempt missed. Hatem Ben Arfa (Nice) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jérémy Pied.
  • 34': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Kevin Malcuit.
  • 35': Foul by Romain Genevois (Nice).
  • 35': Stéphane Ruffier (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Foul by Vincent Koziello (Nice).
  • 36': Vincent Pajot (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Foul by Fabien Lemoine (St Etienne).
  • 37': Nampalys Mendy (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Foul by Alassane Pléa (Nice).
  • 39': Franck Tabanou (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Foul by Alassane Pléa (Nice).
  • 39': Franck Tabanou (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 40': Attempt missed. Alassane Pléa (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Valère Germain with a through ball.
  • 41': Alassane Pléa (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 41': Foul by Benoit Assou-Ekotto (St Etienne).
  • 42': Foul by Alassane Pléa (Nice).
  • 42': Kevin Malcuit (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Jean Michael Seri (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Vincent Koziello.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Nice 0, St Etienne 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Nice 2, St Etienne 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Nice 0, St Etienne 0.
  • 47': Foul by Nolan Roux (St Etienne).
  • 47': Romain Genevois (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Foul by Kevin Malcuit (St Etienne).
  • 54': Ricardo Pereira (Nice) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 54': Kevin Malcuit (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 55': Alassane Pléa (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 55': Foul by Kevin Malcuit (St Etienne).
  • 55': Second yellow card to Kevin Malcuit (St Etienne) for a bad foul.
  • 57': Attempt missed. Hatem Ben Arfa (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
  • 58': Delay in match Vincent Pajot (St Etienne) because of an injury.
  • 59': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 59': Substitution, St Etienne. Renaud Cohade replaces Vincent Pajot because of an injury.
  • 60': Offside, Nice. Valère Germain tries a through ball, but Alassane Pléa is caught offside.
  • 61': Foul by Paul Baysse (Nice).
  • 61': Valentin Eysseric (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 63': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Kévin Théophile-Catherine.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Jérémy Pied (Nice) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left following a corner.
  • 64': Attempt missed. Jean Michael Seri (Nice) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Valère Germain with a headed pass.
  • 68': Foul by Fabien Lemoine (St Etienne).
  • 68': Vincent Koziello (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 69': Attempt saved. Jean Michael Seri (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 70': Substitution, St Etienne. Romain Hamouma replaces Valentin Eysseric.
  • 71': Foul by Fabien Lemoine (St Etienne).
  • 71': Nampalys Mendy (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 72': Attempt saved. Valère Germain (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alassane Pléa.
  • 72': Foul by Franck Tabanou (St Etienne).
  • 72': Jérémy Pied (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 72': Franck Tabanou (St Etienne) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  • 74': Renaud Cohade (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card.
  • 74': Romain Genevois (Nice) is shown the yellow card.
  • 74': Fabien Lemoine (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card.
  • 75': Yoann Cardinale (Nice) is shown the yellow card.
  • 76': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Florentin Pogba.
  • 77': Substitution, Nice. Mahamane Traoré replaces Jean Michael Seri.
  • 78': Attempt blocked. Vincent Koziello (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jérémy Pied.
  • 78': Attempt blocked. Mahamane Traoré (Nice) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Hatem Ben Arfa with a cross.
  • 78': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Renaud Cohade.
  • 79': Substitution, St Etienne. Pierre-Yves Polomat replaces Nolan Roux.
  • 81': Foul by Romain Genevois (Nice).
  • 81': Romain Hamouma (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 84': Hand ball by Alassane Pléa (Nice).
  • 86': Goal! Nice 1, St Etienne 0. Valère Germain (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alassane Pléa with a cross.
  • 89': Goal! Nice 2, St Etienne 0. Valère Germain (Nice) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the top left corner. Assisted by Mahamane Traoré.
  • 90': Foul by Fabien Lemoine (St Etienne).
  • 90': Ricardo Pereira (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Nice. Mathieu Bodmer replaces Valère Germain.
  • 90'+1': Benoit Assou-Ekotto (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Alassane Pléa (Nice).
  • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Nice 2, St Etienne 0.

Statistics

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14 Fouls 11
3 Yellow Cards 2
2 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
3 Corner Kicks 5
2 Saves 1
34.8 Possession 65.2
2 SHOTS 12
1 ON GOAL 4
0.5 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
214 Accurate Passes 462
293 Passes 537
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 7
8 Crosses 22
0.1 Cross % 0.3
53 Long Balls 42
14 Accurate Long Balls 27
0.3 Long Balls % 0.6
1 Blocked Shots 2
18 Effective Tackles 9
24 Tackles 11
0.8 Tackle % 0.8
0 Interceptions 0
18 Effective Clearances 8
22 Clearances 11

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Allianz Riviera
Location: Nice, France
Attendance: 35,596

Ligue 1 Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Lille 4 +5 10
2 AS Monaco 4 +4 10
3 Stade Rennais 4 +3 10
4 Lyon 4 +4 8
Full Table

Line-Ups

NICE Nice (4-1-2-1-2)

No. Name
30 Yoan Cardinale (GK) Yellow Card
20 Maxime Le Marchand
4 Paul Baysse
22 Nampalys Mendy
23 Ricardo Pereira
29 Jérémy Pied
9 Hatem Ben Arfa
6 Jean Michaël Seri
26 Vincent Koziello
14 Alassane Pléa
28 Valère Germain
Nice Substitutes:
Rémi Walter, Romain Genevois, Mahamane Traore, Alexandre Mendy, Paulin Puel, Mouez Hassen, Mathieu Bodmer.

ASSE Saint-Étienne (5-3-2)

No. Name
16 Stéphane Ruffier (GK)
19 Florentin Pogba
32 Benoît Assou-Ekotto
2 Kévin Théophile-Catherine
13 Franck Tabanou Red Card
25 Kévin Malcuit Yellow Card
6 Jérémy Clément
5 Vincent Pajot
18 Fabien Lemoine Yellow Card
9 Nolan Roux
11 Valentin Eysseric Yellow Card
Saint-Étienne Substitutes:
Benjamin Corgnet, Renaud Cohade, Neal Maupay, Romain Hamouma, Ronael Pierre-Gabriel, Pierre-Yves Polomat, Jessy Moulin.

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