French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, September 27, 2015
Nice WDLWW 4
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Saint-Étienne WWDWW 1
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NICE314
ASSE101
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard · 24,556 att.

Match Report

Hatem Ben Arfa steers Nice to convincing win over St Etienne

Hatem Ben Arfa steers Nice to convincing win over St Etienne

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
4
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
8
4
Saves
2
51.4
Possession
48.6
8
SHOTS
13
6
ON GOAL
5
0.8
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
368
Accurate Passes
334
473
Passes
427
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
12
Crosses
30
0.2
Cross %
0.1
75
Long Balls
47
32
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
2
18
Effective Tackles
13
19
Tackles
18
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
13
30
Clearances
15

Head to Head

ASSE leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

ASSE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Stéphane RuffierG
  2. 19Florentin PogbaCD-L
  3. 24Loïc PerrinCD-R
  4. 3Pierre-Yves PolomatLB
  5. 25Kévin MalcuitRB
  6. 11Valentin EyssericAM
  7. 6Jérémy ClémentLM
  8. 18Fabien LemoineRM
  9. 27Robert BericF
  10. 17Jonathan BambaAM-L
  11. 21Romain HamoumaAM-R

NICE · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Mouez HassenG
  2. 20Maxime Le MarchandCD-L
  3. 24Mathieu BodmerCD-R
  4. 22Nampalys MendyDM
  5. 23Ricardo PereiraLB
  6. 29Jérémy PiedRB
  7. 19Wallyson MallmannAM
  8. 6Jean Michaël SeriLM
  9. 26Vincent KozielloRM
  10. 9Hatem Ben ArfaCF-L
  11. 28Valère GermainCF-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! St Etienne 0, Nice 1. Vincent Koziello (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira with a cross.
  2. 19' Goal! St Etienne 1, Nice 1. Loic Perrin (St Etienne) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  3. 29' Jean Seri (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 39' Goal! St Etienne 1, Nice 2. Hatem Ben Arfa (Nice) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  5. 45'+1' Goal! St Etienne 1, Nice 3. Hatem Ben Arfa (Nice) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vincent Koziello.
  6. 45' Substitution, St Etienne. Vincent Pajot replaces Jonathan Bamba.
  7. 50' Vincent Pajot (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 53' Goal! St Etienne 1, Nice 4. Jean Seri (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Valère Germain following a fast break.
  9. 62' Nampalys Mendy (Nice) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  10. 63' Fabien Lemoine (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 64' Substitution, St Etienne. Moustapha Bayal Sall replaces Florentin Pogba.
  12. 65' Substitution, St Etienne. Jean-Christophe Bahebeck replaces Jérémy Clément.
  13. 66' Substitution, Nice. Mahamane Traoré replaces Jean Seri.
  14. 75' Pierre-Yves Polomat (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 81' Maxime Le Marchand (Nice) is shown the red card.
  16. 83' Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Jean-Christophe Bahebeck (St Etienne) right footed shot is too high. Jean-Christophe Bahebeck should be disappointed.
  17. 84' Substitution, Nice. Paul Baysse replaces Hatem Ben Arfa.
  18. 86' Substitution, Nice. Said Benrahma replaces Valère Germain.
  19. 89' Valentin Eysseric (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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