French Ligue 1

FT Wednesday, February 8, 2017
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Nice LDDWL 1
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Allianz Riviera · 18,225 att.

Match Report

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Wylan Cyprien fires Nice back into Ligue 1 race vs. St Etienne

Nice's campaign for the Ligue 1 title is back on track after a goal from Wylan Cyprien secured a 1-0 victory over Saint-Etienne on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
7
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
2
4
Saves
2
35
Possession
65
10
SHOTS
14
2
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
255
Accurate Passes
567
329
Passes
646
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
4
26
Crosses
11
0.2
Cross %
0.4
49
Long Balls
57
22
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
18
23
Tackles
20
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
18
20
Clearances
18

Head to Head

NICE leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

NICE · 4-3-3

  1. 30Yoan CardinaleG
  2. 31DanteCD-L
  3. 4Paul BaysseCD-R
  4. 29DalbertLB
  5. 2Arnaud SouquetRB
  6. 25Wylan CyprienCM
  7. 18Rémi WalterLM
  8. 6Jean Michaël SeriRM
  9. 14Alassane PléaF
  10. 5Younès BelhandaLF
  11. 13Valentin EyssericRF

ASSE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Jessy MoulinG
  2. 4Léo LacroixCD-L
  3. 2Kévin Théophile-CatherineCD-R
  4. 19Florentin PogbaLB
  5. 33Ronael Pierre-GabrielRB
  6. 11Henri SaivetAM
  7. 17Ole SelnaesLM
  8. 14Jordan VeretoutRM
  9. 9Nolan RouxF
  10. 22Kévin Monnet-PaquetAM-L
  11. 21Romain HamoumaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Nice 1, St Etienne 0. Wylan Cyprien (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alassane Pléa.
  2. 36' Younès Belhanda (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 38' Romain Hamouma (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 40' Kévin Théophile-Catherine (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Ole Selnaes (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 61' Substitution, St Etienne. Jorginho replaces Henri Saivet.
  7. 72' Substitution, Nice. Mounir Obbadi replaces Remi Walter.
  8. 74' Substitution, St Etienne. Alexander Søderlund replaces Kévin Monnet-Paquet.
  9. 81' Substitution, St Etienne. Hamidou Keyta replaces Alexander Søderlund because of an injury.
  10. 82' Substitution, Nice. Mario Balotelli replaces Alassane Pléa.

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