Nice vs Montpellier, 2018-19 French Ligue 1, Regular Season

· French Ligue 1

Nice

20': Dante

FT
1 - 0

Montpellier

About

Nice are hosting Montpellier at Allianz Riviera, Nice, France, starting on . The match is a part of the French Ligue 1.

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
14': Attempt saved. Andy Delort (Montpellier) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ruben Aguilar.
17': Attempt blocked. Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wylan Cyprien.
17': Bassem Srarfi (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
17': Foul by Florent Mollet (Montpellier).
18': Foul by Daniel Congré (Montpellier).
18': Patrick Burner (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
20': Goal! Nice 1, Montpellier 0. Dante (Nice) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wylan Cyprien with a cross following a set piece situation.
22': Attempt saved. Damien Le Tallec (Montpellier) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Ruben Aguilar with a cross.
23': Attempt blocked. Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bassem Srarfi with a cross.
24': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Pedro Mendes.
24': Attempt saved. Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
25': Attempt missed. Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Damien Le Tallec with a cross.
26': Foul by Mohamed Lamine Diaby (Nice).
26': Pedro Mendes (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
26': Foul by Patrick Burner (Nice).
26': Mihailo Ristic (Montpellier) wins a free kick on the left wing.
27': Attempt missed. Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Patrick Burner following a fast break.
28': Foul by Mohamed Lamine Diaby (Nice).
28': Hilton (Montpellier) wins a free kick on the left wing.
33': Foul by Florent Mollet (Montpellier).
33': Wylan Cyprien (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
34': Foul by Hilton (Montpellier).
34': Mohamed Lamine Diaby (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
34': Hilton (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
35': Christophe Herelle (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Foul by Andy Delort (Montpellier).
36': Foul by Florent Mollet (Montpellier).
36': Wylan Cyprien (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
37': Attempt blocked. Wylan Cyprien (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
38': Foul by Malang Sarr (Nice).
38': Mihailo Ristic (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Danilo (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Foul by Damien Le Tallec (Montpellier).
41': Attempt blocked. Danilo (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Allan Saint-Maximin.
41': Attempt missed. Wylan Cyprien (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
42': Foul by Andy Delort (Montpellier).
42': Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Attempt missed. Damien Le Tallec (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
44': Foul by Pedro Mendes (Montpellier).
44': Mohamed Lamine Diaby (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
45': Attempt blocked. Ellyes Skhiri (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ruben Aguilar.
45': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Wylan Cyprien.
45': Attempt missed. Hilton (Montpellier) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Florent Mollet with a cross following a corner.
45'+2': Foul by Wylan Cyprien (Nice).
45'+2': Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
45'+3': First Half ends, Nice 1, Montpellier 0.
45': Second Half begins Nice 1, Montpellier 0.
45': Substitution, Nice. Remi Walter replaces Wylan Cyprien because of an injury.
46': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Daniel Congré.
46': Attempt saved. Christophe Herelle (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Danilo with a headed pass.
46': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Benjamin Lecomte.
47': Attempt missed. Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Remi Walter following a corner.
48': Attempt missed. Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Remi Walter.
49': Damien Le Tallec (Montpellier) wins a free kick on the right wing.
49': Foul by Malang Sarr (Nice).
49': Attempt missed. Andy Delort (Montpellier) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Florent Mollet with a cross.
50': Attempt missed. Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Remi Walter.
51': Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice) wins a free kick on the left wing.
51': Foul by Ruben Aguilar (Montpellier).
52': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Damien Le Tallec.
54': Attempt blocked. Ruben Aguilar (Montpellier) right footed shot from long range on the right is blocked. Assisted by Damien Le Tallec.
57': Attempt saved. Remi Walter (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Malang Sarr.
58': Foul by Ellyes Skhiri (Montpellier).
58': Patrick Burner (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
60': Delay in match Ruben Aguilar (Montpellier) because of an injury.
60': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
60': Substitution, Montpellier. Paul Lasne replaces Mihailo Ristic.
61': Foul by Ellyes Skhiri (Montpellier).
61': Remi Walter (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Attempt blocked. Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andy Delort.
62': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Dante.
63': Attempt blocked. Andy Delort (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
63': Offside, Montpellier. Andy Delort tries a through ball, but Daniel Congré is caught offside.
64': Offside, Nice. Malang Sarr tries a through ball, but Mohamed Lamine Diaby is caught offside.
65': Bassem Srarfi (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65': Foul by Andy Delort (Montpellier).
69': Substitution, Nice. Olivier Boscagli replaces Mohamed Lamine Diaby.
71': Daniel Congré (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Foul by Bassem Srarfi (Nice).
72': Attempt missed. Gaetan Laborde (Montpellier) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Paul Lasne.
74': Foul by Ellyes Skhiri (Montpellier).
74': Remi Walter (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Substitution, Montpellier. Souleymane Camara replaces Gaetan Laborde.
76': Delay in match Bassem Srarfi (Nice) because of an injury.
76': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
78': Attempt blocked. Florent Mollet (Montpellier) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ruben Aguilar with a cross.
78': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Dante.
80': Attempt saved. Andy Delort (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniel Congré.
81': Substitution, Montpellier. Petar Skuletic replaces Andy Delort.
82': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Pedro Mendes.
82': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Souleymane Camara.
83': Hand ball by Bassem Srarfi (Nice).
83': Bassem Srarfi (Nice) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
84': Foul by Danilo (Nice).
84': Ruben Aguilar (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86': Attempt saved. Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Patrick Burner.
86': Delay in match Bassem Srarfi (Nice) because of an injury.
87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
87': Substitution, Nice. Ignatius Ganago replaces Bassem Srarfi because of an injury.
88': Attempt missed. Souleymane Camara (Montpellier) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Hilton.
89': Offside, Montpellier. Ellyes Skhiri tries a through ball, but Souleymane Camara is caught offside.
90'+2': Attempt saved. Souleymane Camara (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Florent Mollet.
90'+2': Attempt missed. Petar Skuletic (Montpellier) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Souleymane Camara with a headed pass.
90'+3': Hand ball by Ignatius Ganago (Nice).
90'+4': Foul by Christophe Herelle (Nice).
90'+4': Pedro Mendes (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Nice 1, Montpellier 0.
90'+5': Match ends, Nice 1, Montpellier 0.
90'+5': Match ends, Nice 1, Montpellier 0.

Statistics

MON		NICE
14	Fouls	11
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	1
3	Corner Kicks	6
5	Saves	4
49.1	Possession	50.9
16	SHOTS	14
4	ON GOAL	5
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
364	Accurate Passes	410
449	Passes	479
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
8	Accurate Crosses	3
24	Crosses	11
0.3	Cross %	0.3
62	Long Balls	62
31	Accurate Long Balls	35
0.5	Long Balls %	0.6
5	Blocked Shots	4
14	Effective Tackles	13
22	Tackles	18
0.6	Tackle %	0.7
6	Interceptions	15
6	Effective Clearances	20
6	Clearances	20

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Allianz Riviera
Location: Nice, France
Attendance: 17,980

Ligue 1 Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Angers	0	0	0
2	AJ Auxerre	0	0	0
3	Brest	0	0	0
4	Le Havre AC	0	0	0

Full Table

Line-Ups

Nice (4-3-3)

No.	Name
40	Walter Benítez (GK)
31	Dante
29	Christophe Hérelle
23	Malang Sarr
15	Patrick Burner
25	Wylan Cyprien
21	Danilo Barbosa
8	Pierre Lees-Melou
33	Lamine Diaby-Fadiga
11	Bassem Srarfi
7	Allan Saint-Maximin

Nice Substitutes:

Rémi Walter, Ignatius Ganago, Jean-Victor Makengo, Mickaël Le Bihan, Yannis Clementia, Olivier Boscagli, Racine Coly.

Montpellier (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
40	Benjamin Lecomte (GK)
4	Hilton
3	Daniel Congré
5	Pedro Mendes
13	Ellyes Skhiri
14	Damien Le Tellec
25	Florent Mollet
26	Mihailo Ristic
2	Ruben Aguilar
11	Andy Delort
10	Gaëtan Laborde

Montpellier Substitutes:

Bilal Boutobba, Paul Lasne, Mathías Suárez, Dimitry Bertaud, Souleymane Camara, Bryan Passi, Petar Skuletic.

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