French Ligue 1

Nice vs Angers, 2021-22 Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1
Nice
  • 19': Justin Kluivert
FT
1 - 0
Angers

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    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Foul by Jimmy Cabot (Angers).
    • 2': Justin Kluivert (Nice) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 3': Foul by Jordan Lotomba (Nice).
    • 3': Sofiane Boufal (Angers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 4': Attempt missed. Souleyman Doumbia (Angers) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
    • 7': Foul by Dante (Nice).
    • 7': Mohamed-Ali Cho (Angers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 8': Substitution, Angers. Vincent Manceau replaces Jimmy Cabot because of an injury.
    • 10': Foul by Batista Mendy (Angers).
    • 10': Justin Kluivert (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 10': Foul by Batista Mendy (Angers).
    • 10': Jordan Lotomba (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 11': Offside, Nice. Justin Kluivert tries a through ball, but Khéphren Thuram-Ulien is caught offside.
    • 11': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Khéphren Thuram-Ulien (Nice) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
    • 13': VAR Decision: No Goal Nice 0-0 Angers.
    • 14': Corner, Angers. Conceded by Dante.
    • 14': Attempt missed. Ismael Traoré (Angers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Sofiane Boufal with a cross following a corner.
    • 15': Andy Delort (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 15': Foul by Romain Thomas (Angers).
    • 15': Attempt missed. Kasper Dolberg (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Khéphren Thuram-Ulien.
    • 16': Attempt missed. Mohamed-Ali Cho (Angers) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sofiane Boufal.
    • 17': Foul by Angelo Fulgini (Angers).
    • 17': Melvin Bard (Nice) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 19': Goal! Nice 1, Angers 0. Justin Kluivert (Nice) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Melvin Bard.
    • 24': Corner, Angers. Conceded by Khéphren Thuram-Ulien.
    • 24': Foul by Batista Mendy (Angers).
    • 24': Justin Kluivert (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Attempt missed. Souleyman Doumbia (Angers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Mohamed-Ali Cho.
    • 29': Andy Delort (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 29': Foul by Romain Thomas (Angers).
    • 33': Foul by Souleyman Doumbia (Angers).
    • 33': Jordan Lotomba (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Souleyman Doumbia (Angers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 34': Foul by Ismael Traoré (Angers).
    • 34': Kasper Dolberg (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 35': Foul by Justin Kluivert (Nice).
    • 35': Sofiane Boufal (Angers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Attempt saved. Kasper Dolberg (Nice) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
    • 35': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Danijel Petkovic.
    • 38': Foul by Batista Mendy (Angers).
    • 38': Hichem Boudaoui (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 39': Attempt saved. Andy Delort (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 39': Offside, Nice. Andy Delort tries a through ball, but Pablo Rosario is caught offside.
    • 40': Attempt missed. Nabil Bentaleb (Angers) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Batista Mendy.
    • 40': Andy Delort (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 40': Foul by Romain Thomas (Angers).
    • 42': Attempt saved. Khéphren Thuram-Ulien (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hichem Boudaoui.
    • 42': Corner, Angers. Conceded by Justin Kluivert.
    • 45'+2': Souleyman Doumbia (Angers) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box.
    • 45'+3': Offside, Angers. Souleyman Doumbia tries a through ball, but Angelo Fulgini is caught offside.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Nice 1, Angers 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Nice 1, Angers 0.
    • 52': Attempt saved. Andy Delort (Nice) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan Lotomba with a cross.
    • 53': Foul by Mohamed-Ali Cho (Angers).
    • 53': Justin Kluivert (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Foul by Justin Kluivert (Nice).
    • 55': Nabil Bentaleb (Angers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 56': Andy Delort (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 56': Foul by Enzo Ebosse (Angers).
    • 58': Attempt blocked. Sofiane Boufal (Angers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Angelo Fulgini.
    • 58': Angelo Fulgini (Angers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 58': Foul by Justin Kluivert (Nice).
    • 62': Foul by Romain Thomas (Angers).
    • 62': Hichem Boudaoui (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 65': Substitution, Nice. Amine Gouiri replaces Kasper Dolberg.
    • 65': Substitution, Angers. Azzedine Ounahi replaces Romain Thomas.
    • 65': Foul by Sofiane Boufal (Angers).
    • 65': Hichem Boudaoui (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 66': Offside, Nice. Justin Kluivert tries a through ball, but Andy Delort is caught offside.
    • 66': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Andy Delort (Nice) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
    • 68': VAR Decision: No Goal Nice 1-0 Angers.
    • 69': Attempt missed. Andy Delort (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Pablo Rosario.
    • 70': Foul by Hichem Boudaoui (Nice).
    • 70': Sofiane Boufal (Angers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 72': Substitution, Nice. Flavius Daniliuc replaces Jordan Lotomba because of an injury.
    • 72': Foul by Hichem Boudaoui (Nice).
    • 72': Sofiane Boufal (Angers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 72': Hichem Boudaoui (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 73': Attempt blocked. Sofiane Boufal (Angers) right footed shot from long range on the left is blocked.
    • 74': Attempt missed. Andy Delort (Nice) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Melvin Bard with a cross.
    • 75': Foul by Souleyman Doumbia (Angers).
    • 75': Hichem Boudaoui (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Attempt saved. Mohamed-Ali Cho (Angers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Batista Mendy.
    • 78': Amine Gouiri (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 78': Foul by Batista Mendy (Angers).
    • 78': Angelo Fulgini (Angers) is shown the yellow card.
    • 79': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Batista Mendy.
    • 80': Attempt blocked. Amine Gouiri (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 80': Offside, Nice. Amine Gouiri tries a through ball, but Andy Delort is caught offside.
    • 82': Attempt saved. Sofiane Boufal (Angers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Nabil Bentaleb.
    • 82': Corner, Angers. Conceded by Walter Benítez.
    • 83': Substitution, Nice. Morgan Schneiderlin replaces Hichem Boudaoui.
    • 83': Substitution, Nice. Mario Lemina replaces Pablo Rosario.
    • 84': Enzo Ebosse (Angers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 84': Foul by Mario Lemina (Nice).
    • 86': Corner, Angers. Conceded by Jean-Clair Todibo.
    • 87': Substitution, Angers. Stéphane Bahoken replaces Mohamed-Ali Cho.
    • 87': Attempt missed. Enzo Ebosse (Angers) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Angelo Fulgini with a cross following a corner.
    • 88': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Azzedine Ounahi.
    • 90': Foul by Amine Gouiri (Nice).
    • 90': Nabil Bentaleb (Angers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Souleyman Doumbia.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Morgan Schneiderlin (Nice).
    • 90'+2': Vincent Manceau (Angers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Morgan Schneiderlin (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+4': Azzedine Ounahi (Angers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Justin Kluivert (Nice).
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Nice 1, Angers 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Nice 1, Angers 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Nice 1, Angers 0.

    Statistics

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    17 Fouls 11
    2 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 4
    5 Corner Kicks 4
    4 Saves 2
    42.7 Possession 57.3
    11 SHOTS 9
    2 ON GOAL 5
    0.2 On Target % 0.6
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    322 Accurate Passes 452
    393 Passes 521
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    2 Accurate Crosses 5
    11 Crosses 25
    0.2 Cross % 0.2
    38 Long Balls 34
    16 Accurate Long Balls 17
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
    2 Blocked Shots 1
    10 Effective Tackles 10
    19 Tackles 14
    0.5 Tackle % 0.7
    10 Interceptions 7
    17 Effective Clearances 9
    17 Clearances 9

    Game Information

    Competition: French Ligue 1

    Venue: Allianz Riviera
    Location: Nice, France
    Attendance: 18,257

    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 Nice (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    40 Walter Benítez (GK)
    4 Dante
    25 Jean-Clair Todibo
    26 Melvin Bard
    23 Jordan Lotomba
    19 Khéphren Thuram
    8 Pablo Rosario
    21 Justin Kluivert
    28 Hicham Boudaoui Yellow Card
    9 Kasper Dolberg
    7 Andy Delort
    Nice Substitutes:
    Morgan Schneiderlin, Evann Guessand, Danilo Barbosa, Marcin Bulka, Mario Lemina, Flavius Daniliuc, Brahimi Bilal, Amine Gouiri, Calvin Stengs.

    ANG Angers (5-4-1)

    No. Name
    30 Danijel Petković (GK)
    8 Ismaël Traoré
    24 Romain Thomas
    6 Enzo Ebosse
    3 Souleyman Doumbia Yellow Card
    11 Jimmy Cabot
    23 Nabil Bentaleb
    2 Batista Mendy
    7 Sofiane Boufal
    10 Angelo Fulgini Yellow Card
    21 Mohamed-Ali Cho
    Angers Substitutes:
    Mathias Pereira Lage, Thomas Mangani, Azzedine Ounahi, Stéphane Bahoken, Pierrick Capelle, Anthony Mandrea, Casimir Ninga, Vincent Manceau, Abdoulaye Bamba.

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