French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, December 12, 2021
Nice LWLDL 2
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Stade Rennais DWLWW 1
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Roazhon Park · 27,892 att.

Match Report

Dolberg, Atal earn precious win for Nice at Rennes

Nice moved within one point of second-placed Stade Rennais in Ligue 1 when they beat them 2-1 away in a pulsating game on Sunday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
10
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
11
7
Saves
1
33.5
Possession
66.5
8
SHOTS
21
3
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
237
Accurate Passes
517
311
Passes
595
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
13
8
Crosses
42
0.3
Cross %
0.3
57
Long Balls
62
26
Accurate Long Balls
50
0.5
Long Balls %
0.8
2
Blocked Shots
5
9
Effective Tackles
7
16
Tackles
9
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
19
Interceptions
3
32
Effective Clearances
7
32
Clearances
7

Head to Head

NICE leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

REN · 4-3-3

  1. 16Alfred GomisG
  2. 6Nayef AguerdCD-L
  3. 23Warmed OmariCD-R
  4. 3Adrien TruffertLB
  5. 27Hamari TraoréRB
  6. 28Jonas MartinCM
  7. 8Baptiste SantamariaLM
  8. 21Lovro MajerRM
  9. 24Gaëtan LabordeF
  10. 7Martin TerrierLF
  11. 14Benjamin BourigeaudRF

Substitutes

  1. 22Lorenz AssignonSUB
  2. 17Loum TchaounaSUB
  3. 19Andy DioufSUB
  4. 4Loïc BadéSUB
  5. 10Kamaldeen SulemanaSUB
  6. 9Serhou GuirassySUB
  7. 18Matthis AblineSUB
  8. 26Lesley UgochukwuSUB
  9. 1Romain SalinSUB

NICE · 4-4-2

  1. 40Walter BenítezG
  2. 4DanteCD-L
  3. 25Jean-Clair TodiboCD-R
  4. 23Jordan LotombaLB
  5. 20Youcef AtalRB
  6. 18Mario LeminaCM-L
  7. 8Pablo RosarioCM-R
  8. 21Justin KluivertLM
  9. 28Hicham BoudaouiRM
  10. 11Amine GouiriCF-L
  11. 9Kasper DolbergCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Alexis Claude-MauriceSUB
  2. 5Flavius DaniliucSUB
  3. 29Lucas Da CunhaSUB
  4. 24Evann GuessandSUB
  5. 22Calvin StengsSUB
  6. 1Marcin BulkaSUB
  7. 6Morgan SchneiderlinSUB
  8. 19Khéphren ThuramSUB
  9. 26Melvin BardSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Baptiste Santamaría (Rennes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 19' Goal! Rennes 0, Nice 1. Kasper Dolberg (Nice) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  3. 31' Substitution, Rennes. Kamaldeen Sulemana replaces Martin Terrier because of an injury.
  4. 44' Walter Benítez (Nice) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45' Substitution, Rennes. Serhou Guirassy replaces Baptiste Santamaría.
  6. 51' Goal! Rennes 0, Nice 2. Youcef Atal (Nice) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Kasper Dolberg.
  7. 59' Goal! Rennes 1, Nice 2. Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adrien Truffert with a cross.
  8. 70' Pablo Rosario (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 75' Substitution, Nice. Flavius Daniliuc replaces Kasper Dolberg.
  10. 79' Substitution, Rennes. Lorenz Assignon replaces Hamari Traoré.
  11. 81' Amine Gouiri (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 83' Substitution, Rennes. Lesley Ugochukwu replaces Benjamin Bourigeaud.
  13. 83' Substitution, Rennes. Loum Tchaouna replaces Jonas Martin.
  14. 83' Substitution, Nice. Calvin Stengs replaces Justin Kluivert.
  15. 83' Substitution, Nice. Evann Guessand replaces Amine Gouiri.
  16. 90'+2' Hichem Boudaoui (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+4' Substitution, Nice. Khéphren Thuram-Ulien replaces Hichem Boudaoui.
  18. 90'+4' Substitution, Nice. Morgan Schneiderlin replaces Pablo Rosario.

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