French Ligue 1

Nice vs Montpellier, 2021-22 Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1
Nice
    FT
    0 - 1
    Montpellier
    • 80': Florent Mollet

    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': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Joris Chotard.
    • 1': Dangerous play by Andy Delort (Nice).
    • 1': Maxime Estève (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Attempt missed. Jordan Ferri (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 12': Attempt missed. Amine Gouiri (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Andy Delort with a cross.
    • 14': Foul by Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier).
    • 14': Mario Lemina (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Attempt missed. Hassane Kamara (Nice) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Youcef Atal with a through ball.
    • 15': Foul by Andy Delort (Nice).
    • 15': Jordan Ferri (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 17': Attempt missed. Stephy Mavididi (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Sepe Elye Wahi.
    • 19': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Junior Sambia.
    • 20': Attempt saved. Amine Gouiri (Nice) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 20': Foul by Dante (Nice).
    • 20': Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 21': Attempt blocked. Florent Mollet (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 24': Attempt saved. Amine Gouiri (Nice) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andy Delort with a through ball.
    • 24': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Jonas Omlin.
    • 25': Attempt missed. Dante (Nice) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Amine Gouiri with a cross following a corner.
    • 25': Offside, Montpellier. Junior Sambia tries a through ball, but Sepe Elye Wahi is caught offside.
    • 29': Attempt blocked. Youcef Atal (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Amine Gouiri.
    • 29': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Mihailo Ristic.
    • 32': Attempt blocked. Lucas Da Cunha (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andy Delort.
    • 33': Attempt missed. Hassane Kamara (Nice) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lucas Da Cunha with a cross.
    • 37': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Mamadou Sakho.
    • 38': Foul by Mihailo Ristic (Montpellier).
    • 38': Youcef Atal (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 39': Attempt missed. Mario Lemina (Nice) with an attempt from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
    • 42': Attempt missed. Lucas Da Cunha (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Andy Delort.
    • 43': Attempt missed. Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mihailo Ristic with a cross.
    • 45'+2': Foul by Stephy Mavididi (Montpellier).
    • 45'+2': Youcef Atal (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Nice 0, Montpellier 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Nice 0, Montpellier 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Nice. Alexis Claude Maurice replaces Hassane Kamara.
    • 46': Attempt blocked. Alexis Claude Maurice (Nice) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Amine Gouiri.
    • 46': Foul by Khéphren Thuram-Ulien (Nice).
    • 46': Jordan Ferri (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Attempt saved. Amine Gouiri (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 49': Alexis Claude Maurice (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Foul by Junior Sambia (Montpellier).
    • 49': Foul by Florent Mollet (Montpellier).
    • 49': Melvin Bard (Nice) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 51': Foul by Khéphren Thuram-Ulien (Nice).
    • 51': Junior Sambia (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Foul by Mario Lemina (Nice).
    • 52': Jordan Ferri (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 53': Attempt saved. Lucas Da Cunha (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mario Lemina.
    • 53': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Jonas Omlin.
    • 54': Attempt blocked. Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Amine Gouiri with a cross.
    • 54': Mario Lemina (Nice) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Khéphren Thuram-Ulien.
    • 57': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Khéphren Thuram-Ulien.
    • 58': Substitution, Nice. Jordan Lotomba replaces Youcef Atal because of an injury.
    • 61': Attempt missed. Andy Delort (Nice) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jordan Lotomba with a cross.
    • 61': Attempt saved. Lucas Da Cunha (Nice) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Khéphren Thuram-Ulien.
    • 62': Attempt missed. Andy Delort (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 63': Foul by Khéphren Thuram-Ulien (Nice).
    • 63': Sepe Elye Wahi (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 63': Khéphren Thuram-Ulien (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 65': Attempt saved. Florent Mollet (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 65': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Maxime Estève.
    • 67': Attempt missed. Alexis Claude Maurice (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Lucas Da Cunha.
    • 67': Substitution, Montpellier. Nicholas Gioacchini replaces Sepe Elye Wahi.
    • 68': Substitution, Nice. Pablo Rosario replaces Mario Lemina.
    • 68': Substitution, Nice. Kasper Dolberg replaces Lucas Da Cunha.
    • 71': Florent Mollet (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 71': Foul by Andy Delort (Nice).
    • 71': Attempt blocked. Florent Mollet (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 76': Attempt blocked. Andy Delort (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 77': Florent Mollet (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 77': Foul by Melvin Bard (Nice).
    • 77': Melvin Bard (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 78': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Melvin Bard.
    • 80': Attempt blocked. Florent Mollet (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stephy Mavididi.
    • 80': Goal! Nice 0, Montpellier 1. Florent Mollet (Montpellier) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
    • 82': Substitution, Montpellier. Béni Makouana replaces Stephy Mavididi.
    • 84': Foul by Béni Makouana (Montpellier).
    • 84': Jordan Lotomba (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 87': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Florent Mollet.
    • 89': Hand ball by Florent Mollet (Montpellier).
    • 90': Substitution, Nice. Calvin Stengs replaces Khéphren Thuram-Ulien.
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Calvin Stengs (Nice) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
    • 90'+4': Substitution, Montpellier. Arnaud Souquet replaces Maxime Estève because of an injury.
    • 90'+4': Attempt saved. Alexis Claude Maurice (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jean-Clair Todibo.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Nice 0, Montpellier 1.
    • 0': Match ends, Nice 0, Montpellier 1.

    Statistics

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    7 Fouls 9
    0 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 0
    2 Corner Kicks 8
    6 Saves 1
    31.2 Possession 68.8
    8 SHOTS 22
    2 ON GOAL 6
    0.3 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    221 Accurate Passes 560
    292 Passes 633
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    1 Accurate Crosses 8
    8 Crosses 37
    0.1 Cross % 0.2
    59 Long Balls 38
    31 Accurate Long Balls 20
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
    3 Blocked Shots 5
    8 Effective Tackles 12
    14 Tackles 16
    0.6 Tackle % 0.8
    14 Interceptions 6
    30 Effective Clearances 6
    30 Clearances 6

    Game Information

    Competition: French Ligue 1

    Venue: Allianz Riviera
    Location: Nice, France
    Attendance: 20,157

    Ligue 1 Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Paris Saint-Germain 30 +43 69
    2 Lens 30 +28 63
    3 Lyon 31 +16 57
    4 Lille 31 +16 57
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    NICE Nice (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    40 Walter Benítez (GK)
    4 Dante
    25 Jean-Clair Todibo
    26 Melvin Bard Yellow Card
    20 Youcef Atal
    19 Khéphren Thuram Yellow Card
    18 Mario Lemina
    13 Hassane Kamara
    29 Lucas Da Cunha
    11 Amine Gouiri
    7 Andy Delort
    Nice Substitutes:
    Flavius Daniliuc, Jordan Lotomba, Alexis Claude-Maurice, Pablo Rosario, Calvin Stengs, Morgan Schneiderlin, Marcin Bulka, Kasper Dolberg, Teddy Boulhendi.

    MON Montpellier (4-4-1-1)

    No. Name
    1 Jonas Omlin (GK)
    3 Mamadou Sakho
    14 Maxime Estève
    7 Mihailo Ristic
    6 Junior Sambia
    13 Joris Chotard
    12 Jordan Ferri
    10 Stephy Mavididi
    25 Florent Mollet
    9 Valère Germain
    21 Elye Wahi
    Montpellier Substitutes:
    Sacha Delaye, Nicholas Gioacchini, Mathías Suárez, Béni Makouana, Dimitry Bertaud, Nicolas Cozza, Arnaud Souquet, Leo Leroy, Ambroise Oyongo.

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