French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, February 5, 2023
Nice LWDWW 3
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Marseille WWWDW 1
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NICE213
OLM011
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Match Report

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Nice seal comfortable 3-1 win as Marseille lose ground in Ligue 1 title race

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
9
4
Saves
5
42.4
Possession
57.6
14
SHOTS
22
8
ON GOAL
5
0.6
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
303
Accurate Passes
433
406
Passes
522
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
14
8
Crosses
37
0.1
Cross %
0.4
62
Long Balls
33
25
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
8
17
Effective Tackles
10
24
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
15
Interceptions
11
19
Effective Clearances
9
19
Clearances
9

Head to Head

NICE leads series 3-2

Lineups

OLM · 3-4-2-1

  1. 16Pau LópezG
  2. 4Samuel GigotCD
  3. 5Leonardo BalerdiCD-L
  4. 99Chancel MbembaCD-R
  5. 6Matteo GuendouziCM-L
  6. 21Valentin RongierCM-R
  7. 30Nuno TavaresLM
  8. 7Jonathan ClaussRM
  9. 9VitinhaF
  10. 10Dimitri PayetCF-L
  11. 17Cengiz ÜnderCF-R

NICE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 4DanteCD-L
  3. 25Jean-Clair TodiboCD-R
  4. 26Melvin BardLB
  5. 23Jordan LotombaRB
  6. 55Youssouf NdayishimiyeCM
  7. 19Khéphren ThuramLM
  8. 16Aaron RamseyRM
  9. 9Terem MoffiF
  10. 10Sofiane DiopLF
  11. 24Gaëtan LabordeRF

Timeline

  1. 38' Goal! Marseille 0, Nice 1. Sofiane Diop (Nice) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 44' Goal! Marseille 0, Nice 2. Gaëtan Laborde (Nice) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  3. 45' Substitution, Marseille. Alexis Sánchez replaces Dimitri Payet.
  4. 45' Substitution, Marseille. Ruslan Malinovskyi replaces Vitinha.
  5. 59' Youssouf Ndayishimiye (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 60' Goal! Marseille 1, Nice 2. Ruslan Malinovskyi (Marseille) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez.
  7. 66' Substitution, Nice. Billal Brahimi replaces Sofiane Diop.
  8. 66' Substitution, Nice. Hicham Boudaoui replaces Aaron Ramsey.
  9. 70' Substitution, Marseille. Sead Kolasinac replaces Chancel Mbemba.
  10. 70' Substitution, Marseille. Jordan Veretout replaces Valentin Rongier.
  11. 73' Substitution, Nice. Ross Barkley replaces Terem Moffi because of an injury.
  12. 73' Substitution, Nice. Pablo Rosario replaces Youssouf Ndayishimiye.
  13. 82' Substitution, Nice. Antoine Mendy replaces Gaëtan Laborde.
  14. 82' Substitution, Marseille. Azzedine Ounahi replaces Mattéo Guendouzi.
  15. 85' Goal! Marseille 1, Nice 3. Billal Brahimi (Nice) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Antoine Mendy.

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