Nice vs Lyon, 2023-24 Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1

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Lyon get first point of Ligue 1 season

Unfashionable Lorient, Metz and Stade de Reims all won in Ligue 1 on Sunday while Olympique Lyonnais claimed their first point of the new French league campaign with a 0-0 draw at Nice.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Foul by Bradley Barcola (Lyon).
1': Melvin Bard (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Sinaly Diomandé.
5': Attempt saved. Terem Moffi (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gaëtan Laborde with a cross.
5': Amin Sarr (Lyon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
5': Foul by Dante (Nice).
9': Offside, Nice. Terem Moffi tries a through ball, but Sofiane Diop is caught offside.
10': Offside, Nice. Gaëtan Laborde tries a through ball, but Terem Moffi is caught offside.
11': Dante (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
11': Foul by Amin Sarr (Lyon).
12': Foul by Terem Moffi (Nice).
12': Sinaly Diomandé (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Attempt missed. Gaëtan Laborde (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Terem Moffi.
17': Foul by Duje Caleta-Car (Lyon).
17': Youcef Atal (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
18': Attempt blocked. Sofiane Diop (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
18': Foul by Maxence Caqueret (Lyon).
18': Sofiane Diop (Nice) wins a free kick on the left wing.
19': Attempt missed. Youcef Atal (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
19': Attempt saved. Terem Moffi (Nice) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Youcef Atal.
24': Foul by Saël Kumbedi (Lyon).
24': Sofiane Diop (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Jean-Clair Todibo.
25': Attempt blocked. Morgan Sanson (Nice) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gaëtan Laborde.
29': Foul by Khéphren Thuram (Nice).
29': Rayan Cherki (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
30': Attempt saved. Sofiane Diop (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Khéphren Thuram.
31': Attempt saved. Amin Sarr (Lyon) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rayan Cherki with a through ball.
31': Amin Sarr (Lyon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
31': Foul by Dante (Nice).
32': Youssouf Ndayishimiye (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
35': Offside, Nice. Morgan Sanson tries a through ball, but Sofiane Diop is caught offside.
36': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Saël Kumbedi.
36': Offside, Nice. Melvin Bard tries a through ball, but Morgan Sanson is caught offside.
38': Attempt missed. Rayan Cherki (Lyon) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bradley Barcola.
40': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Saël Kumbedi.
41': Attempt missed. Youssouf Ndayishimiye (Nice) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Morgan Sanson with a cross following a corner.
41': Foul by Gaëtan Laborde (Nice).
41': Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42': Offside, Lyon. Corentin Tolisso tries a through ball, but Bradley Barcola is caught offside.
42': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Sinaly Diomandé.
43': Attempt blocked. Youcef Atal (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
45'+1': First Half ends, Nice 0, Lyon 0.
45': Second Half begins Nice 0, Lyon 0.
46': Attempt missed. Morgan Sanson (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gaëtan Laborde.
46': Offside, Nice. Youssouf Ndayishimiye tries a through ball, but Terem Moffi is caught offside.
47': Attempt missed. Morgan Sanson (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Sofiane Diop with a cross.
50': Foul by Saël Kumbedi (Lyon).
50': Sofiane Diop (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Foul by Terem Moffi (Nice).
51': Saël Kumbedi (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
53': Foul by Saël Kumbedi (Lyon).
53': Sofiane Diop (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56': Attempt missed. Morgan Sanson (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Sofiane Diop.
58': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
58': Attempt blocked. Melvin Bard (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Morgan Sanson.
58': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Amin Sarr.
59': Attempt blocked. Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice) header from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Morgan Sanson with a cross.
62': Offside, Nice. Youcef Atal tries a through ball, but Sofiane Diop is caught offside.
64': Attempt missed. Morgan Sanson (Nice) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sofiane Diop with a cross.
64': Attempt saved. Gaëtan Laborde (Nice) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Morgan Sanson.
64': Foul by Morgan Sanson (Nice).
64': Maxence Caqueret (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
65': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Khéphren Thuram.
66': Attempt missed. Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
66': Foul by Rayan Cherki (Lyon).
66': Morgan Sanson (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
69': Substitution, Nice. Badredine Bouanani replaces Gaëtan Laborde.
70': Offside, Nice. Youssouf Ndayishimiye tries a through ball, but Sofiane Diop is caught offside.
71': Substitution, Lyon. Skelly Alvero replaces Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
71': Substitution, Lyon. Tino Kadewere replaces Amin Sarr.
72': Attempt missed. Terem Moffi (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Badredine Bouanani.
73': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Nicolás Tagliafico.
74': Attempt missed. Melvin Bard (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
75': Delay in match because of an injury Khéphren Thuram (Nice).
76': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
77': Attempt blocked. Rayan Cherki (Lyon) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tino Kadewere.
77': Attempt missed. Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
77': Foul by Skelly Alvero (Lyon).
77': Terem Moffi (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
79': Attempt missed. Dante (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Badredine Bouanani.
82': Attempt missed. Tino Kadewere (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bradley Barcola.
83': Substitution, Nice. Billal Brahimi replaces Sofiane Diop.
83': Substitution, Nice. Hicham Boudaoui replaces Khéphren Thuram.
85': Attempt blocked. Youssouf Ndayishimiye (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
86': Attempt blocked. Badredine Bouanani (Nice) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hicham Boudaoui.
87': Foul by Bradley Barcola (Lyon).
87': Hicham Boudaoui (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
89': Substitution, Nice. Jordan Lotomba replaces Youcef Atal.
89': Substitution, Lyon. Mohamed El Arouch replaces Rayan Cherki.
89': Substitution, Nice. Evann Guessand replaces Terem Moffi.
90': Badredine Bouanani (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90': Foul by Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon).
90': Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+2': Foul by Saël Kumbedi (Lyon).
90'+2': Melvin Bard (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+2': Duje Caleta-Car (Lyon) is shown the yellow card.
90'+5': Foul by Skelly Alvero (Lyon).
90'+5': Hicham Boudaoui (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+5': Skelly Alvero (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+6': Hand ball by Badredine Bouanani (Nice).
90'+7': Foul by Corentin Tolisso (Lyon).
90'+7': Youssouf Ndayishimiye (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+8': Second Half ends, Nice 0, Lyon 0.
0': Match ends, Nice 0, Lyon 0.
0': Match ends, Nice 0, Lyon 0.

Statistics

LYON		NICE
14	Fouls	8
3	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	7
2	Corner Kicks	7
4	Saves	1
41.5	Possession	58.5
6	SHOTS	21
1	ON GOAL	4
0.2	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
291	Accurate Passes	440
374	Passes	513
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	7
4	Crosses	27
0.5	Cross %	0.3
48	Long Balls	31
18	Accurate Long Balls	13
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
1	Blocked Shots	7
8	Effective Tackles	7
16	Tackles	17
0.5	Tackle %	0.4
6	Interceptions	8
29	Effective Clearances	7
29	Clearances	7

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Allianz Riviera
Location: Nice, France
Attendance: 28,033

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
90	Marcin Bulka (GK)
4	Dante
6	Jean-Clair Todibo
26	Melvin Bard
20	Youcef Atal
55	Youssouf Ndayishimiye
19	Khéphren Thuram
11	Morgan Sanson
9	Terem Moffi
10	Sofiane Diop
24	Gaëtan Laborde

Nice Substitutes:

Pablo Rosario, Teddy Boulhendi, Reda Belahyane, Hicham Boudaoui, Ayoub Amraoui, Bilal Brahimi, Jordan Lotomba, Evann Guessand, Badredine Bouanani.

Lyon (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
17	Rémy Riou (GK)
2	Sinaly Diomande
55	Duje Caleta-Car
3	Nicolás Tagliafico
20	Saël Kumbedi
6	Maxence Caqueret
98	Ainsley Maitland-Niles
8	Corentin Tolisso
7	Amin Sarr
26	Bradley Barcola
18	Rayan Cherki

Lyon Substitutes:

Henrique, Tino Kadewere, Skelly Alvero, Jake O'Brien, Jeffinho, Johann Lepenant, Mohamed El Arouch, Mathieu Patouillet, Clinton Mata.

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