French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, January 27, 2024
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Nice LWWLW 1
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Match Report

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Guessand penalty helps Nice keep pace with Ligue 1 leaders

Second-placed Nice earned a hard-fought 1-0 home win over Metz in Ligue 1 on Saturday thanks to a second-half penalty from Evann Guessand.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
5
8
Saves
1
33.8
Possession
66.2
2
SHOTS
15
1
ON GOAL
9
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
213
Accurate Passes
506
287
Passes
566
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
13
Crosses
26
0.1
Cross %
0.1
63
Long Balls
26
27
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
10
22
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
8
Interceptions
5
32
Effective Clearances
8
32
Clearances
8

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

NICE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marcin BulkaG
  2. 4DanteCD-L
  3. 6Jean-Clair TodiboCD-R
  4. 26Melvin BardLB
  5. 23Jordan LotombaRB
  6. 55Youssouf NdayishimiyeCM
  7. 19Khéphren ThuramLM
  8. 11Morgan SansonRM
  9. 29Evann GuessandF
  10. 25Mohamed-Ali ChoLF
  11. 24Gaëtan LabordeRF

METZ · 4-1-4-1

  1. 16Alexandre OukidjaG
  2. 5Fali CandéCD-L
  3. 8Ismaël TraoréCD-R
  4. 6Kevin N'DoramDM
  5. 3Matthieu UdolLB
  6. 2Maxime ColinRB
  7. 27Danley Jean JacquesCM-L
  8. 34Joseph N'DuquidiCM-R
  9. 14Cheick SabalyLM
  10. 22Kevin GuitonRM
  11. 10Georges MikautadzeF

Timeline

  1. 57' Cheikh Sabaly (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 61' Melvin Bard (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 66' Substitution, Nice. Sofiane Diop replaces Mohamed-Ali Cho.
  4. 66' Substitution, Nice. Alexis Claude-Maurice replaces Khéphren Thuram.
  5. 77' Goal! Nice 1, Metz 0. Evann Guessand (Nice) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  6. 79' Substitution, Metz. Benjamin Tetteh replaces Cheikh Sabaly.
  7. 79' Substitution, Metz. Jean N'Guessan replaces Joseph Nduquidi.
  8. 82' Substitution, Nice. Pablo Rosario replaces Jordan Lotomba.
  9. 82' Substitution, Nice. Hicham Boudaoui replaces Morgan Sanson.
  10. 83' Substitution, Metz. Óscar Estupiñán replaces Georges Mikautadze.
  11. 83' Substitution, Metz. Arthur Atta replaces Kévin N'Doram.
  12. 83' Substitution, Metz. Malick Mbaye replaces Kévin Van Den Kerkhof.
  13. 90'+1' Substitution, Nice. Romain Perraud replaces Gaëtan Laborde.

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