French Ligue 1

Nice vs AC Ajaccio 2022-23 Ligue 1

  • 3': Dante
  • 69': Bilal Brahimi
  • 90': Bilal Brahimi
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3 - 0

Nice wins 4th straight in Ligue 1 after beating Ajaccio 3-0

— Billal Brahimi scored twice with spectacular long-range strikes as Nice beat Ajaccio 3-0 for a fourth straight win in the French league on Friday.

Match Commentary

  • 3': Goal! Nice 1, Ajaccio 0. Dante (Nice) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Badredine Bouanani with a cross following a corner.
  • 45': Second Half begins Nice 1, Ajaccio 0.
  • 57': Hicham Boudaoui (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 66': Substitution, Nice. Billal Brahimi replaces Badredine Bouanani.
  • 66': Substitution, Nice. Youssouf Ndayishimiye replaces Hicham Boudaoui.
  • 66': Substitution, Nice. Sofiane Diop replaces Khéphren Thuram.
  • 69': Goal! Nice 2, Ajaccio 0. Billal Brahimi (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sofiane Diop following a corner.
  • 74': Substitution, Ajaccio. Romain Hamouma replaces Riad Nouri.
  • 74': Substitution, Ajaccio. Moussa Djitté replaces Mounaïm El Idrissy.
  • 78': Substitution, Nice. Ross Barkley replaces Gaëtan Laborde.
  • 82': Substitution, Ajaccio. Ruan replaces Cyrille Bayala.
  • 82': Substitution, Ajaccio. Mehdi Puch-Herrantz replaces Mickaël Barreto.
  • 82': Substitution, Ajaccio. Anthony Khelifa replaces Mickaël Alphonse.
  • 85': Substitution, Nice. Pablo Rosario replaces Aaron Ramsey.
  • 90': Goal! Nice 3, Ajaccio 0. Billal Brahimi (Nice) left footed shot from long range on the right to the top left corner. Assisted by Ross Barkley.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Allianz Riviera
Location: Nice, France
Attendance: 20,163

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+41 Paris Saint-Germain 28 63 1
+17 Brest 29 53 6
+15 AS Monaco 28 52 6
+17 Lille 28 49 5
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Statistics

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7 Fouls 9
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
5 Corner Kicks 5
0 Saves 3
38 Possession 62
6 SHOTS 11
3 ON GOAL 3
0.5 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
318 Accurate Passes 583
396 Passes 654
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
5 Accurate Crosses 3
14 Crosses 11
0.4 Cross % 0.3
56 Long Balls 39
25 Accurate Long Balls 15
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
1 Blocked Shots 4
9 Effective Tackles 4
16 Tackles 8
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
11 Interceptions 9
11 Effective Clearances 11
11 Clearances 11

Line-Ups

NICE Nice (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Kasper Schmeichel (GK)
4 Dante
25 Jean-Clair Todibo
23 Jordan Lotomba
33 Antoine Mendy
28 Hicham Boudaoui Yellow Card
19 Khephren Thuram
16 Aaron Ramsey
9 Terem Moffi
24 Gaëtan Laborde
35 Badredine Bouanani

ACA AC Ajaccio (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
1 Benjamin Leroy (GK)
21 Cédric Avinel
25 Oumar Gonzalez
15 Clément Vidal
2 Mickaël Alphonse
20 Mohamed Youssouf
4 Michael Barreto
29 Florian Chabrolle
5 Riad Nouri
14 Cyrille Bayala
7 Mounaim El Idrissy

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