French Ligue 1

Nice vs Brest 2021-22 Ligue 1

  • 45': Jean-Clair Todibo
  • 61': Melvin Bard
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2 - 1
  • 90'+2': Franck Honorat

Nice stay in top four with 2-1 win over Brest

Nice stayed in touch with Ligue 1 leaders Paris St Germain after goals in each half by defenders Jean-Clair Todibo and Melvin Bard helped them to a

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 45': Goal! Nice 1, Brest 0. Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  • 45': Substitution, Brest. Jérémy Le Douaron replaces Irvin Cardona.
  • 61': Goal! Nice 2, Brest 0. Melvin Bard (Nice) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Amine Gouiri.
  • 71': Substitution, Brest. Hianga'a M'Bock replaces Lucien Agoume.
  • 72': Substitution, Brest. Julien Faussurier replaces Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel.
  • 72': Pablo Rosario (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 76': Substitution, Brest. Youssouph Badji replaces Steve Mounié.
  • 76': Substitution, Brest. Hugo Magnetti replaces Haris Belkebla.
  • 78': Substitution, Nice. Kasper Dolberg replaces Amine Gouiri.
  • 79': Substitution, Nice. Khéphren Thuram replaces Pablo Rosario.
  • 87': Substitution, Nice. Lucas Da Cunha replaces Melvin Bard.
  • 90'+2': Goal! Nice 2, Brest 1. Franck Honorat (Brest) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Romain Faivre.
  • 90'+5': Hianga'a M'Bock (Brest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+6': Substitution, Nice. Flavius Daniliuc replaces Jordan Lotomba.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Nice 2, Brest 1.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Allianz Riviera
Location: Nice, France
Attendance: 13,503

French Ligue 1 Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
0 Angers 0 0 0
0 AJ Auxerre 0 0 0
0 Brest 0 0 0
0 Le Havre AC 0 0 0
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Statistics

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12 Fouls 8
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 3
2 Corner Kicks 6
7 Saves 1
29.9 Possession 70.1
6 SHOTS 20
2 ON GOAL 9
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
231 Accurate Passes 679
323 Passes 765
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
4 Accurate Crosses 8
8 Crosses 21
0.5 Cross % 0.4
67 Long Balls 57
28 Accurate Long Balls 32
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
1 Blocked Shots 1
4 Effective Tackles 10
16 Tackles 15
0.3 Tackle % 0.7
10 Interceptions 9
24 Effective Clearances 10
24 Clearances 10

Line-Ups

NICE Nice (4-4-2)

No. Name
40 Walter Benítez (GK)
4 Dante
25 Jean-Clair Todibo
26 Melvin Bard
23 Jordan Lotomba
18 Mario Lemina
8 Pablo Rosario Yellow Card
13 Hassane Kamara
22 Calvin Stengs
11 Amine Gouiri
7 Andy Delort

BRE Brest (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
40 Marco Bizot (GK)
17 Denys Bain
5 Brendan Chardonnet
2 Jean-Kévin Duverne
18 Ronael Pierre-Gabriel
21 Romain Faivre
7 Haris Belkebla
10 Lucien Agoumé
15 Steve Mounié
14 Irvin Cardona
9 Franck Honorat

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