French Ligue 1

Nice vs Strasbourg 2021-22 Ligue 1

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  • 21': Ludovic Ajorque
  • 81': Habib Diallo
  • 84': Adrien Thomasson

Nice lose ground in second place battle with Strasbourg defeat

Nice lost ground in the battle for second place in Ligue 1 when they were overwhelmed in a 3-0 defeat against visiting Racing Strasbourg on Sunday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 21': Goal! Nice 0, Strasbourg 1. Ludovic Ajorque (Strasbourg) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ibrahima Sissoko with a through ball.
  • 35': Ibrahima Sissoko (Strasbourg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': Flavius Daniliuc (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+4': Ludovic Ajorque (Strasbourg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Substitution, Nice. Dante replaces Flavius Daniliuc.
  • 45': Substitution, Nice. Youcef Atal replaces Jordan Lotomba.
  • 47': Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Strasbourg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 63': Substitution, Strasbourg. Sanjin Prcic replaces Ibrahima Sissoko.
  • 64': Substitution, Nice. Khéphren Thuram-Ulien replaces Melvin Bard because of an injury.
  • 66': Youcef Atal (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 70': Substitution, Nice. Amine Gouiri replaces Calvin Stengs.
  • 73': Substitution, Strasbourg. Kevin Gameiro replaces Ludovic Ajorque.
  • 81': Goal! Nice 0, Strasbourg 2. Habib Diallo (Strasbourg) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.
  • 84': Pablo Rosario (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 84': Goal! Nice 0, Strasbourg 3. Adrien Thomasson (Strasbourg) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Habib Diallo.
  • 86': Substitution, Nice. Evann Guessand replaces Andy Delort.
  • 90': Substitution, Strasbourg. Dimitri Lienard replaces Adrien Thomasson.

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Allianz Riviera
Location: Nice, France
Attendance: 16,220

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
Full Table

Statistics

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14 Fouls 9
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 2
4 Corner Kicks 9
5 Saves 2
39.6 Possession 60.4
15 SHOTS 12
5 ON GOAL 5
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
244 Accurate Passes 405
321 Passes 481
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 5
9 Crosses 24
0.2 Cross % 0.2
62 Long Balls 44
30 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
4 Blocked Shots 3
6 Effective Tackles 5
13 Tackles 7
0.5 Tackle % 0.7
8 Interceptions 9
25 Effective Clearances 11
25 Clearances 11

Line-Ups

NICE Nice (4-4-2)

No. Name
40 Walter Benítez (GK)
5 Flavius Daniliuc Yellow Card
25 Jean-Clair Todibo
26 Melvin Bard
23 Jordan Lotomba
18 Mario Lemina
8 Pablo Rosario Yellow Card
21 Justin Kluivert
22 Calvin Stengs
7 Andy Delort
9 Kasper Dolberg

STR Strasbourg (5-3-2)

No. Name
1 Matz Sels (GK)
22 Gerzino Nyamsi
24 Alexander Djiku
5 Lucas Perrin
19 Anthony Caci
2 Frédéric Guilbert
17 Jean-Ricner Bellegarde Yellow Card
27 Ibrahim Sissoko
10 Adrien Thomasson
25 Ludovic Ajorque
20 Habib Diallo

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