Nice vs Montpellier, 2023-24 Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1

Nice

12': Jérémie Boga

FT
1 - 2

Montpellier

10': Jean-Clair Todibo (OG)
42': Téji Savanier (P)

About

Nice are hosting Montpellier at Allianz Riviera, Nice, France, starting on . The match is a part of the French Ligue 1.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
5': Attempt saved. Melvin Bard (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dante.
8': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Dante.
9': Delay in match because of an injury Pablo Rosario (Nice).
9': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
10': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Hicham Boudaoui.
10': Own Goal by Jean-Clair Todibo, Nice. Nice 0, Montpellier 1.
12': Goal! Nice 1, Montpellier 1. Jérémie Boga (Nice) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gaëtan Laborde with a cross.
13': Delay in match because of an injury Silvan Hefti (Montpellier).
13': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
13': Substitution, Montpellier. Enzo Tchato replaces Silvan Hefti because of an injury.
14': Foul by Dante (Nice).
14': Téji Savanier (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Attempt missed. Gaëtan Laborde (Nice) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Khéphren Thuram with a cross.
17': Arnaud Nordin (Montpellier) wins a free kick on the right wing.
17': Foul by Melvin Bard (Nice).
19': Foul by Téji Savanier (Montpellier).
19': Jérémie Boga (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
20': Foul by Téji Savanier (Montpellier).
20': Hicham Boudaoui (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
22': Attempt blocked. Arnaud Nordin (Montpellier) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wahbi Khazri with a through ball.
22': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Melvin Bard.
24': Becir Omeragic (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24': Foul by Terem Moffi (Nice).
26': Foul by Hicham Boudaoui (Nice).
26': Jordan Ferri (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
28': Attempt missed. Khéphren Thuram (Nice) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Gaëtan Laborde with a cross.
28': Foul by Jordan Lotomba (Nice).
28': Kiki Kouyaté (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
29': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Enzo Tchato.
31': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Becir Omeragic.
32': Attempt missed. Khéphren Thuram (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Hicham Boudaoui with a headed pass following a corner.
33': Offside, Nice. Melvin Bard is caught offside.
35': Attempt saved. Issiaga Sylla (Montpellier) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Enzo Tchato with a cross.
37': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Jordan Lotomba.
38': Arnaud Nordin (Montpellier) wins a free kick on the right wing.
38': Foul by Melvin Bard (Nice).
39': Attempt missed. Wahbi Khazri (Montpellier) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Téji Savanier following a set piece situation.
39': Penalty conceded by Gaëtan Laborde (Nice) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
40': VAR Decision: Penalty Montpellier.
42': Pablo Rosario (Nice) is shown the yellow card.
42': Goal! Nice 1, Montpellier 2. Téji Savanier (Montpellier) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
44': Foul by Melvin Bard (Nice).
44': Jordan Ferri (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Attempt blocked. Melvin Bard (Nice) with an attempt from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hicham Boudaoui with a cross.
45'+2': Delay in match because of an injury Melvin Bard (Nice).
45'+3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45'+3': Foul by Enzo Tchato (Montpellier).
45'+3': Jérémie Boga (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+4': Foul by Kiki Kouyaté (Montpellier).
45'+4': Hicham Boudaoui (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
45'+5': Attempt blocked. Melvin Bard (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
45'+6': First Half ends, Nice 1, Montpellier 2.
45': Second Half begins Nice 1, Montpellier 2.
45': Substitution, Montpellier. Léo Leroy replaces Joris Chotard.
47': Foul by Wahbi Khazri (Montpellier).
47': Marcin Bulka (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
47': Wahbi Khazri (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
48': Attempt saved. Jérémie Boga (Nice) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pablo Rosario.
48': Hand ball by Dante (Nice).
50': Foul by Enzo Tchato (Montpellier).
50': Hicham Boudaoui (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
54': Delay in match because of an injury Wahbi Khazri (Montpellier).
54': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
55': Attempt missed. Téji Savanier (Montpellier) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a fast break.
56': Attempt blocked. Léo Leroy (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Téji Savanier.
56': Attempt missed. Téji Savanier (Montpellier) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
58': Substitution, Nice. Evann Guessand replaces Pablo Rosario because of an injury.
58': Substitution, Nice. Tom Louchet replaces Jordan Lotomba.
60': Foul by Becir Omeragic (Montpellier).
60': Gaëtan Laborde (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
60': Evann Guessand (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
60': Foul by Issiaga Sylla (Montpellier).
61': Delay in match (Nice).
61': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
64': Foul by Issiaga Sylla (Montpellier).
64': Terem Moffi (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
64': Foul by Tom Louchet (Nice).
64': Téji Savanier (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
68': Attempt missed. Evann Guessand (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jérémie Boga.
69': Substitution, Montpellier. Christopher Jullien replaces Wahbi Khazri.
70': Attempt blocked. Khéphren Thuram (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
71': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Léo Leroy.
71': Attempt missed. Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
73': Substitution, Nice. Morgan Sanson replaces Khéphren Thuram.
73': Substitution, Nice. Mohamed-Ali Cho replaces Gaëtan Laborde.
74': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Kiki Kouyaté.
75': Attempt blocked. Evann Guessand (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Morgan Sanson.
75': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Enzo Tchato.
77': Attempt blocked. Hicham Boudaoui (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
79': Attempt saved. Dante (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed-Ali Cho.
80': Hand ball by Melvin Bard (Nice).
81': Substitution, Montpellier. Akor Adams replaces Mousa Tamari.
81': Substitution, Montpellier. Tanguy Coulibaly replaces Arnaud Nordin.
82': Foul by Evann Guessand (Nice).
82': Léo Leroy (Montpellier) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Kiki Kouyaté.
85': Attempt blocked. Dante (Nice) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
85': Attempt blocked. Evann Guessand (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
86': Foul by Akor Adams (Montpellier).
86': Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
87': Substitution, Nice. Alexis Claude-Maurice replaces Hicham Boudaoui.
88': Foul by Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice).
88': Téji Savanier (Montpellier) wins a free kick on the left wing.
88': Corner, Montpellier. Conceded by Tom Louchet.
90': Delay in match because of an injury Mohamed-Ali Cho (Nice).
90'+2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+2': Foul by Léo Leroy (Montpellier).
90'+2': Mohamed-Ali Cho (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+2': Léo Leroy (Montpellier) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+3': Attempt missed. Dante (Nice) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
90'+3': Attempt saved. Evann Guessand (Nice) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jean-Clair Todibo with a through ball.
90'+3': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Benjamin Lecomte.
90'+4': Attempt missed. Alexis Claude-Maurice (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
90'+5': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Kiki Kouyaté.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Nice 1, Montpellier 2.
0': Match ends, Nice 1, Montpellier 2.

Statistics

MON		NICE
11	Fouls	13
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	1
5	Corner Kicks	8
4	Saves	1
34.8	Possession	65.2
7	SHOTS	19
2	ON GOAL	5
0.3	On Target %	0.3
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
215	Accurate Passes	477
288	Passes	548
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	6
18	Crosses	27
0.1	Cross %	0.2
47	Long Balls	26
14	Accurate Long Balls	16
0.3	Long Balls %	0.6
2	Blocked Shots	7
13	Effective Tackles	8
21	Tackles	14
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
9	Interceptions	7
45	Effective Clearances	19
45	Clearances	19

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Allianz Riviera
Location: Nice, France
Attendance: 21,819

Ligue 1 Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Paris Saint-Germain	11	+23	29
2	AS Monaco	11	+10	23
3	Marseille	11	+9	20
4	Lille	11	+7	19

Full Table

Line-Ups

Nice (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Marcin Bulka (GK)
8	Pablo Rosario
4	Dante
6	Jean-Clair Todibo
19	Khephren Thuram
28	Hicham Boudaoui
26	Melvin Bard
23	Jordan Lotomba
9	Terem Moffi
7	Jérémie Boga
24	Gaëtan Laborde

Nice Substitutes:

Aliou Baldé, Romain Perraud, Alexis Claude-Maurice, Mohamed-Ali Cho, Maxime Dupé, Tom Louchet, Evann Guessand, Antoine Mendy, Morgan Sanson.

Montpellier (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
40	Benjamin Lecomte (GK)
4	Boubakar Kiki Kouyate
27	Becir Omeragic
3	Issiaga Sylla
36	Silvan Hefti
11	Téji Savanier
13	Joris Chotard
12	Jordan Ferri
10	Wahbi Khazri
9	Mousa Al-Tamari
7	Arnaud Nordin

Montpellier Substitutes:

Tanguy Coulibaly, Lucas Mincarelli Davin, Khalil Fayad, Leo Leroy, Akor Adams, Christopher Jullien, Enzo Tchato, Yann Karamoh, Dimitry Bertaud.

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