Nice vs Stade de Reims, 2023-24 Ligue 1
· French Ligue 1Nice take back second place with win over Reims
Jeremie Boga scored the winner as Nice moved back up to second in Ligue 1 after a 2-1 home win over Reims on Sunday.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Offside, Nice. Terem Moffi is caught offside.
- 3': Foul by Gaëtan Laborde (Nice).
- 3': Joseph Okumu (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Joseph Okumu.
- 5': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Azor Matusiwa.
- 8': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Joseph Okumu.
- 9': Attempt missed. Youssouf Ndayishimiye (Nice) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Morgan Sanson with a cross following a corner.
- 9': Offside, Nice. Terem Moffi is caught offside.
- 10': Attempt missed. Junya Ito (Reims) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Amir Richardson.
- 13': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Amir Richardson.
- 14': Foul by Pablo Rosario (Nice).
- 14': Teddy Teuma (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Offside, Nice. Gaëtan Laborde is caught offside.
- 18': Attempt missed. Terem Moffi (Nice) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jérémie Boga.
- 20': Offside, Nice. Gaëtan Laborde is caught offside.
- 25': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Thomas Foket.
- 26': Attempt missed. Gaëtan Laborde (Nice) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
- 27': Foul by Azor Matusiwa (Reims).
- 27': Jérémie Boga (Nice) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 28': Foul by Melvin Bard (Nice).
- 28': Thomas Foket (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 29': Foul by Amir Richardson (Reims).
- 29': Melvin Bard (Nice) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 30': Foul by Pablo Rosario (Nice).
- 30': Joseph Okumu (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Attempt blocked. Junya Ito (Reims) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Daramy.
- 31': Azor Matusiwa (Reims) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 31': Foul by Morgan Sanson (Nice).
- 32': Attempt saved. Yunis Abdelhamid (Reims) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Teddy Teuma with a through ball.
- 36': Foul by Morgan Sanson (Nice).
- 36': Mohamed Daramy (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Foul by Gaëtan Laborde (Nice).
- 39': Thibault De Smet (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Foul by Junya Ito (Reims).
- 41': Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42': Attempt missed. Terem Moffi (Nice) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jérémie Boga.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Nice 0, Reims 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Nice 0, Reims 0.
- 48': Attempt missed. Pablo Rosario (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Youssouf Ndayishimiye.
- 49': Attempt missed. Morgan Sanson (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dante.
- 50': Amir Richardson (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Foul by Gaëtan Laborde (Nice).
- 53': Foul by Melvin Bard (Nice).
- 53': Thomas Foket (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Teddy Teuma (Reims) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Junya Ito.
- 54': Attempt missed. Azor Matusiwa (Reims) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
- 55': Goal! Nice 1, Reims 0. Gaëtan Laborde (Nice) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner following a fast break.
- 56': Foul by Thibault De Smet (Reims).
- 56': Jordan Lotomba (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Amir Richardson (Reims) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 59': Foul by Gaëtan Laborde (Nice).
- 60': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Azor Matusiwa.
- 60': Foul by Dante (Nice).
- 60': Junya Ito (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Foul by Thomas Foket (Reims).
- 61': Jérémie Boga (Nice) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 61': Thomas Foket (Reims) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 65': Attempt saved. Morgan Sanson (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Terem Moffi.
- 67': Junya Ito (Reims) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Teddy Teuma.
- 67': Foul by Pablo Rosario (Nice).
- 67': Yunis Abdelhamid (Reims) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 67': Substitution, Reims. Keito Nakamura replaces Amir Richardson.
- 67': Substitution, Reims. Reda Khadra replaces Thomas Foket.
- 68': Attempt blocked. Teddy Teuma (Reims) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 71': Offside, Nice. Gaëtan Laborde is caught offside.
- 74': Offside, Reims. Thibault De Smet is caught offside.
- 75': Foul by Azor Matusiwa (Reims).
- 75': Morgan Sanson (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Substitution, Reims. Oumar Diakité replaces Mohamed Daramy.
- 76': Substitution, Nice. Evann Guessand replaces Gaëtan Laborde.
- 76': Offside, Nice. Morgan Sanson is caught offside.
- 78': Goal! Nice 1, Reims 1. Yunis Abdelhamid (Reims) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Junya Ito with a cross.
- 79': Delay in match because of an injury Dante (Nice).
- 79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 80': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Keito Nakamura.
- 81': Attempt missed. Jordan Lotomba (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
- 81': Attempt saved. Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan Lotomba.
- 81': Attempt saved. Pablo Rosario (Nice) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 81': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Yehvann Diouf.
- 82': Goal! Nice 2, Reims 1. Jérémie Boga (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Morgan Sanson following a corner.
- 83': Substitution, Nice. Hicham Boudaoui replaces Pablo Rosario.
- 83': Substitution, Nice. Alexis Claude-Maurice replaces Morgan Sanson.
- 84': Youssouf Ndayishimiye (Nice) is shown the yellow card.
- 84': Yunis Abdelhamid (Reims) is shown the yellow card.
- 85': Attempt missed. Oumar Diakité (Reims) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Junya Ito.
- 86': (Reims) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Melvin Bard (Nice).
- 86': Azor Matusiwa (Reims) is shown the yellow card.
- 86': Melvin Bard (Nice) is shown the yellow card.
- 87': Foul by Alexis Claude-Maurice (Nice).
- 87': Oumar Diakité (Reims) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 88': Substitution, Reims. Amine Salama replaces Thibault De Smet.
- 89': Attempt missed. Evann Guessand (Nice) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jordan Lotomba.
- 90': Substitution, Nice. Romain Perraud replaces Jérémie Boga.
- 90': Attempt blocked. Alexis Claude-Maurice (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Terem Moffi.
- 90': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Azor Matusiwa.
- 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Claude-Maurice with a cross.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Nice 2, Reims 1.
- 0': Match ends, Nice 2, Reims 1.
Statistics
 REIM |
NICE |
|
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Fouls | 14 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 6 |
| 0 | Corner Kicks | 9 |
| 3 | Saves | 1 |
| 48.1 | Possession | 51.9 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 353 | Accurate Passes | 389 |
| 441 | Passes | 460 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 4 | Crosses | 19 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 57 | Long Balls | 36 |
| 21 | Accurate Long Balls | 14 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 15 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 23 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 13 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 15 | Effective Clearances | 12 |
| 15 | Clearances | 12 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
Venue: Allianz Riviera
Location: Nice, France
Attendance: 24,325
Venue: Allianz Riviera
Location: Nice, France
Attendance: 24,325
Ligue 1 Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 12 | +26 | 32 |
| 2 | AS Monaco | 12 | +11 | 26 |
| 3 | Marseille | 12 | +11 | 23 |
| 4 | Lille | 12 | +8 | 22 |
Line-Ups
Nice (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Marcin Bulka (GK) |
| 4 | Dante |
| 6 | Jean-Clair Todibo |
| 26 | Melvin Bard  |
| 23 | Jordan Lotomba |
| 55 | Youssouf Ndayishimiye |
| 11 | Morgan Sanson |
| 8 | Pablo Rosario |
| 24 | Gaëtan Laborde |
| 7 | Jérémie Boga |
| 9 | Terem Moffi |
Stade de Reims (3-1-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 94 | Yehvann Diouf (GK) |
| 2 | Joseph Okumu |
| 5 | Yunis Abdelhamid |
| 24 | Emmanuel Agbadou |
| 21 | Azor Matusiwa |
| 10 | Teddy Teuma |
| 8 | Amir Richardson |
| 25 | Thibault De Smet |
| 32 | Thomas Foket |
| 9 | Mohamed Daramy |
| 7 | Junya Ito |
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