Toulouse vs Nice, 2023-24 Ligue 1
· French Ligue 1European hopefuls Nice suffer 2-1 defeat at Toulouse
Fifth-placed Nice lost 2-1 against Toulouse on Sunday after conceding two second half goals to the hosts who claimed their third straight Ligue 1 victory.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Foul by Khéphren Thuram (Nice).
- 2': Thijs Dallinga (Toulouse) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2': Delay in match because of an injury Thijs Dallinga (Toulouse).
- 2': Khéphren Thuram (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 8': Goal! Toulouse 0, Nice 1. Terem Moffi (Nice) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
- 11': Attempt missed. Vincent Sierro (Toulouse) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Yann Gboho.
- 11': Foul by Stijn Spierings (Toulouse).
- 11': Jérémie Boga (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Evann Guessand (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Foul by Stijn Spierings (Toulouse).
- 21': Offside, Nice. Terem Moffi is caught offside.
- 23': Attempt missed. Thijs Dallinga (Toulouse) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Stijn Spierings.
- 25': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Logan Costa.
- 28': Attempt missed. Thijs Dallinga (Toulouse) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Aron Dønnum with a cross.
- 28': Foul by Hicham Boudaoui (Nice).
- 28': Thijs Dallinga (Toulouse) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Attempt missed. Yann Gboho (Toulouse) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
- 30': Foul by Logan Costa (Toulouse).
- 30': Terem Moffi (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Foul by Evann Guessand (Nice).
- 32': Rasmus Nicolaisen (Toulouse) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 33': Foul by Stijn Spierings (Toulouse).
- 33': Hicham Boudaoui (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Delay in match because of an injury Hicham Boudaoui (Nice).
- 35': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 36': Attempt saved. Yann Gboho (Toulouse) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 37': Attempt saved. Evann Guessand (Nice) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Khéphren Thuram.
- 37': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Kévin Keben.
- 38': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Guillaume Restes.
- 39': Attempt blocked. Jérémie Boga (Nice) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hicham Boudaoui.
- 39': Hand ball by Terem Moffi (Nice).
- 39': Evann Guessand (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 39': Foul by Vincent Sierro (Toulouse).
- 40': Attempt saved. Melvin Bard (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 40': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Guillaume Restes.
- 41': Offside, Nice. Terem Moffi is caught offside.
- 42': Attempt saved. Aron Dønnum (Toulouse) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 45': Attempt blocked. Vincent Sierro (Toulouse) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 45': Corner, Toulouse. Conceded by Jordan Lotomba.
- 45': Foul by Rasmus Nicolaisen (Toulouse).
- 45': Melvin Bard (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': Foul by Logan Costa (Toulouse).
- 45'+2': Terem Moffi (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+2': Logan Costa (Toulouse) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+4': Attempt blocked. Jérémie Boga (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 45'+4': Attempt blocked. Jérémie Boga (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Toulouse 0, Nice 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Toulouse 0, Nice 1.
- 47': Aron Dønnum (Toulouse) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 47': Foul by Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice).
- 47': Foul by Rasmus Nicolaisen (Toulouse).
- 47': Pablo Rosario (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Attempt blocked. Stijn Spierings (Toulouse) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Warren Kamanzi.
- 50': Christian Mawissa (Toulouse) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Foul by Terem Moffi (Nice).
- 50': Terem Moffi (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 50': Attempt saved. Yann Gboho (Toulouse) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Thijs Dallinga.
- 50': Corner, Toulouse. Conceded by Marcin Bulka.
- 51': Foul by Kévin Keben (Toulouse).
- 51': Melvin Bard (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Attempt blocked. Thijs Dallinga (Toulouse) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stijn Spierings.
- 53': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Logan Costa.
- 55': Foul by Vincent Sierro (Toulouse).
- 55': Jordan Lotomba (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 56': Delay in match because of an injury Jordan Lotomba (Nice).
- 56': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 57': Corner, Toulouse. Conceded by Pablo Rosario.
- 58': Corner, Toulouse. Conceded by Dante.
- 58': Attempt blocked. Rasmus Nicolaisen (Toulouse) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
- 58': Corner, Toulouse. Conceded by Jordan Lotomba.
- 59': Attempt saved. Stijn Spierings (Toulouse) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Vincent Sierro with a cross.
- 59': Corner, Toulouse. Conceded by Marcin Bulka.
- 59': Attempt missed. Aron Dønnum (Toulouse) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 59': Attempt blocked. Rasmus Nicolaisen (Toulouse) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aron Dønnum.
- 59': Corner, Toulouse. Conceded by Terem Moffi.
- 61': Substitution, Toulouse. Gabriel Suazo replaces Kévin Keben.
- 63': Attempt saved. Jérémie Boga (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Evann Guessand.
- 64': Substitution, Nice. Romain Perraud replaces Melvin Bard.
- 64': Substitution, Nice. Gaëtan Laborde replaces Terem Moffi.
- 65': Goal! Toulouse 1, Nice 1. Thijs Dallinga (Toulouse) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Warren Kamanzi.
- 67': Evann Guessand (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Foul by Rasmus Nicolaisen (Toulouse).
- 68': Evann Guessand (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Foul by Rasmus Nicolaisen (Toulouse).
- 69': Goal! Toulouse 2, Nice 1. Yann Gboho (Toulouse) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Thijs Dallinga.
- 76': Delay in match because of an injury Warren Kamanzi (Toulouse).
- 77': Substitution, Nice. Mohamed-Ali Cho replaces Jérémie Boga.
- 77': Substitution, Nice. Tom Louchet replaces Jordan Lotomba.
- 79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 79': Attempt blocked. Thijs Dallinga (Toulouse) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 80': Foul by Mohamed-Ali Cho (Nice).
- 80': Yann Gboho (Toulouse) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Attempt saved. Gaëtan Laborde (Nice) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Khéphren Thuram.
- 81': Foul by Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice).
- 81': Stijn Spierings (Toulouse) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 83': Dante (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Foul by Aron Dønnum (Toulouse).
- 83': Substitution, Toulouse. Frank Magri replaces Thijs Dallinga.
- 84': Substitution, Nice. Alexis Claude-Maurice replaces Hicham Boudaoui.
- 90': Attempt saved. Alexis Claude-Maurice (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
- 90': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Guillaume Restes.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Toulouse. Naatan Skyttä replaces Aron Dønnum.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Toulouse. Cristian Cásseres replaces Yann Gboho.
- 90'+2': Foul by Stijn Spierings (Toulouse).
- 90'+2': Mohamed-Ali Cho (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+2': Stijn Spierings (Toulouse) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+4': Foul by Romain Perraud (Nice).
- 90'+4': Naatan Skyttä (Toulouse) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Foul by Gaëtan Laborde (Nice).
- 90'+5': Logan Costa (Toulouse) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Toulouse 2, Nice 1.
- 0': Match ends, Toulouse 2, Nice 1.
Statistics
 NICE |
TOU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 14 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 6 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 4 | Saves | 5 |
| 55.7 | Possession | 44.3 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 17 |
| 6 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.7 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 447 | Accurate Passes | 335 |
| 522 | Passes | 411 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 15 | Crosses | 17 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 41 | Long Balls | 60 |
| 17 | Accurate Long Balls | 21 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 6 | Effective Tackles | 12 |
| 14 | Tackles | 19 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 4 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 16 | Effective Clearances | 21 |
| 16 | Clearances | 21 |
Game Information
Competition: French Ligue 1
Venue: Stadium de Toulouse
Location: Toulouse, France
Attendance: 25,507
Venue: Stadium de Toulouse
Location: Toulouse, France
Attendance: 25,507
Ligue 1 Standings
| # | 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 |
Line-Ups
Toulouse (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 50 | Guillaume Restes (GK) |
| 6 | Logan Costa  |
| 2 | Rasmus Nicolaisen |
| 25 | Kévin Keben |
| 8 | Vincent Sierro |
| 4 | Stijn Spierings |
| 13 | Christian Mawissa |
| 12 | Waren Kamanzi |
| 9 | Thijs Dallinga |
| 37 | Yann Gboho |
| 15 | Aron Donnum |
Nice (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Marcin Bulka (GK) |
| 6 | Jean-Clair Todibo |
| 4 | Dante |
| 8 | Pablo Rosario |
| 19 | Khephren Thuram |
| 28 | Hicham Boudaoui |
| 26 | Melvin Bard |
| 23 | Jordan Lotomba |
| 9 | Terem Moffi |
| 7 | Jérémie Boga |
| 29 | Evann Guessand |
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