Nice vs Saint-Etienne

11 May 2022 · Ligue 1 · 2021/22 · Referee Ruddy Buquet

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

Melvin Bard 52’
Andy Delort 60’, 62’
Hichem Boudaoui 80’

Denis Bouanga 11’
Zaydou Youssef 45+4’

Match summary

Nice came back from 2 goals down to win 4-2 at home to Saint-Etienne. Saint-Etienne led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Denis Bouanga put Saint-Etienne ahead in the 11th minute and Zaydou Youssef made it 0-2 in first-half stoppage time, set up by Ryad Boudebouz. In the second half, Melvin Bard pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 52nd minute, set up by Amine Gouiri, Andy Delort equalised with a direct free kick in the 60th minute, Delort put Nice in front in the 62nd minute, set up by Justin Kluivert, and Hichem Boudaoui made it 4-2 in the 80th minute, set up by Andy Delort.

Saint-Etienne can feel hard done by, creating 1.91 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Nice's 1.28 from 14.

Match stats

14 Shots 12

7 Shots on Target 6

2 Corners 2

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.28 xG 1.91

1.28 Non-penalty xG 1.91

6 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Nice Saint-Etienne

Kick-off

11’

Denis Bouanga0-1

45+4’

Zaydou Youssef
Assist: Ryad Boudebouz0-2

Half-time0-2

Melvin Bard
Assist: Amine Gouiri

1-2

52’

Andy Delort

2-2

60’

Andy Delort
Assist: Justin Kluivert

3-2

62’

Hichem Boudaoui
Assist: Andy Delort

4-2

80’

Full-time4-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Nice

Flavius Daniliuc
Justin Kluivert

Saint-Etienne

Yvann Maçon
Harold Moukoudi
Eliaquim Mangala

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Nice 1.28 xGSaint-Etienne 1.91 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Saint-Etienne attacking Nice attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Walter Benítez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Flavius Daniliuc	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Dante	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jean-Clair Todibo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Melvin Bard	DEF	88	1		1	0.06	0.02	1
Justin Kluivert	MID	88		1	0	0.00	0.56	2
Pablo Rosario	MID	90			2	0.06	0.00	0
Mario Lemina	MID	84			2	0.19	0.00	0
Billal Brahimi	MID	84			1	0.07	0.09	1
Andy Delort	FWD	90	2	1	6	0.76	0.07	1
Amine Gouiri	FWD	79		1	1	0.07	0.09	2
Evann Guessand	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hichem Boudaoui	Sub	6	1		1	0.07	0.00	0
Morgan Schneiderlin	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Amavi	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0
Calvin Stengs	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.11	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Paul Bernardoni	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yvann Maçon	DEF	79			2	0.09	0.00	0
Harold Moukoudi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eliaquim Mangala	DEF	90			1	0.12	0.00	0
Saidou Sow	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel Silva	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Arnaud Nordin	MID	69			1	0.13	0.00	0
Mahdi Camara	MID	90			1	0.03	0.34	2
Zaydou Youssef	MID	78	1		1	0.05	0.04	1
Denis Bouanga	MID	86	1		3	0.72	0.12	1
Ryad Boudebouz	FWD	68		1	0	0.00	0.14	3
Adil Aouchiche	Sub	22			1	0.31	0.04	1
Enzo Crivelli	Sub	21			1	0.42	0.00	0
Aïmen Moueffek	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sada Thioub	Sub	11			1	0.04	0.00	0
Romain Hamouma	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.42	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nice win 63% Avg odds 1.51

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.39

Saint-Etienne win 15% Avg odds 6.50

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Nice L W L W W

Saint-Etienne L W D L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Saint-Etienne 0-3 Nice, 25 Sep 21 Next meeting: Nice 8-0 Saint-Etienne, 20 Sep 24 All Nice vs Saint-Etienne meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.

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