Saint-Etienne vs Nice

4 December 2019 · Ligue 1 · 2019/20 · Referee Thomas Léonard

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 3–1

Denis Bouanga 11’ (pen), 58’
Romain Hamouma 38’
Wesley Fofana 40’

Kasper Dolberg 15’

Match summary

Saint-Etienne won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Nice. Saint-Etienne led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Denis Bouanga put Saint-Etienne ahead from the penalty spot in the 11th minute, Kasper Dolberg equalised in the 15th minute, Romain Hamouma put Saint-Etienne back in front in the 38th minute, set up by Franck Honorat, and Wesley Fofana made it 3-1 with a header in the 40th minute, set up by Denis Bouanga. In the second half, Bouanga made it 4-1 in the 58th minute, set up by Romain Hamouma.

The chances backed that up: Saint-Etienne created 3.16 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Nice's 1.45 from 16.

Match stats

15 Shots 16

7 Shots on Target 4

8 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

3.16 xG 1.42

2.40 Non-penalty xG 1.42

4 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Saint-Etienne Nice

Kick-off

Denis Bouanga
Penalty1-0

11’

15’

Kasper Dolberg

1-1

Romain Hamouma
Assist: Franck Honorat2-1

38’

Wesley Fofana
Assist: Denis Bouanga3-1

40’

Half-time3-1

Denis Bouanga
Assist: Romain Hamouma4-1

58’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Saint-Etienne

Stéphane Ruffier
Lois Diony

Nice

Gautier Lloris
Pierre Lees-Melou
Patrick Burner

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.

Saint-Etienne 3.16 xGNice 1.45 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Nice attacking Saint-Etienne 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
Stéphane Ruffier	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mathieu Debuchy	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.13	1
Loic Perrin	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Wesley Fofana	DEF	90	1		2	0.52	0.00	0
Miguel Trauco	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mahdi Camara	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jean Eudes Aholou	MID	85			0	0.00	0.00	0
Franck Honorat	MID	90		1	2	0.05	0.30	1
Romain Hamouma	MID	90	1	1	3	0.49	0.97	4
Denis Bouanga	MID	76	2	1	6	1.43	0.11	1
Robert Beric	FWD	62			1	0.62	0.06	1
Yann M'Vila	Sub	28			1	0.06	0.00	0
Lois Diony	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ryad Boudebouz	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.06	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Walter Benítez	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Youcef Atal	DEF	59		0	0.00	0.02	1
Malang Sarr	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Gautier Lloris	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Racine Coly	DEF	90		1	0.03	0.06	1
Wylan Cyprien	MID	90		7	0.28	0.00	0
Pierre Lees-Melou	MID	90		3	0.40	0.09	2
Alexis Claude Maurice	MID	81		0	0.00	0.03	1
Arnaud Lusamba	MID	68		0	0.00	0.02	1
Myziane Maolida	MID	90		1	0.03	0.10	4
Kasper Dolberg	FWD	90	1	3	0.68	0.00	0
Patrick Burner	Sub	31		0	0.00	0.06	1
Ignatius Ganago	Sub	22		1	0.04	0.00	0
Kephren Thuram	Sub	9		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Saint-Etienne win 46% Avg odds 2.07

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.35

Nice win 26% Avg odds 3.71

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

Form going into the game

Saint-Etienne D W W D L

Nice L W D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Saint-Etienne 3-0 Nice, 18 May 19 Next meeting: Saint-Etienne 1-3 Nice, 18 Oct 20 All Saint-Etienne vs Nice meetings

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