Nice 2-1 Lille: Diouf's seven saves protect an early lead
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Key numbers
- Seven saves from Diouf kept Nice ahead
- 10 shots to 21, yet Nice won
- Nice led for 68 of 90 minutes
An own goal and a second-half strike
Nice beat Lille 2-1 after an early own goal from Nathan Ngoy. Mohamed Amoura doubled the lead in the 67th minute from Gauthier Hein's assist, and Ayase Ueda's later reply was not enough for Lille. The win lifted Nice off the bottom of the table.
Lille had the shots, Nice the sharper ones
Lille fired 21 shots but at a low xG per shot, and Yehvann Diouf made seven saves to protect the lead. Nice's xG per shot was higher than Lille's, which suggests their fewer chances were cleaner. The own goal alone was worth −0.8 FN xPts to Lille.
Player of the match
Yehvann Diouf 7.9Strong
He made seven saves against 21 Lille shots and conceded only once.
Yehvann Diouf earned his points in keeping, making seven saves against a Lille side that put together 21 shots. Those stops protected the lead Nice took in the 22nd minute and held it through to full-time.
Game state
1-02-02-1
Nice ahead 68 min · level 22 min · Lille ahead 0 min
- Maurits Kjaergaard — off the bench 26 min · 0G 1A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
22'
Nathan Ngoy
Own goal
−0.8
67'
Mohamed Amoura
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Gauthier Hein +0.1
+0.4
79'
Ayase Ueda
Goal · assist Maurits Kjaergaard
+0.2
Nice
Expected (last two seasons) 1.3Own moments +0.4Opponent moments +0.5Time effect +0.8→ League points won 3
Lille
Expected (last two seasons) 1.4Own moments −0.6Opponent moments −0.3Time effect −0.5→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
NiceLille
1.5Expected goals (xG)1.58
Compared with usual
Nice
4 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 2 | 0.25 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 1.5 | 1 | |
| xG against | 1.58 | 1.7 | |
| Shots | 10 | 12.5 | |
| On target | 4 | 2.8 | |
| Shots faced | 21 | 11 | |
| xG per shot | 0.15 | 0.09 | |
| Possession | 41% | 60.8% | |
| Passes | 394 | 639.3 | |
| Pass accuracy | 86% | 88% | |
| Corners | 3 | 6.5 | |
| Fouls | 16 | 8.3 | |
Lille
5 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.8 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | |
| xG | 1.58 | 1.2 | |
| xG against | 1.5 | 1.8 | |
| Shots | 21 | 9.8 | |
| On target | 8 | 5.2 | |
| Shots faced | 10 | 18 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.13 | |
| Possession | 59% | 44.8% | |
| Passes | 539 | 443.4 | |
| Pass accuracy | 87% | 85.6% | |
| Corners | 7 | 2.4 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 11 | |
Timeline
- 5'
Yellow
Mohamed Abdelmonem
- 22'
Goal
Nathan Ngoy (OG)
- 45+1'
Yellow
Xavier Mandza
- 55'
Sub
Ethan Mbappé → Dilane Bakwa
- 57'
Yellow
Mohamed Amoura
- 58'
Sub
Youssouf Ndayishimiye → Alidu Seidu
- 64'
Sub
Başar Önal → Osame Sahraoui
- 64'
Sub
Benjamin André → Maurits Kjaergaard
- 64'
Sub
Hakon Arnar Haraldsson → Olivier Giroud
- 67'
Goal
Mohamed Amoura league goal #1 assist Gauthier Hein
- 73'
Sub
Djibril Coulibaly → Everton Pereira
- 74'
Sub
Elye Wahi → Sofiane Diop
- 77'
Sub
Nabil Bentaleb → Ngal'ayel Mukau
- 77'
Sub
Mohamed Amoura → Nathan N'Goumou
- 78'
Sub
Niels Nkounkou → Ali Abdi
- 79'
Goal
Ayase Ueda league goal #2 assist Maurits Kjaergaard
- 90+1'
Yellow
Maurits Kjaergaard
Category leaders
- Key passesJonathan Clauss3
- Duels wonTiago Santos8/16
- DribblesEthan Mbappé3/5
- Defensive actionsMohamed Abdelmonem5
- ShotsAyase Ueda4 (on target 4)
- Fouls wonTiago Santos4
#Ligue 1#Nice#Lille#Yehvann Diouf#Mohamed Amoura#Ayase Ueda
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.