Nice 2-1 Strasbourg: Clauss completes the turnaround
Short review AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- Six shots on target vs a five-match average of three
- 10 of Nice's 11 shots came inside the box
- Clauss's 81' goal worth +1.5 FN xPts
Nice recover from an early setback
Nice came from behind to beat Strasbourg at the Allianz Riviera. Dário Essugo put the visitors ahead in the 41st minute, Pape Diop turned the ball into his own net in first-half stoppage time to level it, and Jonathan Clauss scored the winner in the 81st minute.
Fewer touches, but sharper shooting
Nice had less of the ball than in their previous five league matches this season, yet put six shots on target against an average of three. Ten of their 11 attempts came inside the box. Clauss's 81st-minute goal broke the 1-1 deadlock and was worth +1.5 FN xPts.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Jonathan Clauss 8.5Dominant
He had four shots (three on target), two key passes and four tackles, plus the winning goal.
Clauss won all four of his duels, so his value was not limited to the final third. He then broke the 1-1 deadlock in the 81st minute, turning a level match into a lead Nice held to the end. It was his first league goal of the season.
Game state
0-11-12-1
Nice ahead 9 min · level 77 min · Strasbourg ahead 4 min
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. The value next to a team code is what the same moment did to the other side's expected points; the decisive moment is the one with the largest combined change for both teams.
41'
Dário Essugo
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Conrad Harder +0.3 · NIC −0.8
+0.9
45+2'
Pape Diop
Own goal · NIC +0.8
−0.9
81'
Jonathan Clauss
Goal · scorer +1.0 · assist Sofiane Diop +0.5 · RCS −0.9
+1.5
Nice
Expected (last two seasons) 1.4Own moments +1.5Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.1→ League points won 3
Strasbourg
Expected (last two seasons) 1.3Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.9Time effect −0.4→ 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
NiceStrasbourg
1.34Expected goals (xG)0.56
Compared with usual
Nice
5 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 2 | 0.6 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.2 | |
| xG | 1.34 | 1.1 | |
| xG against | 0.56 | 1.7 | |
| Shots | 11 | 12 | |
| On target | 6 | 3 | |
| Shots faced | 11 | 13 | |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 45% | 56.8% | |
| Passes | 454 | 590.2 | |
| Corners | 2 | 5.8 | |
| Fouls | 3 | 9.8 | |
Strasbourg
5 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| xG | 0.56 | 1.2 | |
| xG against | 1.34 | 2 | |
| Shots | 11 | 11.6 | |
| On target | 3 | 4.8 | |
| Shots faced | 11 | 17.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.05 | 0.09 | |
| Possession | 55% | 46.6% | |
| Passes | 542 | 454.6 | |
| Corners | 3 | 1.8 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 11.8 | |
Timeline
- 37'
Sub
Djibril Coulibaly → Hicham Boudaoui
- 41'
Goal
Dário Essugo league goal #1 assist Conrad Harder
- 45+2'
Goal
Pape Diop (OG)
- 47'
Yellow
Oso
- 63'
Sub
Conrad Harder → Jacobo Ortega
- 63'
Sub
Diogo Sousa → Giovanni Reyna
- 73'
Sub
Dário Essugo → Samir El Mourabet
- 73'
Sub
Samuel Amo-Ameyaw → Fabio Amadu Uri Baldé
- 73'
Sub
Elye Wahi → Sofiane Diop
- 75'
Yellow
Sofiane Diop
- 76'
Sub
Jeyland Mitchell → Lucas Høgsberg
- 81'
Goal
Jonathan Clauss league goal #1 assist Sofiane Diop
- 86'
Sub
Gauthier Hein → Isak Jansson
- 86'
Sub
Axel Witsel → Everton Pereira
Category leaders
- Key passesJonathan Clauss2
- Duels wonNiels Nkounkou9/19
- DribblesSamuel Amo-Ameyaw4/8
- Defensive actionsPape Diop7
- ShotsJonathan Clauss4 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonAxel Witsel3
#Nice#Strasbourg#Ligue 1#Jonathan Clauss#Dário Essugo#Matchweek 6
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.