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OGC Nice vs AS Saint-Etienne, Ligue 1 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON

Ligue 1 · 2018-19
Sun 16 Dec 2018 · 16:00 UTC Stade de Nice HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

OGC Nice vs AS Saint-EtienneLigue 1 at Stade de Nice.

Match Details

  • Referee Olivier Thual
  • Referee Thomas Leonard
  • Referee Frederic Hebrard
  • Referee Gilles Lang
  • Referee Romain Lissorgue

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
16 Dec AS Saint-Etienne H 1–1 D
04 Dec Angers SCO H 0–0 D
01 Dec En Avant Guingamp A 0–0 D
25 Nov Lille OSC H 2–0 W
10 Nov Nimes Olympique A 1–0 W
03 Nov Amiens SC H 1–0 W
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
16 Dec OGC Nice A 1–1 D
05 Dec FC Girondins de Bordeaux A 2–3 L
30 Nov FC Nantes H 3–0 W
23 Nov Olympique Lyonnais A 0–1 L
10 Nov Stade de Reims H 2–0 W
04 Nov Angers SCO H 4–3 W

Key Stats

71% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: AS Saint-Etienne gets underway.
  • 5' AS Saint-Etienne come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 10' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 15' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 20' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 25' It’s high time Jean-Louis Gasset made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 30' Poor challenge from Christophe Herelle. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 34' The referee calls foul for Yannis Salibur. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 39' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His OGC Nice side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 44' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. AS Saint-Etienne needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 45' OGC de Nice Cote d'Azur player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 50' Over 50 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 51' Poor challenge from Ole Kristian Selnaes. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 53' A stunning finish from Lois Diony — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 58' A moment of madness from Christophe Herelle on 58 minutes earns him a Red card. OGC de Nice Cote d'Azur will be frustrated.
  • 62' Poor challenge from Yannis Salibur. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Red card.
  • 67' The supporters are chanting for Arnaud Nordin. He replaces Robert Beric on 67 minute.
  • 72' Time for substitution for OGC de Nice Cote d'Azur. Adrien Tameze is replaced by Bassem Srarfi.
  • 75' Fresh legs for AS Saint-Etienne! Makhtar Gueye comes on to replace Lois Diony.
  • 80' OGC Nice have won 370 goals from 442 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 81' What composure from Wylan Cyprien! The France international strokes it home. 0-2.
  • 86' AS Saint-Etienne are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 88' The AS Saint-Etienne manager makes a substitution. Pierre-Yves Polomat departs to be replaced by Charles Abi.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.31 OGC Nice xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.04 AS Saint-Etienne xG
I would bet for: OGC Nice or Draw 72% + Under 2.5 goals 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
OGC Nice43% Draw29% AS Saint-Etienne28%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes48% 0% No52%
Avg goals/match: 2.35
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 88%
12%
± 1.5 68%
32%
± 2.5 41%
59%
± 3.5 21%
79%
± 4.5 10%
90%

Double Chance

OGC Nice or Draw
72%
Draw or AS Saint-Etienne
57%
OGC Nice or AS Saint-Etienne
71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
OGC Nice29% Draw50% AS Saint-Etienne21%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
11.8%
1 – 0
11.4%
0 – 1
8.8%
2 – 1
8.2%
2 – 0
7.9%
1 – 2
6.5%
0 – 2
5%
2 – 2
4.3%
3 – 1
3.6%
3 – 0
3.4%
1 – 3
2.3%

Asian Handicap — OGC Nice

Handicap OGC Nice covers Push AS Saint-Etienne covers
-2.5 7% 93%
-2 7% 12% 81%
-1.5 19% 81%
-1 19% 22% 59%
-0.5 41% 59%
+0.5 72% 28%
+1 72% 17% 11%
+1.5 89% 11%
+2 89% 8% 3%
+2.5 97% 3%

Clean Sheet

OGC Nice keeps clean sheet
36%
AS Saint-Etienne keeps clean sheet
28%

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.