Angers vs Nice 0-2

Nice won 2-0 at Stade Raymond Kopa, with Sofiane Diop’s early opener and Jonathan Clauss’s second-half goal enough to settle it. Angers had more of the ball, but Nice scored in the second minute and kept the lead.

Diop opened the scoring in the 2nd minute from Mohamed Amoura’s assist, making it Angers 0-1 Nice. That remained the half-time score after Angers booked Carlens Arcus on 30 minutes and Ousmane Camara on 32.

Nice held their lead into the second half. After two changes on 72 minutes, Diop gave way to Gauthier Hein and Djibril Coulibaly was replaced by Axel Witsel. Clauss then made it 2-0 in the 78th minute from Hein’s assist, with Hein having come on six minutes earlier. Angers made three changes on 83 minutes, including Branco Van den Boomen and Carlens Arcus, before a further change in the 86th minute, but they never found a reply.

Angers had 51% of the possession and 464 passes to Nice’s 458, while the home side also had more corners, 6 to 4. Nice finished with the better xG, 1.82 to 0.7, and Angers committed 10 fouls to Nice’s 6.

Three Angers players were booked, with Arcus and Ousmane Camara cautioned in the first half and Van den Boomen booked on 70 minutes. Sofiane Diop was booked for Nice on 70 minutes, and there were no red cards.