Sofiane Diop and Jonathan Clauss fire Nice to 2-0 win at Angers
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Nice turned an early Sofiane Diop goal and a late Jonathan Clauss finish into a 2-0 Ligue 1 victory over Angers, despite the hosts having slightly more possession.
Match report
Nice make fast start count at Stade Raymond Kopa
Nice beat Angers 2-0 in Ligue 1, with Sofiane Diop’s second-minute opener setting the tone. Mohamed Amoura assisted Diop, who put Nice 1-0 ahead. Angers held 51% possession, but Nice created the clearer chances and protected their lead.
Diop strikes early, Clauss finishes the job
Nice’s advantage was underlined by their 16 shots to Angers’ 11 and their eight shots on goal to three. Their expected-goals figure was 1.82, compared with 0.7 for Angers, although the hosts did have more possession and completed 403 accurate passes to Nice’s 400.
Angers goalkeeper Anthony Lopes kept the deficit at one for much of the match, making six saves. Nice finally added the second goal in the 78th minute, when Jonathan Clauss scored from Gauthier Hein’s assist to make the running score 0-2. Clauss and Diop both earned an 8.2 rating, while Clauss also supplied two key passes.
Nice strengthen their league position
Angers collected three yellow cards, including bookings for Carlens Arcus, Ousmane Camara and Branco Van den Boomen. Nice received one, for Diop, and neither side had a player sent off.
Nice moved from 14 points to 17 and were provisionally sixth, nine points ahead of Angers, who stayed on eight points after moving to 10 played, with a record of 2W 2D 6L. The result gave Nice a fifth win in 10 matches, while Angers suffered their sixth defeat in 10.
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Standings source snapshot
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| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | WWWWW | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 23 | |
| 2 | Lille | WWDDW | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 21 | |
| 3 | Paris FC | WWLWL | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 20 | |
| 4 | Lyon | WLWLW | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 17 | |
| 5 | Rennes | LLWLW | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 16 | |
| 6 | Marseille | WWWWL | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 15 | |
| 7 | Monaco | LDLDW | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 15 | |
| 8 | Nice | WWLWW | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 14 | |
| 9 | Lens | LWWWL | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 13 | |
| 10 | Toulouse | WLDWD | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 13 | |
| 11 | Stade Brestois 29 | WLDWL | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | |
| 12 | Lorient | LDWWL | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | |
| 13 | Strasbourg | LWLLL | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 10 | |
| 14 | Auxerre | LLDWL | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 10 | |
| 15 | Angers | LDLLW | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 8 | |
| 16 | Estac Troyes | LWDLL | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 8 | |
| 17 | Le Mans | LDLLW | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 7 | |
| 18 | Le Havre | LLLLL | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 2 |