Counter-Punch
Lorient
Lorient were happy without the ball and still created more — 1.28 xG from 40.0% possession.
- Possession
- 40.0%
- Expected goals
- 1.28
- Opponent xG
- 1.05
Ligue 1 · Matchday 1
Nice
0 – 0
FT
HT 0–0
Lorient
Ligue 1
Matchday 1Nice0–0Lorient
1.05
Expected goals
1.28
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: NIC 1.05, LOR 1.28.
Match report
Nice 0-0 Lorient
Nice and Lorient played out a goalless Ligue 1 draw at Allianz Riviera.
Expected goals finished Nice 1.05, Lorient 1.28. Nice held 60.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Lorient graded out for counter-punch — 40.0% possession and 1.28 expected goals. Lorient graded out for box occupation — 8 of 10 shots in the box and 0.13 xg per shot.
Antoine Mendy came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.9 for Nice from 1 shot and 4 tackles.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
60%Possession40%
14Shots10
1.05xG1.28
What the numbers say
3 readsBox Occupation
Lorient
Lorient kept getting bodies into the area — 80% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 8 of 10
- Share
- 80%
- xG per shot
- 0.13
Set-Piece Siege
Nice
Nice turned the game into a dead-ball contest with 9 corners.
- Corners
- 9
- Opponent
- 3
Timeline
Zoumana Diallo
Foul
🟨37'
Half-time
M. Cho ↑ Z. Diallo ↓
🔄60'
🔄69'
S. Faye ↑ G. Bernardeau ↓
🔄70'
A. Tosin ↑ M. Kone ↓
🔄72'
A. Georgen ↑ D. Sylla ↓
🔄72'
P. Katseris ↑ T. Le Bris ↓
H. Koutoune ↑ J. Clauss ↓
🔄81'
N. Ngoumou ↑ S. Diop ↓
🔄81'
M. Abdelmonem ↑ X. Mandza Tsiendi ↓
🔄88'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueAllianz Riviera, Nice
RefereeRomain Lissorgue, France
CompetitionLigue 1
Season2026
RoundMatchday 1
StatusMatch Finished