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Match reportLigue 1 2026-09-20

Nice v Lille

NiceHome
2–1
LilleAway
1.061.66expected goals
0.661.85xG on target (xGOT)

Nice won the match; Lille won the chances (1.06 – 1.66 xG).

AI Tactical Analyst
Nice
Lille
Possession (share of passes)
41.4%58.6%
Duels
3934
Duels won
35.9%67.6%
Aerial duels
1616
Aerial duels won
313
Successful dribbles
57
Passes
415587
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Overview

The match

What happened, and how the game flowed.

MomentumShot mapGoal sequences

Momentum

Who was pushing forward, in 3-minute windows — field position, share of the ball and any shots on the clock, combined. Nice above the line, Lille below.

0'15'30'45'60'75'90'

xG race

Expected goals accumulating minute by minute — every dot is a shot, sized by its own xG. Click a shot here or on the shot map below to find the same one in both places.

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0.711.422.13Djibril Coulibaly — miss, 0.09 xGHákon Haraldsson — save, 0.03 xGRomain Perraud — save, 0.04 xGAlexsandro — miss, 0.07 xGBasar Önal — save, 0.12 xGMohammed Amoura — miss, 0.04 xGAxel Witsel — miss, 0.11 xGElye Wahi — post, 0.16 xGDjibril Coulibaly — save, 0.03 xGTiago Santos — miss, 0.09 xGHákon Haraldsson — save, 0.08 xGAyase Ueda — save, 0.34 xGAyase Ueda — save, 0.10 xGNiels Nkounkou — miss, 0.06 xGTiago Santos — save, 0.03 xGEthan Mbappé — miss, 0.03 xGGauthier Hein — save, 0.11 xGGauthier Hein — miss, 0.11 xGHákon Haraldsson — save, 0.05 xGNabil Bentaleb — save, 0.02 xGElye Wahi — save, 0.21 xGMohammed Amoura — goal, 0.16 xGOlivier Giroud — save, 0.10 xGAlexsandro — miss, 0.08 xGAyase Ueda — goal, 0.08 xGAyase Ueda — save, 0.07 xGOlivier Giroud — miss, 0.04 xGRomain Perraud — save, 0.08 xGAlexsandro — miss, 0.07 xGMaurits Kjærgaard — save, 0.06 xGTiago Santos — save, 0.06 xG1.061.66Hákon Haraldsson — save, 0.04 xGOTRomain Perraud — save, 0.06 xGOTBasar Önal — save, 0.24 xGOTDjibril Coulibaly — save, 0.04 xGOTHákon Haraldsson — save, 0.06 xGOTAyase Ueda — save, 0.39 xGOTAyase Ueda — save, 0.19 xGOTTiago Santos — save, 0.18 xGOTGauthier Hein — save, 0.13 xGOTHákon Haraldsson — save, 0.02 xGOTNabil Bentaleb — save, 0.04 xGOTElye Wahi — save, 0.10 xGOTMohammed Amoura — goal, 0.39 xGOTOlivier Giroud — save, 0.08 xGOTAyase Ueda — goal, 0.07 xGOTAyase Ueda — save, 0.05 xGOTRomain Perraud — save, 0.19 xGOTMaurits Kjærgaard — save, 0.11 xGOTTiago Santos — save, 0.12 xGOT0.661.850'15'30'45'60'75'90'
NiceLillesolid = xG31 shots — click any dot

Shot map

Every shot, one pitch per side. Circle size is xG, the line is where it went in the goal mouth. Filter by outcome; hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Nice
Lille

Goal sequences

The move behind each goal, from the moment Nice or Lille got the ball to the finish.

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Each goal's possession, rebuilt from the raw event feed — 3 of 3 goals traced.
In possession

In possession

How they kept the ball, built up, progressed, created and finished, and where their attacks died.

Keeping the ballWhere the time goesPassing NetworkPass ExplorerTouch DensityWhich Zones Do They Attack Through?Final-third entriesBuild-upBuild-Up — the pass mapProgressionHow They ProgressChance creationChance creationCrosses & CutbacksCrosses by TerritoryOn-Ball Value — who moved the gameWhen they lose itBall-Loss Map
Keeping the ball6 sections

Where the time goes — how long each phase lasts

Nice

The question
When Nice has the ball, how much of that time is spent building, progressing and creating?

The share of Nice's time on the ball spent in each phase of play, in the order the phases happen.

Build-up: 30.9% of the time on the ball31%Progression: 51.7% of the time on the ball52%Chance creation: 17.1% of the time on the ball17%Attacking transition: 0.3% of the time on the ball52%PROGRESSION
PhaseShare of the time
Build-up30.9%
Progression51.7%
Chance creation17.1%
Attacking transition0.3%
Vision AI Model Insight
Progression is where Nice spends most of its time on the ball (52% of its time on the ball).

Lille

The question
When Lille has the ball, how much of that time is spent building, progressing and creating?

The share of Lille's time on the ball spent in each phase of play, in the order the phases happen.

Build-up: 16.2% of the time on the ball16%Progression: 53.1% of the time on the ball53%Chance creation: 25.3% of the time on the ball25%Attacking transition: 5.5% of the time on the ball5%53%PROGRESSION
PhaseShare of the time
Build-up16.2%
Progression53.1%
Chance creation25.3%
Attacking transition5.5%
Vision AI Model Insight
Progression is where Lille spends most of its time on the ball (53% of its time on the ball).

Passing Network

Each dot is a player at his average touch position, sized by touches. It shows the starting eleven; add the substitutes with the chip. Click a player to draw his heatmap on the same pitch and light up his passing links.

Nice
PlayersLinks
GKDEFMIDFWD11 starters · solid = started, dashed = substitute
Lille
PlayersLinks
GKDEFMIDFWD11 starters · solid = started, dashed = substitute

Pass Explorer

Every pass of the match as an arrow, each side attacking left to right (solid = completed, dashed grey = failed).

Touch Density

Where each side had the ball: brighter means more touches.

Nice — 571 touches
Lille — 719 touches

Which Zones Do They Attack Through?

Nice

The question
Across the whole pitch, where does Nice actually do its on-ball work?

Passes on one map, carries (the ball travelling with a player) on the other.

Passes
the ball moved by a pass
415
ACTIONS
4%6%10%6%6%11%12%9%9%10%5%3%1%2%5%PASSES
Carries
the ball moved with a player
91
ACTIONS
2%9%5%2%5%8%10%13%10%9%10%5%4%1%5%CARRIES
Vision AI Model Insight
Their single busiest zone is the right half-space of the middle third (11.9% of all actions). 59% of actions run through the inside lanes (centre + both half-spaces) versus 41% down the two wings — an inside-dominant, half-space build. By third: 30% defensive, 52% middle, 18% attacking.

Lille

The question
Across the whole pitch, where does Lille actually do its on-ball work?

Passes on one map, carries (the ball travelling with a player) on the other.

Passes
the ball moved by a pass
587
ACTIONS
1%2%9%4%2%7%12%15%15%11%6%2%4%5%5%PASSES
Carries
the ball moved with a player
154
ACTIONS
1%5%10%5%3%12%12%17%9%14%3%3%5%CARRIES
Vision AI Model Insight
Their single busiest zone is the centre of the middle third (15.1% of all actions). 66% of actions run through the inside lanes (centre + both half-spaces) versus 34% down the two wings — an inside-dominant, half-space build. By third: 19% defensive, 60% middle, 21% attacking.

Attack sides

Which channel each side attacked through: the share of every action they made in the opponent's half, down the left, through the middle and down the right.

Nice
37%Left side22%Middle41%Right sideATTACKING →
L
37%22%41%
R
Lille
34%Left side34%Middle32%Right sideATTACKING →
L
34%34%32%
R

Final-third entries

Every completed pass or carry that took the ball from outside the final third into it, by the channel it arrived in (both wings, both half-spaces, the centre). Longer, bolder arrows mean more entries. Dribbles are not counted.

Nice — 32 entries, 41% through the right wing
Left wing: 6 entries (19%)619%LEFT WINGLeft half-space: 4 entries (12%)412%LEFT HALF-SPACECentre: 3 entries (9%)39%CENTRERight half-space: 6 entries (19%)619%RIGHT HALF-SPACERight wing: 13 entries (41%)1341%RIGHT WINGATTACKING ↑
Lille — 57 entries, 32% through the left wing
Left wing: 18 entries (32%)1832%LEFT WINGLeft half-space: 12 entries (21%)1221%LEFT HALF-SPACECentre: 6 entries (11%)611%CENTRERight half-space: 5 entries (9%)59%RIGHT HALF-SPACERight wing: 16 entries (28%)1628%RIGHT WINGATTACKING ↑
Build-up1 section

Build-Up — the pass map

Nice

The football question
How does Nice progress possession from defence into attack — and who runs it?

Build-up passes grouped into 5 real categories — not the old zone grid, not raw individual lines: CB (passer is a centre-back), Wide→FB, Central, Long Wide, Long Central.

131build-up passes attempted
81%completed
27%reach the middle third
2%go long into the final third

Pass types

48CB · 45%
10Long Wide · 9%
1Long Central · 1%
40Wide → FB · 38%
7Central · 7%
CB48 · 45%
left: 26 passes, most from Mandza26right: 22 passes, most from Abdelmonem22
Long Wide10 · 9%
left: 6 passes, most from Diouf6right: 4 passes, most from Diouf4
Long Central1 · 1%
Wide → FB40 · 38%
left: 22 passes, most from Diouf22right: 18 passes, most from Diouf18
Central7 · 7%
left: 6 passes, most from Diouf6
◆ Vision AI Insight
Nice build predominantly down the right, with Diouf as the fulcrum (27 build-up passes). Only 29% of their build-up passes actually advance a third — the rest is lateral circulation, the hallmark of a possession-controlling side that circulates patiently in midfield before progressing. Their single most-repeated pattern is RHS def → C def (10×).

Lille

The football question
How does Lille progress possession from defence into attack — and who runs it?

Build-up passes grouped into 5 real categories — not the old zone grid, not raw individual lines: CB (passer is a centre-back), Wide→FB, Central, Long Wide, Long Central.

103build-up passes attempted
91%completed
20%reach the middle third
1%go long into the final third

Pass types

41CB · 44%
2Long Central · 2%
35Wide → FB · 37%
16Central · 17%
CB41 · 44%
right: 23 passes, most from Alexsandro23left: 18 passes, most from Alexsandro18
Long Central2 · 2%
left: 2 passes, most from Özer2
Wide → FB35 · 37%
right: 18 passes, most from Özer18left: 17 passes, most from Perraud17
Central16 · 17%
right: 9 passes, most from Özer9left: 7 passes, most from Özer7
◆ Vision AI Insight
Lille build predominantly down the left, with Özer as the fulcrum (28 build-up passes). Only 21% of their build-up passes actually advance a third — the rest is lateral circulation, the hallmark of a possession-controlling side that circulates patiently in midfield before progressing. Their single most-repeated pattern is C def → RHS def (9×).
Progression1 section

How They Progress — the mechanism

Nice

Not just how many progressive passes, but where they start, who plays them, and whether they actually penetrate. 38 progressive passes across 1 match (38.0/game).

Origin lane

Right wing
29%
Right half-space
8%
Central
8%
Left half-space
8%
Left wing
47%
Progression is left-dominant: 37% right side · 8% central · 55% left.

Who generates it

Niels Nkounkou
8 · 21%
Jonathan Clauss
7 · 18%
Gauthier Hein
5 · 13%
Yéhvann Diouf
4 · 11%
Xavier Mandza
3 · 8%
Top two — Niels Nkounkou & Jonathan Clauss — account for 39% of all progression.
PROGRESSION
38.0 prog passes/game
mostly left
→
PENETRATION
26% reach final third
18% reach the box
→
THREAT
the other 74% is recycled
progress ≠ danger
What came of it. 26% of progressive passes reached the final third and 18% the box; the rest was recycled in front of the block. 39% of the progression ran through two players, mostly down the left side.

Which lanes actually create the threat

Share of passes played from each lane against its share of the threat (xT) they add. Efficient = more threat than volume, sterile = lots of the ball, little damage.

Per lane — volume vs threat
Right wingbalanced
Right half-spacesterile
Centralsterile
Left half-spacebalanced
Left wingefficient

Lille

Not just how many progressive passes, but where they start, who plays them, and whether they actually penetrate. 54 progressive passes across 1 match (54.0/game).

Origin lane

Right wing
31%
Right half-space
15%
Central
11%
Left half-space
13%
Left wing
30%
Progression is right-dominant: 46% right side · 11% central · 43% left.

Who generates it

Tiago Santos
11 · 20%
Romain Perraud
9 · 17%
Nabil Bentaleb
8 · 15%
Hákon Haraldsson
4 · 7%
Berke Özer
3 · 6%
Top two — Tiago Santos & Romain Perraud — account for 37% of all progression.
PROGRESSION
54.0 prog passes/game
mostly right
→
PENETRATION
26% reach final third
37% reach the box
→
THREAT
the other 74% is recycled
progress ≠ danger
What came of it. 26% of progressive passes reached the final third and 37% the box; the rest was recycled in front of the block. 37% of the progression ran through two players, mostly down the right side.

Which lanes actually create the threat

Share of passes played from each lane against its share of the threat (xT) they add. Efficient = more threat than volume, sterile = lots of the ball, little damage.

Per lane — volume vs threat
Right wingefficient
Right half-spacebalanced
Centralsterile
Left half-spacesterile
Left wingefficient
Chance creation4 sections

Chance creation — how the shots come

Nice

The question
Where do Nice's chances actually come from?

Every shot sorted twice. First by the kind of attack: an attacking transition (the shot came within 15 seconds of winning the ball), a settled attack (open play after the team had the ball), or a set piece.

10shots
1.1xG
0.11xG per shot
0big chances (0.3+ xG)
1goals
Attacking transition: 2 shots (20%)20%2Settled attack: 8 shots (80%)80%810SHOTS
Kind of attack, then how the shot was set upShotsGoalsxGxG / shot
Attacking transition 20% of shots200.260.13
Cross100.160.16
Pass into the box / short pass100.110.11
Settled attack 80% of shots810.800.10
Cross200.210.11
Cut-back100.060.06
Pass into the box / short pass410.490.12
Own creation (carry, dribble, rebound)100.040.04

Every attempt to create — and what came of it

Every pass into the box, every cut-back and every pass before a shot. Red led to a shot, gold to a goal; grey ones were tried but no shot came: solid found a team-mate, dashed lost the ball. Filter by outcome, type or player; tap an arrow for the detail.

Who sets the shots up

PlayerSet-upsxG createdGoals
Gauthier Hein20.371
Mohammed Amoura20.260
Jonathan Clauss30.220
Niels Nkounkou10.110
Elye Wahi10.060

Who takes them

PlayerShotsxGGoals
Elye Wahi20.370
Gauthier Hein20.210
Mohammed Amoura20.201
Djibril Coulibaly20.120
Axel Witsel10.110
Vision AI Model Insight
The biggest source of Nice's chances, by xG, is settled attack (0.8 of 1.1 xG, 8 of 10 shots), mostly pass into the box / short pass. 2 of the 10 shots (20%) came within 15 seconds of winning the ball. 0 of the 10 shots came from set pieces; 1 goals from 1.1 xG (-0.1).

Lille

The question
Where do Lille's chances actually come from?

Every shot sorted twice. First by the kind of attack: an attacking transition (the shot came within 15 seconds of winning the ball), a settled attack (open play after the team had the ball), or a set piece.

21shots
1.7xG
0.08xG per shot
1big chances (0.3+ xG)
1goals
Attacking transition: 1 shots (5%)5%1Settled attack: 15 shots (71%)71%15Set piece: 5 shots (24%)24%521SHOTS
Kind of attack, then how the shot was set upShotsGoalsxGxG / shot
Attacking transition 5% of shots100.030.03
Pass into the box / short pass100.030.03
Settled attack 71% of shots1511.340.09
Cross500.400.08
Pass into the box / short pass810.810.10
Own creation (carry, dribble, rebound)200.130.06
Set piece 24% of shots500.290.06
Corner500.290.06

Every attempt to create — and what came of it

Every pass into the box, every cut-back and every pass before a shot. Red led to a shot, gold to a goal; grey ones were tried but no shot came: solid found a team-mate, dashed lost the ball. Filter by outcome, type or player; tap an arrow for the detail.

Who sets the shots up

PlayerSet-upsxG createdGoals
Basar Önal10.340
Tiago Santos30.280
Osame Sahraoui20.140
Dilane Bakwa20.120
Hákon Haraldsson10.120

Who takes them

PlayerShotsxGGoals
Ayase Ueda40.601
Alexsandro30.220
Tiago Santos30.180
Hákon Haraldsson30.160
Olivier Giroud20.150
Vision AI Model Insight
The biggest source of Lille's chances, by xG, is settled attack (1.3 of 1.7 xG, 15 of 21 shots), mostly pass into the box / short pass. 1 of the 21 shots (5%) came within 15 seconds of winning the ball. 5 of the 21 shots came from set pieces; 1 goals from 1.7 xG (-0.7).

Crosses & Cutbacks — squad-wide

Nice

The question
How does Nice deliver into the box from wide areas, and what comes of it?

8 crosses: 6 found a team-mate (75%), 3 led to a shot (38%). 3 cut-backs: 1 found a team-mate (33%), 1 led to a shot (33%). A cross starts wide and is aimed into the box; a cut-back starts near the byline and is squared back.

Lille

The question
How does Lille deliver into the box from wide areas, and what comes of it?

20 crosses: 11 found a team-mate (55%), 4 led to a shot (20%). 3 cut-backs: 1 found a team-mate (33%), 0 led to a shot (0%). A cross starts wide and is aimed into the box; a cut-back starts near the byline and is squared back.

Crosses by Territory

Nice

The question
Which part of the final third does Nice actually cross from?

8 crosses in this match (the same crosses as the map above), split into fifteen territories — five channels (both wings, both half-spaces and the centre) by three depths from the halfway line to the byline.

deep right wing: 0 crosses (0%)deep right half-space: 0 crosses (0%)deep centre: 0 crosses (0%)deep left half-space: 0 crosses (0%)deep left wing: 0 crosses (0%)advanced right wing: 2 crosses (25%)25%2advanced right half-space: 0 crosses (0%)advanced centre: 0 crosses (0%)advanced left half-space: 0 crosses (0%)advanced left wing: 2 crosses (25%)25%2byline right wing: 1 crosses (12%)12%1byline right half-space: 0 crosses (0%)byline centre: 0 crosses (0%)byline left half-space: 0 crosses (0%)byline left wing: 3 crosses (38%)38%3
TerritoryCrossesShareLed to a shot
byline · left wing338%2
advanced · right wing225%0
advanced · left wing225%0
byline · right wing112%1

Lille

The question
Which part of the final third does Lille actually cross from?

20 crosses in this match (the same crosses as the map above), split into fifteen territories — five channels (both wings, both half-spaces and the centre) by three depths from the halfway line to the byline.

deep right wing: 2 crosses (10%)10%2deep right half-space: 0 crosses (0%)deep centre: 0 crosses (0%)deep left half-space: 0 crosses (0%)deep left wing: 0 crosses (0%)advanced right wing: 3 crosses (15%)15%3advanced right half-space: 0 crosses (0%)advanced centre: 0 crosses (0%)advanced left half-space: 0 crosses (0%)advanced left wing: 2 crosses (10%)10%2byline right wing: 8 crosses (40%)40%8byline right half-space: 0 crosses (0%)byline centre: 0 crosses (0%)byline left half-space: 0 crosses (0%)byline left wing: 5 crosses (25%)25%5
TerritoryCrossesShareLed to a shot
byline · right wing840%3
byline · left wing525%1
advanced · right wing315%0
deep · right wing210%0
advanced · left wing210%0

On-Ball Value — who moved the game

Every pass, carry, take-on, shot and ball win is worth the change it made to the chance of scoring minus the chance of conceding in the next 10 seconds.

+2.01Nice on-ball value
+1.57Lille on-ball value
+0.0+1.0+2.0HALF TIME+2.01+1.570′15′30′45′60′75′90′
NiceLilleEach step up is an action that raised the team's chance of scoring; a drop is one that lowered it
Nice — where the value came from
Passes415 actions+0.71
Carries91 actions+0.40
Dribbles15 actions+0.11
Shots10 actions+0.51
Ball wins59 actions+0.27
Lille — where the value came from
Passes587 actions+0.45
Carries154 actions+0.12
Dribbles16 actions+0.15
Shots21 actions+0.66
Ball wins46 actions+0.18
Nice — most on-ball value (OBV)
PlayerActionsOBV
Elye Wahi18+0.433
Jonathan Clauss61+0.383
Djibril Coulibaly33+0.323
Mohammed Amoura39+0.318
Yéhvann Diouf45+0.246
Sofiane Diop (lowest)15-0.042
Lille — most on-ball value (OBV)
PlayerActionsOBV
Ayase Ueda18+0.380
Tiago Santos84+0.322
Alexsandro125+0.289
Nabil Bentaleb85+0.238
Romain Perraud90+0.173
Nathan Ngoy (lowest)116-0.052
When they lose it1 section

Ball-Loss Map — where attacks die

Nice

Every turnover has a location and a cause. This is a rate, not a raw count — the share of pass attempts from each zone that end in a turnover, so a zone they simply play through more often doesn't automatically look riskier.

Loss rate by zone

3 of 16 pass attempts lost here (19%).19%3/16Abdelmonem2 of 26 pass attempts lost here (8%).8%2/26Hein10 of 42 pass attempts lost here (24%).24%10/42Diouf2 of 24 pass attempts lost here (8%).8%2/24Diouf8 of 23 pass attempts lost here (35%).35%8/23Nkounkou5 of 46 pass attempts lost here (11%).11%5/46Clauss7 of 51 pass attempts lost here (14%).14%7/51Clauss5 of 39 pass attempts lost here (13%).13%5/39Ndayishimi2 of 37 pass attempts lost here (5%).5%2/37Hein5 of 43 pass attempts lost here (12%).12%5/43Nkounkou3 of 22 pass attempts lost here (14%).14%3/22Hein13 pass attempts here — too few (min 15) for a reliable rate.6 pass attempts here — too few (min 15) for a reliable rate.8 pass attempts here — too few (min 15) for a reliable rate.5 of 19 pass attempts lost here (26%).26%5/19Nkounkouattacking →

How they lose it

Incomplete pass — attacking third
17
Failed forward pass
10
Failed take-on
10
Lost in the defensive third
25
Their weakest zone is the left wing in the defensive third: 35% of 23 pass attempts there are lost (8 times). Separately, 26% of all losses happen in the attacking third — a fair share happen deeper, which invites transitions.

Lille

Every turnover has a location and a cause. This is a rate, not a raw count — the share of pass attempts from each zone that end in a turnover, so a zone they simply play through more often doesn't automatically look riskier.

Loss rate by zone

8 pass attempts here — too few (min 15) for a reliable rate.13 pass attempts here — too few (min 15) for a reliable rate.2 of 51 pass attempts lost here (4%).4%2/51Özer1 of 21 pass attempts lost here (5%).5%1/21Alexsandro10 pass attempts here — too few (min 15) for a reliable rate.8 of 44 pass attempts lost here (18%).18%8/44Santos8 of 69 pass attempts lost here (12%).12%8/69Bentaleb10 of 86 pass attempts lost here (12%).12%10/86Bentaleb8 of 86 pass attempts lost here (9%).9%8/86Bentaleb4 of 63 pass attempts lost here (6%).6%4/63Perraud11 of 37 pass attempts lost here (30%).30%11/37Mbappé12 pass attempts here — too few (min 15) for a reliable rate.10 of 26 pass attempts lost here (38%).38%10/26Giroud10 of 30 pass attempts lost here (33%).33%10/30Haraldsson6 of 31 pass attempts lost here (19%).19%6/31Önalattacking →

How they lose it

Incomplete pass — attacking third
42
Failed forward pass
29
Failed take-on
9
Lost in the defensive third
9
Their weakest zone is the central in the attacking third: 38% of 26 pass attempts there are lost (10 times). Separately, 47% of all losses happen in the attacking third — a fair share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Out of possession

Out of possession

How they pressed, where they won the ball, and how the other side got through.

PressingPressing BehaviourHow long they keep it — passes and sec...Winning the ballDefensive Action MapBall-Win MapDefending the boxVulnerability Map
Pressing2 sections

Pressing Behaviour — where it starts

Nice

Not just press intensity, but where the 162 defensive actions happen — the trigger height and the side they hunt.

Where defensive actions happen

Attacking third
7%
Middle third
29%
Own third
64%
By intensity this is an aggressive high press: 7.6 opponent passes per defensive action (PPDA; lower = more aggressive). By height, 7% of their defensive actions come in the attacking third, 29% in midfield.

Where they win it back

111646724161011DEFENSIVEMIDDLEATTACKINGR wingR half-spcentralL half-spL wingattack

Darker = more defensive actions.

Where they pressed. Their defensive actions came evenly across the width.

Lille

Not just press intensity, but where the 119 defensive actions happen — the trigger height and the side they hunt.

Where defensive actions happen

Attacking third
22%
Middle third
41%
Own third
37%
By intensity this is an aggressive high press: 5.6 opponent passes per defensive action (PPDA; lower = more aggressive). By height, 22% of their defensive actions come in the attacking third, 41% in midfield.

Where they win it back

931868108101388394DEFENSIVEMIDDLEATTACKINGR wingR half-spcentralL half-spL wingattack

Darker = more defensive actions.

Where they pressed. Their defensive actions came evenly across the width.

How long they keep it — passes and seconds until the ball is won

Nice

The question
Once the opponent has the ball, how many passes and how many seconds pass before Nice win it back with a defensive action?

Counted over the 29 opposition possessions that Nice ended with a tackle, interception, recovery or challenge.

PASSES THEY GET
6.7passes
median 4 · before Nice win it
TIME THEY KEEP IT
21sec
median 13s · 29.0 wins per game
How many passes the opponent got in before the ball was won
31%
28%
21%
21%
0–2 passes3–5 passes6–9 passes10+ passes
Through the match — every 15 minutes
0–15′
9.7
24s
15–30′
5.2
14s
30–45+′
9.0
28s
45–60′
3.0
8s
60–75′
6.7
24s
75–90+′
7.2
24s
average passesaverage seconds

Lille

The question
Once the opponent has the ball, how many passes and how many seconds pass before Lille win it back with a defensive action?

Counted over the 29 opposition possessions that Lille ended with a tackle, interception, recovery or challenge.

PASSES THEY GET
3.6passes
median 2 · before Lille win it
TIME THEY KEEP IT
9sec
median 4s · 29.0 wins per game
How many passes the opponent got in before the ball was won
62%
17%
14%
7%
0–2 passes3–5 passes6–9 passes10+ passes
Through the match — every 15 minutes
0–15′

too few
15–30′

too few
30–45+′
4.8
17s
45–60′
3.2
6s
60–75′
6.0
12s
75–90+′
2.2
4s
average passesaverage seconds
Winning the ball2 sections

Defensive Action Map

Every tackle, interception, recovery, clearance, block and aerial duel, one pitch per side. Red won the ball or the duel; a grey ring is one that failed: a duel lost, a tackle missed, dribbled past.

Nice — 162 actions, 121 won
Lille — 119 actions, 99 won

Ball-Win Map

Where each side won the ball back, by territory: the pitch cut into thirds and three channels, each zone showing its share of the wins (darker = more). The table lists the five wins highest up the pitch.

Nice — 103 wins · 3% in the final third, 24% midfield, 73% own third
own third, right: 17 of 103 wins (17%)17%17 winsown third, centre: 41 of 103 wins (40%)40%41 winsown third, left: 17 of 103 wins (17%)17%17 winsmidfield, right: 8 of 103 wins (8%)8%8 winsmidfield, centre: 9 of 103 wins (9%)9%9 winsmidfield, left: 8 of 103 wins (8%)8%8 winsfinal third, right: 1 of 103 wins (1%)1%1 winfinal third, centre: 1 of 103 wins (1%)1%1 winfinal third, left: 1 of 103 wins (1%)1%1 win
Highest winsTypeMinx
Mohammed Amouratackle72′76
Axel Witselball-recovery73′70
Jonathan Claussball-recovery99′67
Gauthier Heintackle64′66
Sofiane Diopball-recovery88′64
Lille — 66 wins · 5% in the final third, 41% midfield, 55% own third
own third, right: 9 of 66 wins (14%)14%9 winsown third, centre: 16 of 66 wins (24%)24%16 winsown third, left: 11 of 66 wins (17%)17%11 winsmidfield, right: 10 of 66 wins (15%)15%10 winsmidfield, centre: 9 of 66 wins (14%)14%9 winsmidfield, left: 8 of 66 wins (12%)12%8 winsfinal third, right: 1 of 66 wins (2%)2%1 winfinal third, centre: 2 of 66 wins (3%)3%2 winsfinal third, left: 0 of 66 wins (0%)
Highest winsTypeMinx
Nathan Ngoytackle32′75
Maurits Kjærgaardtackle95′69
Ethan Mbappéball-recovery43′68
Maurits Kjærgaardball-recovery95′63
Benjamin Andréball-recovery27′61
Defending the box1 section

Vulnerability Map — how opponents hurt them

Nice

The report flipped: where do opponents create their threat against Nice? 54 opponent progressive passes and 21 shots faced (1.7 xG against) in this match.

Opponent threat by lane (attacking into Nice)

Right wing
30%
Right half-space
15%
Central
12%
Left half-space
15%
Left wing
28%
Where the danger came from. Opponents generated most of their threat through the right wing (30% of the danger conceded).

Lille

The report flipped: where do opponents create their threat against Lille? 38 opponent progressive passes and 10 shots faced (1.1 xG against) in this match.

Opponent threat by lane (attacking into Lille)

Right wing
22%
Right half-space
7%
Central
6%
Left half-space
11%
Left wing
54%
Where the danger came from. Opponents generated most of their threat through the left wing (54% of the danger conceded).
Context

Shape and tactics

How each side set up, and how far from their own norm they played.

Attitude in each thirdAgainst their own normDecision Quality

Attitude in each third

How each side played in each third: wide or central, direct or patient, quick or slow, and what its possessions did next.

Nice

Build-up (own third)

safer, more recycling, touchline to touchline

right 29% · centre 39% · left 32%

?Where across the pitch they played in this third: right channel, centre, left channel. Counts every pass, carry and take-on.

Actions
?Every pass, carry and take-on the side started in this third.
157
Forward metres per action
?Average metres the ball moved towards goal with each pass or carry started here. Higher means more direct.
+10.5 m
Carries
?Share of actions here that were carries (running with the ball) instead of passes.
14%
Long passes (30 m+)
?Share of passes from here travelling 30 m or more.
25%
Seconds between actions
?Average seconds between one action and the next in the same possession, for actions in this third. Lower means quicker.
2.9 s
Possessions that went on
?Of the possessions that had the ball in this third, the share that went on to reach the next third (in the final third: that ended in a shot).
59% of 54
Possessions lost here
?Of the possessions that had the ball in this third, the share that ended with the ball lost in this third.
50%
Progression (middle third)

safer, more recycling

right 40% · centre 25% · left 35%

?Where across the pitch they played in this third: right channel, centre, left channel. Counts every pass, carry and take-on.

Actions
?Every pass, carry and take-on the side started in this third.
267
Forward metres per action
?Average metres the ball moved towards goal with each pass or carry started here. Higher means more direct.
+3.1 m
Carries
?Share of actions here that were carries (running with the ball) instead of passes.
17%
Long passes (30 m+)
?Share of passes from here travelling 30 m or more.
11%
Seconds between actions
?Average seconds between one action and the next in the same possession, for actions in this third. Lower means quicker.
2.5 s
Possessions that went on
?Of the possessions that had the ball in this third, the share that went on to reach the next third (in the final third: that ended in a shot).
43% of 56
Possessions lost here
?Of the possessions that had the ball in this third, the share that ended with the ball lost in this third.
46%
Final third

safer, circulating, more recycling

right 47% · centre 18% · left 35%

?Where across the pitch they played in this third: right channel, centre, left channel. Counts every pass, carry and take-on.

Actions
?Every pass, carry and take-on the side started in this third.
97
Forward metres per action
?Average metres the ball moved towards goal with each pass or carry started here. Higher means more direct.
+0.2 m
Carries
?Share of actions here that were carries (running with the ball) instead of passes.
26%
Long passes (30 m+)
?Share of passes from here travelling 30 m or more.
10%
Seconds between actions
?Average seconds between one action and the next in the same possession, for actions in this third. Lower means quicker.
2.3 s
Possessions ending in a shot
?Of the possessions that had the ball in this third, the share that went on to reach the next third (in the final third: that ended in a shot).
34% of 29
Possessions lost here
?Of the possessions that had the ball in this third, the share that ended with the ball lost in this third.
45%

Lille

Build-up (own third)

safer, narrow, central, played inside

right 20% · centre 54% · left 26%

?Where across the pitch they played in this third: right channel, centre, left channel. Counts every pass, carry and take-on.

Actions
?Every pass, carry and take-on the side started in this third.
141
Forward metres per action
?Average metres the ball moved towards goal with each pass or carry started here. Higher means more direct.
+7.2 m
Carries
?Share of actions here that were carries (running with the ball) instead of passes.
26%
Long passes (30 m+)
?Share of passes from here travelling 30 m or more.
9%
Seconds between actions
?Average seconds between one action and the next in the same possession, for actions in this third. Lower means quicker.
3.3 s
Possessions that went on
?Of the possessions that had the ball in this third, the share that went on to reach the next third (in the final third: that ended in a shot).
83% of 42
Possessions lost here
?Of the possessions that had the ball in this third, the share that ended with the ball lost in this third.
21%
Progression (middle third)

safer, played inside, narrow, central

right 27% · centre 38% · left 35%

?Where across the pitch they played in this third: right channel, centre, left channel. Counts every pass, carry and take-on.

Actions
?Every pass, carry and take-on the side started in this third.
451
Forward metres per action
?Average metres the ball moved towards goal with each pass or carry started here. Higher means more direct.
+4.1 m
Carries
?Share of actions here that were carries (running with the ball) instead of passes.
22%
Long passes (30 m+)
?Share of passes from here travelling 30 m or more.
8%
Seconds between actions
?Average seconds between one action and the next in the same possession, for actions in this third. Lower means quicker.
2.4 s
Possessions that went on
?Of the possessions that had the ball in this third, the share that went on to reach the next third (in the final third: that ended in a shot).
51% of 72
Possessions lost here
?Of the possessions that had the ball in this third, the share that ended with the ball lost in this third.
50%
Final third

safer, narrow, central, played inside

right 36% · centre 22% · left 42%

?Where across the pitch they played in this third: right channel, centre, left channel. Counts every pass, carry and take-on.

Actions
?Every pass, carry and take-on the side started in this third.
165
Forward metres per action
?Average metres the ball moved towards goal with each pass or carry started here. Higher means more direct.
+1.8 m
Carries
?Share of actions here that were carries (running with the ball) instead of passes.
12%
Long passes (30 m+)
?Share of passes from here travelling 30 m or more.
10%
Seconds between actions
?Average seconds between one action and the next in the same possession, for actions in this third. Lower means quicker.
3.0 s
Possessions ending in a shot
?Of the possessions that had the ball in this third, the share that went on to reach the next third (in the final third: that ended in a shot).
35% of 52
Possessions lost here
?Of the possessions that had the ball in this third, the share that ended with the ball lost in this third.
40%

Against their own norm

The five numbers that departed furthest from each side's own season average — bar right of centre means more than usual, left means less. This is what makes a match unusual rather than merely good or bad.

Nice
compared with their other 7 matches this season
Field tilt32%vs 56%
Passes415vs 610
Defensive actions162vs 146
Final-third entries32vs 48
PPDA7.6vs 5.6
Lille
compared with their other 7 matches this season
Threat from passing9.66vs 5.22
Defensive actions119vs 156
Final-third entries57vs 36
Progressive carries71vs 42
Expected goals1.66vs 1.02

Decision Quality — not all completed passes are equal

Nice

A 90% pass completion can hide a sideways habit. Grading every pass by the threat it adds separates value creation from safe circulation.

Excellent (high xT gain)
14%
Progressive
2%
Neutral / sideways
44%
Safe / backward
40%
16% of passes are progressive-or-better; the remaining 84% keep possession without advancing it. A control-first side — safe in build-up, reliant on a few players for the incision.

Lille

A 90% pass completion can hide a sideways habit. Grading every pass by the threat it adds separates value creation from safe circulation.

Excellent (high xT gain)
13%
Progressive
1%
Neutral / sideways
50%
Safe / backward
36%
14% of passes are progressive-or-better; the remaining 86% keep possession without advancing it. A control-first side — safe in build-up, reliant on a few players for the incision.
Squads

Players

Who stood out, and every player's numbers. Click a player for his own match report.

Who stood out — the most valuable play...Every player — the full numbers

Set pieces

Every corner of the match, drawn from the flag to where the delivery landed, and what came of it within ten seconds. Nice: 3 corners, 0 led to a shot; Lille: 7 corners, 4 led to a shot. Stars are direct free kicks at goal.

Nice

3Corners
0Led to a shot
5Free kicks, their half
0Set-piece shots
0.00Set-piece xG
0Set-piece goals
Corner outcome
Taken by
33%1 corner33%33%2 from the left flag1 from the right flag

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Lille

7Corners
4Led to a shot
10Free kicks, their half
5Set-piece shots
0.29Set-piece xG
0Set-piece goals
Corner outcome
Taken by
29%2 corners29%29%2 corners14%4 from the left flag3 from the right flag

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goal followedshot followedfirst contact wondelivery lost★ direct free kick

Who stood out — the most valuable players

Ranked by on-ball value: what every pass, carry, take-on, shot and ball win added to the chance of scoring, minus what it gave away. Click a card for that player's full match report.

Player of the match · highest on-ball value
Nice
Lille

Every player — the full numbers

Every player who played. Click a column to sort. The best value in each column is highlighted.

Click any player to open his own match report: every pass, carry, shot and tackle he made in this match.
Vision AI · building report