Nîmes 2-0 Bordeaux: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 21 February 2021
Result
Nîmes 2-0 Bordeaux
Ligue 1 · Sunday 21 February 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Nîmes 2-0 Bordeaux: match report
Nîmes beat Bordeaux 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 21 February 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Birger Meling opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Nîmes's goals came from Birger Meling (14') and R. Ripart (71'). Bordeaux did not score.
Discipline: Nîmes received no yellow cards; Bordeaux received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Nîmes were 19th on 18 points from 24 and Bordeaux 11th on 33 points from 25. Nîmes went on to finish that season 19th with 35 points, and Bordeaux 12th with 45.
Nîmes lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Bordeaux in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Birger Meling of Nîmes (8.6), ahead of Baptiste Reynet (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nîmes win, 1 draw and 2 for Bordeaux.
Going into the match Nîmes's last five read W-L-L-L-W and Bordeaux's D-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Birger Meling
- 49'Yellow card · Samuel Kalu
- 53'Yellow card · Yacine Adli
- 68'Red card · Loris Benito
- 71'Goal · R. Ripart
- 87'Yellow card · Mehdi Zerkane
Head-to-head
Team news
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Nîmes line-up (4-1-4-1)
Baptiste Reynet, Sofiane Alakouch, Anthony Briançon, Florian Miguel, Birger Meling, K. Guessoum, Yassine Benrahou, Lamine Fomba, Renaud Ripart, Zinedine Ferhat, Moussa Koné
Bordeaux line-up (4-2-3-1)
Benoît Costil, Enock Kwateng, Mexer, Laurent Koscielny, Loris Benito, Yacine Adli, Jean Michaël Seri, Rémi Oudin, Hatem Ben Arfa, Samuel Kalu, Ui-jo Hwang