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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 6 (setup 3, season 11)
Nantes
v.
Ajax
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Steve MANDANDA81Jasper CILLESSEN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Maxime COLIN728Daryl JANMAAT
Lucas DIGNE83Terence KONGOLO
Mathieu VALBUENA84Wesley SNEIJDER
Layvin KURZAWA5Jeffrey Van Homoet BRUMA
Benjamin MENDY667Stefan DE VRIJ
Moussa SISSOKO777Quincy PROMES
Antoine GRIEZMANN87Jeremain LENS
Bafétimbi GOMIS9Klaas-Jan HUNTELAAR
Xavier Hernández Creus, XAVI710Davy KLAASSEN
Yassine BENZIA11Pelle VAN AMERSFOORT
Manager
Dimitri PAYET12Rai VLOET
Stéphane RUFFIER13Jeroen ZOET
Romain ALESSANDRINI14Nigel DE JONG
Corentin JEAN15Nick VIERGEVER
Rachid GHEZZAL16Luciano NARSINGH

Nantes 3 Ajax 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 37,311, Stadium: La Beaujoire-Louis Fonteneau, Referee: James McCLUSKEY 7½)
15 Griezmann, 47 Xavi, 90+3 GomisScorers
Substitutions62 Lens <=> Narsingh
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners4
10Fouls7
19Offsides12
8Shots on9
12Shots off7
20Total shots16
5Shots saved8
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Steve MANDANDA
3A perfect strike from PROMES was dealt with by a fine stop from MANDANDA.
7GOMIS's shot beat the Ajax 'keeper but rebounded off the Ajax upright.
11MANDANDA dived to his right to stop an accurate shot from Ajax's LENS.
15GRIEZMANN ran onto a great ball from VALBUENA but fired his shot wide of the goal.
15GOAL!! A wonderful dummy from XAVI allowed BENZIA to lay an exceptional ball off to GRIEZMANN who glanced the ball over the line. (1-0 Nantes)
21MENDY rifled a simple chance past the far post.
26The hapless Nantes 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from DIGNE fell just wide.
36A drive from KLAASSEN seemed a certain goal but the Nantes 'keeper managed to punch the ball clear.
39The 'keeper blocked a refined shot from KONGOLO.
41A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming MANDANDA.
45+1Uncertainty in the Nantes defence enabled PROMES to hit the ball just beyond the far post.
 
47GOAL!! A lovely set-piece enabled XAVI to nudge the ball home. (2-0 Nantes)
58LENS nodded the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
61A pin-point pass found XAVI and his left foot shot floated narrowly wide.
64MANDANDA did well to hold onto a powerful shot from NARSINGH.
67A neatly crafted pass from SISSOKO, was drove goalbound by GOMIS only for the 'keeper to palm clear.
71NARSINGH's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
76A right foot shot from GRIEZMANN was stopped by CILLESSEN.
77A corner found GRIEZMANN who fired the ball inches wide.
84NARSINGH fired the ball through a crowd of players but MANDANDA was a match for it as he dived to his right.
89The Nantes 'keeper managed to palm clear a fierce shot.
90+3GOAL!! A deep cross from SISSOKO on the left was nodded home by GOMIS at the near post. (3-0 Nantes)