St Étienne vs Nice: Promotion Playoff Match Report
The eagerly anticipated promotion playoff clash between St Étienne and Nice kicked off at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. Under the watchful eye of referee Benoît Bastien, the two Ligue 2 sides battled for a place in the return leg of the promotion playoffs.
match statistics: possession and key numbers
Possession
46%
St Étienne 46%
Nice 54%
passes and duels
- Total passesSt Étienne: 94Nice: 110
- Successful passesSt Étienne: 83Nice: 94
- Duels wonSt Étienne: 6Nice: 7
- Corners awardedSt Étienne: 1Nice: 0
tactical fouls and set pieces
- Fouls committedSt Étienne: 1Nice: 1
- Shots on targetSt Étienne: 0Nice: 0
- CentersSt Étienne: 5Nice: 2
- TacklesSt Étienne: 4Nice: 4
lineups and formations
St Étienne (4-2-3-1)
30
G. Larsonneur
c26
J. Le Cardinal
8
D. Appiah
6
M. Bernauer
39
K. Pedro
22
Z. Davitashvili
14
A. Kanté
20
A. Boakye
7
I. Cardona
35
L. Gadegbeku
9
L. Stassin
Coach: Philippe Montanier
Nice (4-2-3-1)
80
Y. Diouf
37
K. Peprah Oppong
26
M. Bard
28
J. Bah
33
A. Mendy
8
M. Sanson
c10
S. Diop
92
J. Clauss
4
H. Boudaoui
out47
Tiago Gouveia
25
M. Cho
Coach: Claude Puel
substitutions
10th minute: Change due to injury — H. Boudaoui (Nice, #4) exits, C. Vanhoutte (Nice, #24) enters.
bench players
St Étienne substitutes
- 1 B. Maubleu
- 3 M. Nadé
- 10 F. Tardieu
- 13 João Ferreira
- 17 J. Duffus
- 19 E. Annan
- 28 I. Miladinovic
- 29 A. Moueffek
- 52 M. Toty
Nice substitutes
- 2 A. Abdi
- 21 I. Jansson
- 24 C. Vanhoutte (on at 10’)
- 30 B. Zelazowski
- 32 K. Boudache
- 39 D. Coulibaly
- 55 Y. Ndayishimiye
- 90 Kevin Carlos
- 99 S. Abdul Samed
