Gouiri at the double as Nice down Bordeaux | OneFootball

Amine Gouiri bagged a brace in between goals from Justin Kluivert and Khéphren Thuram as OGC Nice roared to a 4-0 win over Girondins de Bordeaux at the Allianz Riviera on Saturday.

OGC Nice 4-0 Girondins de Bordeaux

THE MATCH

Nice were excellent in dispatching champions LOSC 4-0 two weeks ago and they were 1-0 up on a much-fancied Olympique de Marseille last Sunday before fan trouble saw the game suspended. They looked as bright as the sunshine on the Côte d'Azur here, Kluivert forcing Benoît Costil into an early save with a header (2') before opening the scoring - and his account with the club - with a smart finish Hicham Boudaoui cutback (7'). Bordeaux might have pulled one back when Sekou Mara headed narrowly wide of Walter Benitez's goal (12') but Nice looked superior for most of the first half. Gouiri made it 2-0 when Kluivert turned provider, allowing his teammate to send Costil the wrong way (33'). The young Dutchman made way through injury soon after (35'), but Nice pulled further clear before the half was out, Gouiri drawing a foul from Laurent Koscielny in the box before dusting himself down to convert the resulting penalty (42').

Nice close out the win

Bordeaux coach Vladimir Petkovic rung the changes at the interval, sending on Samuel Kalu and Timothée Pembélé in place of Issouf Sissokho and Gideon Mensah, and both looked lively in the second half. Kalu got on the end of a smart Rémi Oudin pass but fired off target (50') before Pembélé tried to take advantage of a Melvin Bard slip only to lose his footing himself under duress from the young left-back (64'). Gouiri - on the hint for his first top-flight hat-trick - got free at the other end with the second half beginning to draw to a close, but there wasn't enough pace on his effort to test Benitez (78'). Nice did manage to add gloss to the scoreline, though, when Thuram found the target a minute after replacing Boudaoui (85') and it ended 4-0. Nice climb up to a provisional second in the table, with les Girondins balanced precariously above the relegation places in 17th.

THE PLAYER: Amine Gouiri

Gouri broke into the Nice team as a winger but has been tasked with leading the line of late with Kasper Dolberg struggling with injury since turning out for Denmark at UEFA Euro 2020. He looks like he has always played there. Koscielny has marked some of the game's best in his time with Arsenal in England's Premier League, but he was simply unable to contain the 21-year-old here.

THE STAT: 13

Kluivert scored his first Ligue 1 Uber Eats goal exactly 13 years, six months and 12 days after his father Patrick scored his last, when the former Netherlands striker helped LOSC to a 3-1 victory over Stade Rennais FC with a brace.