Tense by the stakes in this crucial match for maintenance, Nîmes completely missed out on its first half. Too aggressive, often far from the opposing ball carrier, late in their defensive interventions and authors of several dangerous ball losses, the Crocos conceded a first hot action, letting Miguel Trauco go left lane, who then centered for a Charles Abi, a few centimeters too short (17th). In this too choppy and technically poor start to the match, Wahbi Khazri emerged. Benefiting from a good job from Abi near the surface against two passive Nîmes, the Tunisian unleashed a superb strike which pierced Reynet (1-0, 23rd). The Greens then gained confidence in their game, and the NO stammered their football more and more, even if Koné headed twice, then Zinedine Ferhat with a class sequence (39th), posed a relative danger on the Stéphanois goal. Before the break, two losses of balls from Andrés Cubas on spurts from Mahdi Camara (41, 42nd) led to a saving parade from Reynet, then an orange yellow warning from the Paraguayan.
Upon returning from the locker room, Ferhat materialized the slight best of his family by alerting the curiosity of the day, Etienne Green, by playing his free kick directly (47th). Insufficient. Bouanga stumbled again on Reynet (50th), and a corner kicked on the left side by Adil Aouchiche, deflected by Birger Meling at the near post, reached Harold Moukoudi at the second, whose head hit the bar (55th ). The ax has fallen. Mahdi Camara scratched a new ball in the midfield, and served Bouanga who, not attacked for a penny, unleashed a clear shot from afar, which left Reynet (2-0, 66th) silent. Three minutes later, Nîmes thought of sinking for good, with an acrobatic goal from Romain Hamouma (69th), scored in the wake of a decisive stop by Green (68th), but the VAR resuscitated it by canceling the achievement for an offside position. In the money time, an exit from Green was sanctioned with a questionable penalty (84th), but the young growth of the Greens erased the injustice by removing the attempt of Renaud Ripart (87th). With this away victory, ASSE made the big blow at the bottom of the table by climbing to fifteenth place on the occasion of this 31st day of Ligue 1, Nîmes remains eighteenth.