French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, March 21, 2015
Nice DLLLL 2
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Lyon DWLWD 1
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NICE112
LYON011
Stade de Gerland · 36,300 att.

Match Report

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Lyon's title hopes take in after defeat to 10-man Nice

Valentin Eysseric's first goal of the season dealt a severe blow to Lyon's title hopes as 10-man Nice snatched a late 2-1 win at Stade de Gerland.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
4
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
4
7
Saves
2
33.8
Possession
66.2
10
SHOTS
21
4
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
201
Accurate Passes
468
277
Passes
548
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
6
16
Crosses
29
0.2
Cross %
0.2
73
Long Balls
53
28
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
6
17
Effective Tackles
13
22
Tackles
17
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
24
Effective Clearances
9
24
Clearances
9

Head to Head

LYON leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

LYON · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Anthony LopesG
  2. 4Bakary KonéCD-L
  3. 22Lindsay RoseCD-R
  4. 21Maxime GonalonsDM
  5. 14Mouhamadou DaboLB
  6. 13Christophe JalletRB
  7. 8Yoann GourcuffAM
  8. 24Corentin TolissoLM
  9. 12Jordan FerriRM
  10. 18Nabil FekirCF-L
  11. 20Clinton N'JieCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Mohamed YattaraSUB
  2. 30Mathieu GorgelinSUB
  3. 11Rachid GhezzalSUB
  4. 2Mehdi ZeffaneSUB
  5. 28Arnold MvuembaSUB
  6. 27Maxwel CornetSUB
  7. 17Steed MalbranqueSUB

NICE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Simon PouplinG
  2. 24Mathieu BodmerCD-L
  3. 25Romain GenevoisCD-R
  4. 19Jordan AmaviLB
  5. 21Lloyd PalunRB
  6. 3Carlos EduardoAM
  7. 6Didier DigardLM
  8. 22Nampalys MendyRM
  9. 14Alassane PléaF
  10. 10Valentin EyssericAM-L
  11. 11Eric BauthéacAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 33Albert RafetraniainaSUB
  2. 5Kévin GomisSUB
  3. 18Neal MaupaySUB
  4. 30Joris DelleSUB
  5. 34Bryan ConstantSUB
  6. 35Vincent KozielloSUB
  7. 36Jonathan CorreiaSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Lloyd Palun (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 23' Goal! Lyon 0, Nice 1. Carlos Eduardo (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  3. 30' Nabil Fekir (Lyon) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 50' Substitution, Lyon. Mohamed Yattara replaces Yoann Gourcuff.
  5. 53' Bakary Koné (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 54' Second yellow card to Lloyd Palun (Nice) for a bad foul.
  7. 56' Goal! Lyon 1, Nice 1. Maxime Gonalons (Lyon) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  8. 58' Maxime Gonalons (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 62' Clinton N'Jie (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 63' Substitution, Nice. Kevin Gomis replaces Didier Digard because of an injury.
  11. 64' Substitution, Lyon. Maxwell Cornet replaces Clinton N'Jie.
  12. 73' Substitution, Lyon. Steed Malbranque replaces Mouhamadou Dabo.
  13. 79' Alassane Pléa (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 80' Substitution, Nice. Vincent Koziello replaces Éric Bautheac.
  15. 83' Vincent Koziello (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 86' Goal! Lyon 1, Nice 2. Valentin Eysseric (Nice) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  17. 87' Substitution, Nice. Albert Rafetraniaina replaces Carlos Eduardo.

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