Lyon vs Nice, 2015/2016 French Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1

Lyon

25': Maxwel Cornet
82': Alexandre Lacazette

FT
1 - 1

Nice

17': Valère Germain

Ten-man Lyon hold onto second place after draw against Nice

Ten-man Lyon clung on to second place in the Ligue 1 table as Alexandre Lacazette's late goal forced a 1-1 draw with Nice.

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
1': Foul by Hatem Ben Arfa (Nice).
1': Maxime Gonalons (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Foul by Nampalys Mendy (Nice).
9': Jordan Ferri (Lyon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
10': Attempt missed. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rachid Ghezzal with a cross following a set piece situation.
11': Alassane Pléa (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
11': Foul by Maxime Gonalons (Lyon).
11': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Maxime Gonalons.
13': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Maxime Le Marchand.
14': Foul by Jordan Ferri (Lyon).
14': Nampalys Mendy (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Foul by Alassane Pléa (Nice).
14': Henri Bedimo (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Foul by Christophe Jallet (Lyon).
16': Ricardo Pereira (Nice) wins a free kick on the left wing.
17': Goal! Lyon 0, Nice 1. Valère Germain (Nice) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alassane Pléa with a cross.
20': Foul by Jérémy Pied (Nice).
20': Henri Bedimo (Lyon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
23': Foul by Maxime Gonalons (Lyon).
23': Hatem Ben Arfa (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
25': Foul by Maxwel Cornet (Lyon).
25': Yoan Cardinale (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Maxwel Cornet (Lyon) is shown the red card.
26': Delay in match Yoan Cardinale (Nice) because of an injury.
27': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
28': Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
28': Foul by Jérémy Pied (Nice).
29': Delay in match (Nice).
31': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
33': Foul by Maxime Gonalons (Lyon).
33': Valère Germain (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
34': Foul by Hatem Ben Arfa (Nice).
34': Sergi Darder (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Substitution, Lyon. Mathieu Valbuena replaces Sergi Darder.
37': Attempt blocked. Rachid Ghezzal (Lyon) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Ferri.
37': Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
37': Foul by Maxime Le Marchand (Nice).
39': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Samuel Umtiti.
40': Attempt missed. Hatem Ben Arfa (Nice) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Vincent Koziello following a corner.
42': Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
42': Foul by Maxime Le Marchand (Nice).
42': Attempt missed. Christophe Jallet (Lyon) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
42': Offside, Lyon. Rachid Ghezzal tries a through ball, but Alexandre Lacazette is caught offside.
45'+1': Foul by Maxime Gonalons (Lyon).
45'+1': Jean Michael Seri (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+2': Attempt missed. Jordan Ferri (Lyon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Rachid Ghezzal following a fast break.
45'+3': Foul by Henri Bedimo (Lyon).
45'+3': Valère Germain (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
45'+4': Foul by Valère Germain (Nice).
45'+4': Samuel Umtiti (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+5': Foul by Samuel Umtiti (Lyon).
45'+5': Hatem Ben Arfa (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+7': Foul by Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon).
45'+7': Paul Baysse (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+7': Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+7': First Half ends, Lyon 0, Nice 1.
0': Match ends, Lyon 1, Nice 1.
45': Second Half begins Lyon 0, Nice 1.
47': Foul by Ricardo Pereira (Nice).
47': Rachid Ghezzal (Lyon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
50': Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
50': Foul by Nampalys Mendy (Nice).
53': Alassane Pléa (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
53': Foul by Maxime Gonalons (Lyon).
53': Delay in match Rachid Ghezzal (Lyon) because of an injury.
54': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
55': Attempt saved. Alassane Pléa (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Vincent Koziello.
55': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Anthony Lopes.
55': Attempt blocked. Jean Michael Seri (Nice) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Jérémy Pied.
55': Foul by Alassane Pléa (Nice).
55': Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57': Alassane Pléa (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
57': Foul by Rachid Ghezzal (Lyon).
60': Offside, Nice. Alassane Pléa tries a through ball, but Valère Germain is caught offside.
61': Substitution, Lyon. Corentin Tolisso replaces Jordan Ferri.
62': Attempt missed. Christophe Jallet (Lyon) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mathieu Valbuena.
64': Offside, Nice. Ricardo Pereira tries a through ball, but Valère Germain is caught offside.
65': Attempt missed. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Rachid Ghezzal.
68': Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
68': Foul by Nampalys Mendy (Nice).
71': Delay in match (Lyon).
75': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
76': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Ricardo Pereira.
77': Substitution, Nice. Niklas Hult replaces Alassane Pléa.
77': Attempt missed. Hatem Ben Arfa (Nice) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jean Michael Seri.
80': Attempt saved. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Maxime Gonalons.
80': Foul by Vincent Koziello (Nice).
80': Maxime Gonalons (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
81': Foul by Maxime Le Marchand (Nice).
81': Maxime Le Marchand (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
82': Mathieu Valbuena (Lyon) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
82': Goal! Lyon 1, Nice 1. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Corentin Tolisso with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
83': Substitution, Lyon. Nabil Fekir replaces Christophe Jallet.
84': Foul by Jean Michael Seri (Nice).
84': Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Foul by Jean Michael Seri (Nice).
85': Nabil Fekir (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
86': Attempt missed. Nabil Fekir (Lyon) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
86': Foul by Corentin Tolisso (Lyon).
86': Valère Germain (Nice) wins a free kick on the left wing.
87': Offside, Nice. Jean Michael Seri tries a through ball, but Maxime Le Marchand is caught offside.
87': Foul by Ricardo Pereira (Nice).
87': Rachid Ghezzal (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
88': Ricardo Pereira (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
89': Attempt blocked. Rachid Ghezzal (Lyon) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
90': Foul by Jérémy Pied (Nice).
90': Nabil Fekir (Lyon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90': Attempt saved. Maxime Gonalons (Lyon) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mathieu Valbuena with a cross.
90': Attempt missed. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
90'+1': Substitution, Nice. Remi Walter replaces Vincent Koziello.
90'+2': Foul by Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon).
90'+2': Jean Michael Seri (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Foul by Valère Germain (Nice).
90'+2': Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3': Foul by Rachid Ghezzal (Lyon).
90'+3': Ricardo Pereira (Nice) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+3': Rachid Ghezzal (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+4': Attempt blocked. Valère Germain (Nice) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
90'+4': Attempt blocked. Valère Germain (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
90'+4': Foul by Henri Bedimo (Lyon).
90'+4': Hatem Ben Arfa (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+6': Substitution, Nice. Alexandre Mendy replaces Valère Germain.
90'+7': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Maxime Le Marchand.
90'+8': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Maxime Le Marchand.
90'+8': Attempt missed. Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Rachid Ghezzal with a cross following a corner.
90'+9': Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Ricardo Pereira.
90'+9': Second Half ends, Lyon 1, Nice 1.

Statistics

NICE		LYON
20	Fouls	16
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	1
3	Offsides	1
3	Corner Kicks	5
2	Saves	2
48.1	Possession	51.9
7	SHOTS	14
3	ON GOAL	3
0.4	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
366	Accurate Passes	398
444	Passes	463
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
3	Accurate Crosses	4
8	Crosses	26
0.4	Cross %	0.2
59	Long Balls	40
26	Accurate Long Balls	26
0.4	Long Balls %	0.7
2	Blocked Shots	2
15	Effective Tackles	9
18	Tackles	18
0.8	Tackle %	0.5
0	Interceptions	0
19	Effective Clearances	6
26	Clearances	10

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Groupama Stadium
Location: Lyon, France
Attendance: 55,744

Ligue 1 Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Lille	4	+5	10
2	AS Monaco	4	+4	10
3	Stade Rennais	4	+3	10
4	Lyon	4	+4	8

Full Table

Line-Ups

Lyon (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Anthony Lopes (GK)
23	Samuel Umtiti
2	Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
3	Henri Bedimo
13	Christophe Jallet
21	Maxime Gonalons
14	Sergi Darder
12	Jordan Ferri
10	Alexandre Lacazette
27	Maxwel Cornet
11	Rachid Ghezzal

Lyon Substitutes:

Jérémy Morel, Nabil Fekir, Rafael, Mathieu Gorgelin, Mathieu Valbuena, Corentin Tolisso, Clément Grenier.

Nice (4-1-2-1-2)

No.	Name
30	Yoan Cardinale (GK)
20	Maxime Le Marchand
4	Paul Baysse
22	Nampalys Mendy
23	Ricardo Pereira
29	Jérémy Pied
9	Hatem Ben Arfa
6	Jean Michaël Seri
26	Vincent Koziello
14	Alassane Pléa
28	Valère Germain

Nice Substitutes:

Alexandre Mendy, Niklas Hult, Rémi Walter, Romain Genevois, Wallyson Mallmann, Paulin Puel, Mouez Hassen.

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