French Ligue 1

FT Friday, April 7, 2017
Nice WWDDW 2
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Lille DWDWL 1
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LILL101
Decathlon Arena - Stade Pierre-Mauroy · 32,107 att.

Match Report

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Mario Balotelli scores twice as Nice win to retain title hope

Mario Balotelli netted twice, and belatedly broke his away duck, as Nice came from behind to beat Lille and keep their Ligue 1 title challenge alive.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
22
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
5
59.3
Possession
40.7
12
SHOTS
11
7
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
528
Accurate Passes
314
606
Passes
398
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
6
9
Crosses
22
0.0
Cross %
0.3
50
Long Balls
60
27
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
10
16
Tackles
16
0.9
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
7
27
Clearances
7

Head to Head

NICE leads series 1-0-4

Lineups

LILL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Vincent EnyeamaG
  2. 22Júnior AlonsoCD-L
  3. 6Ibrahim AmadouCD-R
  4. 18Franck BériaLB
  5. 2Sébastien CorchiaRB
  6. 9Yassine BenziaAM
  7. 24Rio MavubaLM
  8. 8XekaRM
  9. 19ÉderF
  10. 12Nicolas de PrévilleAM-L
  11. 17Rony LopesAM-R

NICE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Yoan CardinaleG
  2. 20Maxime Le MarchandCD-L
  3. 31DanteCD-R
  4. 29DalbertLB
  5. 2Arnaud SouquetRB
  6. 5Younès BelhandaAM
  7. 6Jean Michaël SeriLM
  8. 26Vincent KozielloRM
  9. 9Mario BalotelliF
  10. 13Valentin EyssericAM-L
  11. 21Ricardo PereiraAM-R

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Lille 1, Nice 0. Ibrahim Amadou (Lille) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  2. 17' Goal! Lille 1, Nice 1. Mario Balotelli (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Valentin Eysseric following a fast break.
  3. 44' Goal! Lille 1, Nice 2. Mario Balotelli (Nice) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
  4. 61' Dante (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 62' Substitution, Lille. Anwar El Ghazi replaces Rony Lopes.
  6. 72' Substitution, Lille. Ricardo Kishna replaces Yassine Benzia.
  7. 74' Rio Mavuba (Lille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 76' Substitution, Lille. Yves Bissouma replaces Rio Mavuba.
  9. 83' Substitution, Nice. Mickael Le Bihan replaces Mario Balotelli.
  10. 87' Substitution, Nice. Remi Walter replaces Vincent Koziello.
  11. 90'+3' Substitution, Nice. Malang Sarr replaces Valentin Eysseric.

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