French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, March 18, 2017
Nice DWWWD 1
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Nantes DWDLW 1
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Match Report

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Nice drop points in Ligue 1 race in 1-1 draw against Nantes

Mario Balotelli again failed to score away from home as Nice lost more ground in the race for the Ligue 1 title.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
1
61.5
Possession
38.5
5
SHOTS
18
2
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
505
Accurate Passes
251
581
Passes
345
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
9
11
Crosses
27
0.2
Cross %
0.3
44
Long Balls
59
21
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
6
6
Effective Tackles
17
17
Tackles
24
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
34
Effective Clearances
11
34
Clearances
11

Head to Head

NAN leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

NAN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Maxime DupéG
  2. 3Diego CarlosCD-L
  3. 26Koffi DjidjiCD-R
  4. 6Lucas LimaLB
  5. 15Léo DuboisRB
  6. 8Adrien ThomassonAM
  7. 28Valentin RongierLM
  8. 27Guillaume GilletRM
  9. 9Emiliano SalaF
  10. 22Préjuce NakoulmaAM-L
  11. 7Jules IlokiAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Rémy RiouSUB
  2. 18Mariusz StepinskiSUB
  3. 19Abdoulaye TouréSUB
  4. 4Oswaldo VizcarrondoSUB
  5. 11Alex KacaniklicSUB
  6. 14Amine HaritSUB
  7. 23Sérgio OliveiraSUB

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. 24Mounir ObaddiRM
  9. 9Mario BalotelliF
  10. 13Valentin EyssericAM-L
  11. 21Ricardo PereiraAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Anastasios DonisSUB
  2. 32Malang SarrSUB
  3. 11Bassem SrarfiSUB
  4. 33Vincent MarcelSUB
  5. 40Walter BenítezSUB
  6. 10Mickaël Le BihanSUB
  7. 26Vincent KozielloSUB

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Nantes 1, Nice 0. Emiliano Sala (Nantes) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jules Iloki.
  2. 28' Goal! Nantes 1, Nice 1. Jean Michael Seri (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Younès Belhanda.
  3. 44' Valentin Eysseric (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 51' Lucas Lima (Nantes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 61' Substitution, Nantes. Alexander Kacaniklic replaces Jules Iloki.
  6. 64' Diego Carlos (Nantes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 80' Substitution, Nantes. Amine Harit replaces Adrien Thomasson.
  8. 84' Substitution, Nice. Mickael Le Bihan replaces Mario Balotelli.
  9. 90'+2' Substitution, Nantes. Mariusz Stepinski replaces Emiliano Sala.
  10. 90'+3' Prejuce Nakoulma (Nantes) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 90'+5' Substitution, Nice. Vincent Koziello replaces Mounir Obbadi.

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