French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, January 29, 2017
Guingamp DWLLD 1
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Nice WDLDD 3
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EAG011
NICE213
Allianz Riviera · 20,063 att.

Match Report

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Mario Balotelli scores late goal as Nice defeat Guingamp

Mario Balotelli kept up his fine home form as Nice beat Guingamp 3-1 to keep the pressure on Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain.

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Team Stats

21
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
3
46.2
Possession
53.8
12
SHOTS
10
4
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
370
Accurate Passes
455
445
Passes
530
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
7
Accurate Crosses
3
22
Crosses
11
0.3
Cross %
0.3
52
Long Balls
42
32
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
8
19
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
28
18
Clearances
28

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

NICE · 4-3-3

  1. 30Yoan CardinaleG
  2. 32Malang SarrCD-L
  3. 31DanteCD-R
  4. 29DalbertLB
  5. 2Arnaud SouquetRB
  6. 25Wylan CyprienCM
  7. 6Jean Michaël SeriLM
  8. 26Vincent KozielloRM
  9. 9Mario BalotelliF
  10. 13Valentin EyssericLF
  11. 14Alassane PléaRF

EAG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Karl-Johan JohnssonG
  2. 15Jérémy SorbonCD-L
  3. 29Christophe KerbratCD-R
  4. 3Fernando MarçalLB
  5. 22Jonathan Martins-PereiraRB
  6. 27Mathieu BodmerAM
  7. 17Étienne DidotLM
  8. 8Lucas DéauxRM
  9. 23Jimmy BriandF
  10. 24Marcus CocoAM-L
  11. 19Yanis SaliburAM-R

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Nice 1, Guingamp 0. Alassane Pléa (Nice) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Valentin Eysseric.
  2. 14' Dalbert (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 20' Fernando Marçal (Guingamp) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 23' Vincent Koziello (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 38' Goal! Nice 2, Guingamp 0. Jean Michael Seri (Nice) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Arnaud Souquet.
  6. 61' Substitution, Guingamp. Alexandre Mendy replaces Yannis Salibur.
  7. 61' Substitution, Guingamp. Nill de Pauw replaces Mathieu Bodmer.
  8. 63' Goal! Nice 2, Guingamp 1. Jimmy Briand (Guingamp) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nill de Pauw.
  9. 75' Malang Sarr (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 78' Substitution, Nice. Paul Baysse replaces Jean Michael Seri.
  11. 83' Substitution, Guingamp. Sloan Privat replaces Jonathan Pereira.
  12. 84' Alexandre Mendy (Guingamp) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 86' Substitution, Nice. Remi Walter replaces Valentin Eysseric.
  14. 87' Goal! Nice 3, Guingamp 1. Mario Balotelli (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arnaud Souquet with a through ball.
  15. 88' Jimmy Briand (Guingamp) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+3' Substitution, Nice. Vincent Marcel replaces Mario Balotelli.

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