French Ligue 1

Bastia vs Nice, 2016-17 French Ligue 1, Regular Season

· French Ligue 1
Bastia
  • 17': Prince Oniangué
  • Red Card 64': Yannick Cahuzac
FT
1 - 1
Nice
  • 33': Arnaud Souquet

Nice held again as 10-man Bastia hang on

Despite Mario Balotelli's return, Nice dropped more points in the Ligue 1 title race after drawing 1-1 at Bastia on Friday.

Match Timeline

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 2': Attempt saved. Gaël Danic (Bastia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 2': Attempt missed. Gaël Danic (Bastia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
  • 2': Hand ball by Gaël Danic (Bastia).
  • 3': Attempt missed. Sadio Diallo (Bastia) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left. Assisted by Mehdi Mostefa.
  • 4': Foul by Yannick Cahuzac (Bastia).
  • 4': Mario Balotelli (Nice) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 5': Foul by Lindsay Rose (Bastia).
  • 5': Wylan Cyprien (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 7': Foul by Prince Oniangué (Bastia).
  • 7': Wylan Cyprien (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 8': Attempt missed. Mehdi Mostefa (Bastia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 9': Foul by Vincent Koziello (Nice).
  • 9': Mehdi Mostefa (Bastia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 12': Offside, Bastia. Sadio Diallo tries a through ball, but Gilles Cioni is caught offside.
  • 16': Attempt missed. Patrick Burner (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alassane Pléa.
  • 17': Attempt blocked. Sadio Diallo (Bastia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gaël Danic with a cross.
  • 17': Goal! Bastia 1, Nice 0. Prince Oniangué (Bastia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 20': Alassane Pléa (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 20': Foul by Abdoulaye Keita (Bastia).
  • 21': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Alexander Djiku.
  • 23': Foul by Sadio Diallo (Bastia).
  • 23': Wylan Cyprien (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Delay in match Patrick Burner (Nice) because of an injury.
  • 25': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 30': Attempt missed. Wylan Cyprien (Nice) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Patrick Burner.
  • 30': Foul by Patrick Burner (Nice).
  • 30': Pierre Bengtsson (Bastia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 31': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Pierre Bengtsson.
  • 33': Attempt blocked. Dalbert (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Remi Walter.
  • 33': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Yannick Cahuzac.
  • 33': Goal! Bastia 1, Nice 1. Arnaud Souquet (Nice) header from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wylan Cyprien with a cross following a corner.
  • 35': Attempt missed. Sadio Diallo (Bastia) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gaël Danic with a cross.
  • 36': Foul by Dalbert (Nice).
  • 36': Gilles Cioni (Bastia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Attempt blocked. Alassane Pléa (Nice) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dalbert.
  • 39': Attempt saved. Mario Balotelli (Nice) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dalbert.
  • 42': Attempt blocked. Prince Oniangué (Bastia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yannick Cahuzac.
  • 43': Foul by Mehdi Mostefa (Bastia).
  • 43': Vincent Koziello (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Attempt missed. Mario Balotelli (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Alassane Pléa.
  • 45': Offside, Bastia. Alexander Djiku tries a through ball, but Sadio Diallo is caught offside.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Sadio Diallo (Bastia) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Prince Oniangué.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Bastia 1, Nice 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Bastia 1, Nice 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Bastia 1, Nice 1.
  • 48': Attempt saved. Mario Balotelli (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dalbert with a cross.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Sadio Diallo (Bastia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Gaël Danic.
  • 50': Foul by Mehdi Mostefa (Bastia).
  • 50': Vincent Koziello (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 51': Attempt missed. Alassane Pléa (Nice) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Wylan Cyprien.
  • 53': Foul by Dante (Nice).
  • 53': Sadio Diallo (Bastia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Foul by Yannick Cahuzac (Bastia).
  • 55': Mario Balotelli (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 56': Yannick Cahuzac (Bastia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 57': Attempt missed. Mario Balotelli (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  • 59': Attempt saved. Patrick Burner (Nice) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wylan Cyprien.
  • 59': Abdoulaye Keita (Bastia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Foul by Vincent Koziello (Nice).
  • 60': Arnaud Souquet (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 60': Foul by Sadio Diallo (Bastia).
  • 62': Alassane Pléa (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Foul by Lindsay Rose (Bastia).
  • 64': Foul by Yannick Cahuzac (Bastia).
  • 64': Wylan Cyprien (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Second yellow card to Yannick Cahuzac (Bastia) for a bad foul.
  • 65': Foul by Alassane Pléa (Nice).
  • 65': Gilles Cioni (Bastia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 69': Jean-Louis Leca (Bastia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 69': Mario Balotelli (Nice).
  • 70': Attempt blocked. Alassane Pléa (Nice) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Patrick Burner.
  • 70': Corner, Nice. Conceded by Lindsay Rose.
  • 70': Attempt blocked. Malang Sarr (Nice) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wylan Cyprien with a cross.
  • 70': Foul by Alexander Djiku (Bastia).
  • 70': Mario Balotelli (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 71': Attempt missed. Wylan Cyprien (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner from a direct free kick.
  • 73': Substitution, Bastia. Florian Raspentino replaces Sadio Diallo.
  • 74': Attempt missed. Remi Walter (Nice) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mario Balotelli.
  • 78': Foul by Mario Balotelli (Nice).
  • 78': Lindsay Rose (Bastia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Substitution, Bastia. Lenny Nangis replaces Gaël Danic.
  • 81': Foul by Lenny Nangis (Bastia).
  • 81': Vincent Koziello (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Offside, Nice. Patrick Burner tries a through ball, but Mario Balotelli is caught offside.
  • 83': Foul by Florian Raspentino (Bastia).
  • 83': Wylan Cyprien (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 84': Attempt missed. Arnaud Souquet (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Mario Balotelli.
  • 85': Foul by Mario Balotelli (Nice).
  • 85': Mehdi Mostefa (Bastia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Attempt missed. Florian Raspentino (Bastia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gilles Cioni with a cross.
  • 87': Offside, Nice. Vincent Koziello tries a through ball, but Alassane Pléa is caught offside.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Mehdi Mostefa (Bastia).
  • 90'+1': Vincent Koziello (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+1': Mehdi Mostefa (Bastia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+2': Attempt saved. Mario Balotelli (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 90'+2': Offside, Nice. Remi Walter tries a through ball, but Alassane Pléa is caught offside.
  • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Bastia 1, Nice 1.

Statistics

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9 Fouls 16
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
3 Offsides 2
4 Corner Kicks 0
1 Saves 4
71.4 Possession 28.6
17 SHOTS 11
5 ON GOAL 2
0.3 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
669 Accurate Passes 218
764 Passes 305
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
3 Accurate Crosses 3
14 Crosses 9
0.2 Cross % 0.3
62 Long Balls 64
43 Accurate Long Balls 24
0.7 Long Balls % 0.4
4 Blocked Shots 2
13 Effective Tackles 13
17 Tackles 19
0.8 Tackle % 0.7
5 Interceptions 24
7 Effective Clearances 25
7 Clearances 25

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stade Armand-Cesari
Location: Furiani, France
Attendance: 9,757

Ligue 1 Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 AS Monaco 4 +4 10
2 Stade Rennais 4 +3 10
3 Lyon 4 +4 8
4 Paris FC 4 +4 8
Full Table

Line-Ups

BAS Bastia (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
16 Jean-Louis Leca (GK)
17 Lindsay Rose
12 Abdoulaye Keita
23 Alexander Djiku
14 Mehdi Mostefa Yellow Card
18 Yannick Cahuzac Yellow Card
20 Pierre Bengtsson
29 Gilles Cioni
2 Sadio Diallo
8 Gaël Danic
15 Prince Oniangué
Bastia Substitutes:
Axel N'Gando, Lenny Nangis, Thomas Vincensini, Lucas Triki, Hugo Magnetti, Florian Raspentino, Geoffrey Acheampong.

NICE Nice (3-5-2)

No. Name
40 Walter Benítez (GK)
31 Dante
32 Malang Sarr
2 Arnaud Souquet
18 Rémi Walter
26 Vincent Koziello
25 Wylan Cyprien
29 Dalbert
15 Patrick Burner
9 Mario Balotelli
14 Alassane Pléa
Nice Substitutes:
Anastasios Donis, Simon Pouplin, Joakim Balmy, Arnaud Lusamba, Hicham Mahou, Vincent Marcel, Alexy Bosetti.

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