French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, January 15, 2017
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Nice DLWDL 0
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Match Report

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Nice drop points in title race after 0-0 draw with Metz

Nice dropped valuable points in the French title race after drawing 0-0 at home to struggling Metz on Sunday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
3
38.2
Possession
61.8
15
SHOTS
13
3
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
257
Accurate Passes
470
328
Passes
540
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
3
18
Crosses
18
0.2
Cross %
0.2
59
Long Balls
34
30
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.5
Long Balls %
0.8
3
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
12
23
Tackles
14
0.5
Tackle %
0.9
20
Interceptions
10
28
Effective Clearances
24
28
Clearances
24

Head to Head

NICE leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

NICE · 3-4-3

  1. 40Walter BenítezG
  2. 31DanteCD
  3. 32Malang SarrCD-L
  4. 4Paul BaysseCD-R
  5. 25Wylan CyprienCM-L
  6. 26Vincent KozielloCM-R
  7. 29DalbertLM
  8. 2Arnaud SouquetRM
  9. 14Alassane PléaF
  10. 8Arnaud LusambaCF-L
  11. 21Ricardo PereiraCF-R

METZ · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Thomas DidillonG
  2. 6Simon FaletteCD-L
  3. 5Guido MilánCD-R
  4. 13Franck SignorinoLB
  5. 25Iván BalliuRB
  6. 24Renaud CohadeAM
  7. 23Chris PhilippsLM
  8. 2Fallou DiagneRM
  9. 17Habib DialloF
  10. 19Florent MolletAM-L
  11. 11Opa NguetteAM-R

Timeline

  1. 39' Malang Sarr (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 67' Substitution, Nice. Vincent Marcel replaces Arnaud Lusamba.
  3. 73' Fallou Diagne (Metz) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 75' Vincent Koziello (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 81' Substitution, Metz. Thibaut Vion replaces Habib Diallo.
  6. 81' Substitution, Nice. Anastasios Donis replaces Alassane Pléa.
  7. 86' Substitution, Metz. Kévin Lejeune replaces Florent Mollet.

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