French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, December 18, 2016
Dijon FCO LLDDL 1
–
Nice WWWDL 2
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DIJO101
NICE112
Allianz Riviera · 29,229 att.

Match Report

Mario Balotelli at the double as Nice hold onto top spot

Mario Balotelli at the double as Nice hold onto top spot

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Team Stats

21
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
3
34.1
Possession
65.9
11
SHOTS
8
4
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
265
Accurate Passes
599
333
Passes
680
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
7
Accurate Crosses
0
20
Crosses
10
0.4
Cross %
0.0
55
Long Balls
63
25
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
0
11
Effective Tackles
14
17
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
10
Effective Clearances
16
10
Clearances
16

Head to Head

DIJO leads series 1-0-2

Lineups

NICE · 4-3-3

  1. 30Yoan CardinaleG
  2. 20Maxime Le MarchandCD-L
  3. 31DanteCD-R
  4. 32Malang SarrLB
  5. 2Arnaud SouquetRB
  6. 25Wylan CyprienCM
  7. 18Rémi WalterLM
  8. 6Jean Michaël SeriRM
  9. 9Mario BalotelliF
  10. 5Younès BelhandaLF
  11. 14Alassane PléaRF

DIJO · 5-3-2

  1. 30Baptiste ReynetG
  2. 27Cedric VarraultCD
  3. 21Yunis AbdelhamidCD-L
  4. 2Ádám LangCD-R
  5. 23Vincent RüfliLB
  6. 26Fouad ChafikRB
  7. 17Mehdi AbeidCM
  8. 22Johan GastienCM-L
  9. 8Pierre Lees-MelouCM-R
  10. 11Júlio TavaresCF-L
  11. 9Loïs DionyCF-R

Timeline

  1. 31' Yunis Abdelhamid (Dijon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Goal! Nice 1, Dijon 0. Mario Balotelli (Nice) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 36' Arnaud Souquet (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 37' Goal! Nice 1, Dijon 1. Júlio Tavares (Dijon) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  5. 41' Vincent Rüfli (Dijon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 50' Goal! Nice 2, Dijon 1. Mario Balotelli (Nice) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Arnaud Souquet.
  7. 75' Substitution, Dijon. Frederic Sammaritano replaces Pierre Lees-Melou.
  8. 78' Substitution, Nice. Vincent Koziello replaces Jean Michael Seri.
  9. 81' Substitution, Dijon. Jeremie Bela replaces Ádám Lang.
  10. 84' Johan Gastien (Dijon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 88' Cedric Varrault (Dijon) is shown the red card.
  12. 89' Substitution, Dijon. Yohann Riviere replaces Frederic Sammaritano.

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