French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, October 30, 2016
Nantes LWWLW 1
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Nice LWWWW 4
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NICE224
Allianz Riviera · 24,418 att.

Match Report

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Mario Balotelli scores as Nice go clear at the top in Ligue 1

Nice moved six points clear at the top of Ligue 1 thanks to a convincing 4-1 win against Nantes.

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
3
36.6
Possession
63.4
16
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
302
Accurate Passes
585
360
Passes
657
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
7
Accurate Crosses
1
21
Crosses
6
0.3
Cross %
0.2
35
Long Balls
50
16
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
12
18
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
9
14
Clearances
9

Head to Head

NAN leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

NICE · 4-3-3

  1. 30Yoan CardinaleG
  2. 33Malang SarrCD-L
  3. 31DanteCD-R
  4. 21Ricardo PereiraLB
  5. 2Arnaud SouquetRB
  6. 24Mathieu BodmerCM
  7. 6Jean Michaël SeriLM
  8. 25Wylan CyprienRM
  9. 9Mario BalotelliF
  10. 5Younès BelhandaLF
  11. 14Alassane PléaRF

NAN · 4-4-2

  1. 1Rémy RiouG
  2. 3Diego CarlosCD-L
  3. 26Koffi DjidjiCD-R
  4. 6Lucas LimaLB
  5. 15Léo DuboisRB
  6. 27Guillaume GilletCM-L
  7. 8Adrien ThomassonCM-R
  8. 10Yacine BammouLM
  9. 14Amine HaritRM
  10. 9Emiliano SalaCF-L
  11. 18Mariusz StepinskiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Nice 1, Nantes 0. Wylan Cyprien (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 27' Goal! Nice 2, Nantes 0. Mario Balotelli (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jean Michael Seri with a through ball.
  3. 31' Lucas Lima (Nantes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 38' Koffi Djidji (Nantes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Nantes. Enock Kwateng replaces Léo Dubois.
  6. 47' Goal! Nice 2, Nantes 1. Emiliano Sala (Nantes) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Mariusz Stepinski.
  7. 53' Emiliano Sala (Nantes) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 60' Goal! Nice 3, Nantes 1. Alassane Pléa (Nice) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jean Michael Seri with a cross following a corner.
  9. 63' Wylan Cyprien (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 65' Goal! Nice 4, Nantes 1. Wylan Cyprien (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
  11. 68' Substitution, Nantes. Alexander Kacaniklic replaces Mariusz Stepinski.
  12. 75' Substitution, Nice. Valentin Eysseric replaces Mario Balotelli.
  13. 78' Substitution, Nantes. Valentin Rongier replaces Adrien Thomasson.
  14. 81' Substitution, Nice. Vincent Koziello replaces Jean Michael Seri.
  15. 84' Substitution, Nice. Arnaud Lusamba replaces Wylan Cyprien.

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