French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, October 2, 2016
Lorient LLWLW 1
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Nice LDWWL 2
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LOR011
NICE112
Allianz Riviera · 17,816 att.

Match Report

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Mario Balotelli nets winner for Nice right before being sent off

Mario Balotelli scored a late winner before being sent off as Nice maintained their lead at the top of Ligue 1 with 2-1 victory against Lorient.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
5
5
Corner Kicks
3
0
Saves
3
45.8
Possession
54.2
17
SHOTS
8
4
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
417
Accurate Passes
508
470
Passes
571
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
2
19
Crosses
10
0.2
Cross %
0.2
47
Long Balls
51
29
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
15
15
Tackles
20
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
8
Effective Clearances
14
9
Clearances
20

Head to Head

NICE leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

NICE · 3-5-1-1

  1. 30Yoan CardinaleG
  2. 31DanteCD
  3. 33Malang SarrCD-L
  4. 4Paul BaysseCD-R
  5. 6Jean Michaël SeriCM-L
  6. 25Wylan CyprienCM-R
  7. 24Mathieu BodmerAM
  8. 29DalbertLM
  9. 21Ricardo PereiraRM
  10. 9Mario BalotelliF
  11. 5Younès BelhandaRCF

LOR · 4-3-3

  1. 40Benjamin LecomteG
  2. 13Michaël CianiCD-L
  3. 5Zargo TouréCD-R
  4. 25Vincent Le GoffLB
  5. 20Steven MoreiraRB
  6. 6François BellugouCM
  7. 8CafúLM
  8. 7Arnold MvuembaRM
  9. 12Benjamin MoukandjoF
  10. 21Mohamed MaraLF
  11. 27Jimmy CabotRF

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Nice 1, Lorient 0. Ricardo Pereira (Nice) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mathieu Bodmer.
  2. 27' Francois Bellugou (Lorient) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 59' Malang Sarr (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 61' Goal! Nice 1, Lorient 1. Benjamin Moukandjo (Lorient) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Mara.
  5. 63' Substitution, Nice. Valentin Eysseric replaces Dalbert.
  6. 64' Substitution, Lorient. Walid Mesloub replaces Francois Bellugou.
  7. 72' Substitution, Lorient. Majeed Waris replaces Benjamin Moukandjo.
  8. 76' Substitution, Nice. Alassane Pléa replaces Mathieu Bodmer.
  9. 85' Substitution, Lorient. Issam Ben Khemis replaces Arnold Mvuemba.
  10. 85' Cafú (Lorient) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 86' Goal! Nice 2, Lorient 1. Mario Balotelli (Nice) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Wylan Cyprien.
  12. 87' Mario Balotelli (Nice) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  13. 88' Valentin Eysseric (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+2' Steven Moreira (Lorient) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+2' Second yellow card to Mario Balotelli (Nice).

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