French Ligue 1

FT Sunday, December 10, 2017
Nice WLWWL 2
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Nantes WLLWD 1
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NICE112
NAN101
La Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau · 19,723 att.

Match Report

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Mario Balotelli celebrates winner for Nice at Nantes with pitch invader

Nantes' winning run at home was ended as Mario Balotelli's 75th-minute winner completed a 2-1 comeback victory for Nice.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
13
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
3
60.7
Possession
39.3
12
SHOTS
22
5
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
562
Accurate Passes
335
645
Passes
406
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
8
10
Crosses
21
0.3
Cross %
0.4
74
Long Balls
51
42
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
5
5
Effective Tackles
17
10
Tackles
22
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
10
12
Clearances
10

Head to Head

NAN leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

NAN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 30Ciprian TatarusanuG
  2. 3Diego CarlosCD-L
  3. 4Nicolas PalloisCD-R
  4. 19Abdoulaye TouréDM
  5. 5Koffi DjidjiLB
  6. 15Léo DuboisRB
  7. 8Adrien ThomassonCM-L
  8. 28Valentin RongierCM-R
  9. 10Yacine BammouLM
  10. 33Santy NgomRM
  11. 9Emiliano SalaF

Substitutes

  1. 7Jules IlokiSUB
  2. 18Samuel MoutoussamySUB
  3. 6Lucas LimaSUB
  4. 1Maxime DupéSUB
  5. 14Yassine El GhanassySUB
  6. 11Alex KacaniklicSUB
  7. 20Andrei GirottoSUB

NICE · 4-3-3

  1. 40Walter BenítezG
  2. 23Malang SarrCD-L
  3. 4MarlonCD-R
  4. 20Maxime Le MarchandLB
  5. 2Arnaud SouquetRB
  6. 5Adrien TamèzeCM
  7. 6Jean Michaël SeriLM
  8. 8Pierre Lees-MelouRM
  9. 9Mario BalotelliF
  10. 14Alassane PléaLF
  11. 7Allan Saint-MaximinRF

Substitutes

  1. 21Nampalys MendySUB
  2. 26Vincent KozielloSUB
  3. 11Bassem SrarfiSUB
  4. 15Patrick BurnerSUB
  5. 27Jean-Victor MakengoSUB
  6. 3Gautier LlorisSUB
  7. 30Yoan CardinaleSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Nantes 1, Nice 0. Yacine Bammou (Nantes) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Emiliano Sala.
  2. 21' Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 37' Adrien Tameze (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 40' Mario Balotelli (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 42' Goal! Nantes 1, Nice 1. Alassane Pléa (Nice) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jean Michael Seri with a cross following a corner.
  6. 64' Substitution, Nantes. Yassine El Ghanassy replaces Santy Ngom.
  7. 65' Substitution, Nantes. Jules Iloki replaces Yacine Bammou.
  8. 68' Diego Carlos (Nantes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 75' Goal! Nantes 1, Nice 2. Mario Balotelli (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Allan Saint-Maximin.
  10. 78' Substitution, Nantes. Andrei Girotto replaces Valentin Rongier.
  11. 84' Substitution, Nice. Bassem Srarfi replaces Allan Saint-Maximin.
  12. 85' Arnaud Souquet (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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