French Ligue 1

FT Friday, August 31, 2018
Nice WLLDL 1
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Lyon LLWLW 0
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Groupama Stadium · 53,438 att.

Match Report

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Maximin goal helps Nice beat Lyon for first Ligue 1 win of season

Striker Allan Saint-Maximin's powerful deflected shot gave struggling Nice a shock 1-0 away win over Olympique Lyonnais on Friday.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
5
Corner Kicks
10
9
Saves
0
42.3
Possession
57.7
8
SHOTS
29
1
ON GOAL
9
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
334
Accurate Passes
475
407
Passes
546
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
9
11
Crosses
25
0.2
Cross %
0.4
55
Long Balls
42
27
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.5
Long Balls %
0.8
4
Blocked Shots
3
14
Effective Tackles
17
25
Tackles
28
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
14
Interceptions
6
34
Effective Clearances
13
34
Clearances
13

Head to Head

LYON leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

LYON · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Anthony LopesG
  2. 5Jason DenayerCD-L
  3. 6MarceloCD-R
  4. 22Ferland MendyLB
  5. 4RafaelRB
  6. 18Nabil FekirAM
  7. 28Tanguy NdombeleLM
  8. 29Lucas TousartRM
  9. 11Memphis DepayF
  10. 7Martin TerrierAM-L
  11. 10Bertrand TraoréAM-R

NICE · 5-3-2

  1. 40Walter BenítezG
  2. 31DanteCD
  3. 23Malang SarrCD-L
  4. 29Christophe HérelleCD-R
  5. 28Olivier BoscagliLB
  6. 24Christophe JalletRB
  7. 5Adrien TamèzeCM
  8. 25Wylan CyprienCM-L
  9. 8Pierre Lees-MelouCM-R
  10. 9Mario BalotelliCF-L
  11. 7Allan Saint-MaximinCF-R

Timeline

  1. 40' Adrien Tameze (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 42' Mario Balotelli (Nice) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 50' Goal! Lyon 0, Nice 1. Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Wylan Cyprien following a corner.
  4. 68' Substitution, Lyon. Maxwel Cornet replaces Martin Terrier.
  5. 76' Substitution, Nice. Myziane Maolida replaces Mario Balotelli.
  6. 79' Substitution, Lyon. Pape Cheikh replaces Lucas Tousart.
  7. 84' Substitution, Lyon. Houssem Aouar replaces Bertrand Traoré.
  8. 85' Substitution, Nice. Racine Coly replaces Allan Saint-Maximin.

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