Ajax 2-2 Nice: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 2 August 2017
Result
Ajax 2-2 Nice
Champions League · Wednesday 2 August 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Ajax 2-2 Nice: match report
Ajax drew with Nice 2-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 2 August 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Arnaud Souquet opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Ajax's goals came from Donny van de Beek (26') and D. Sánchez (56'). Nice scored through Arnaud Souquet (3') and V. Marcel (79').
Discipline: Ajax received 2 yellow cards; Nice received 3 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nice in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alassane Pléa of Nice (7.8), ahead of Dante (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Ajax wins, 1 draw and 0 for Nice.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Arnaud Souquet
- 9'Yellow card · D. Sánchez
- 17'Yellow card · Malang Sarr
- 21'Yellow card · Hakim Ziyech
- 26'Goal · Donny van de Beek
- 38'Yellow card · Vincent Koziello
- 56'Goal · D. Sánchez
- 59'Yellow card · Valentin Eysseric
- 79'Goal · V. Marcel
Head-to-head
Team news
Ajax line-up (4-3-3)
André Onana, Joël Veltman, Davinson Sánchez, Matthijs de Ligt, Nick Viergever, Donny van de Beek, Lasse Schöne, Hakim Ziyech, Justin Kluivert, Kasper Dolberg, Ahmad Nurosadi
Nice line-up (4-2-3-1)
Yoan Cardinale, Arnaud Souquet, Dante, Maxime Le Marchand, Malang Sarr, Vincent Koziello, Jean Michaël Seri, Pierre Lees-Melou, Bassem Srarfi, Valentin Eysseric, Alassane Pléa