Dijon 3-2 Nice: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 10 February 2018

Result

Dijon 3-2 Nice

Ligue 1 · Saturday 10 February 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Dijon 3-2 Nice: match report

Dijon beat Nice 3-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 10 February 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

Julio Tavarès opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Dijon's goals came from Julio Tavarès (61'), Julio Tavarès (78', penalty) and Chang-hoon Kwon (84'). Nice scored through Pierre Lees-Melou (64') and Alassane Plea (67').

Discipline: Dijon received 2 yellow cards; Nice received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Dijon were 13th on 28 points from 23 and Nice 7th on 34 points from 24. Dijon went on to finish that season 11th with 48 points, and Nice 8th with 54.

Dijon lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nice in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Julio Tavarès of Dijon (8.5), ahead of Pierre Lees-Melou (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Dijon win, 1 draw and 3 for Nice.

Going into the match Dijon's last five read W-L-L-D-L and Nice's L-L-W-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Yellow card · Papy DjilobodjiDijon
  • 42'Yellow card · DanteNice
  • 61'Goal · Julio TavarèsDijon · 1-0
  • 64'Goal · Pierre Lees-MelouNice · 1-1
  • 67'Goal · Alassane PleaNice · 1-2
  • 74'Yellow card · Mario BalotelliNice
  • 78'Penalty goal · Julio TavarèsDijon · 2-2
  • 80'Yellow card · Romain AmalfitanoDijon
  • 80'Yellow card · MarlonNice
  • 84'Goal · Chang-hoon KwonDijon · 3-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Dijon 1, draws 1, Nice 3.

Team news

Dijon line-up (4-3-3)

Baptiste Reynet, Papy Djilobodji, Oussama Haddadi, Cédric Yambéré, Valentin Rosier, M. Abeid, Florent Balmont, Romain Amalfitano, Wesley Saïd, Naïm Sliti, Julio Tavarès

Nice line-up (4-3-3)

Walter Benítez, Marlon, Racine Coly, Malang Sarr, Dante, Adrien Tamèze, Jean Michaël Seri, Pierre Lees-Melou, Mario Balotelli, Bassem Srarfi, Alassane Pléa