Monaco 2-1 Nice: result and report

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 3 February 2021

Result

Monaco 2-1 Nice

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 3 February 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Monaco 2-1 Nice: match report

Monaco won against Nice 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 3 February 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Wissam Ben Yedder opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Monaco's goals came from Wissam Ben Yedder (28', penalty) and Wissam Ben Yedder (51'). Nice scored through Pierre Lees-Melou (47').

Discipline: Monaco received no yellow cards; Nice received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Monaco were 4th on 42 points from 22 and Nice 14th on 26 points from 21. Monaco went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Nice 9th with 52.

Monaco lined up in a 4-4-2 and Nice in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Wissam Ben Yedder of Monaco (8.5), ahead of Aurélien Tchouaméni (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Monaco wins, 2 draws and 4 for Nice.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Jean-Clair TodiboNice
  • 28'Penalty goal · Wissam Ben YedderMonaco · 1-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Alexis Claude-MauriceNice
  • 40'Yellow card · Morgan SchneiderlinNice
  • 47'Goal · Pierre Lees-MelouNice · 1-1
  • 50'Yellow card · Jordan LotombaNice
  • 51'Goal · Wissam Ben YedderMonaco · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Monaco 4, draws 2, Nice 4.

Team news

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Monaco line-up (4-4-2)

Benjamin Lecomte, Djibril Sidibé, Guillermo Maripán, Benoît Badiashile, Caio Henrique, Krépin Diatta, Youssouf Fofana, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Sofiane Diop, Kevin Volland, Wissam Ben Yedder

Nice line-up (4-1-4-1)

Walter Benítez, Jordan Lotomba, Jean-Clair Todibo, William Saliba, Hassane Kamara, Morgan Schneiderlin, Dan Ndoye, Alexis Claude-Maurice, Pierre Lees-Melou, Amine Gouiri, Kasper Dolberg