Montpellier 0-2 Nice: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 12 March 2016

Result

Montpellier 0-2 Nice

Ligue 1 · Saturday 12 March 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Montpellier 0-2 Nice: match report

Montpellier were beaten by Nice 0-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 12 March 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Valère Germain opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Montpellier did not score. Nice scored through Valère Germain (61') and Alassane Plea (76').

Discipline: Montpellier received 2 yellow cards; Nice received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Montpellier were 16th on 32 points from 29 and Nice 4th on 44 points from 29. Montpellier went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Nice 4th with 63.

Montpellier lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nice in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Yoan Cardinale of Nice (8.3), level with Jean Michaël Seri (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Montpellier wins, 3 draws and 2 for Nice.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 61'Goal · Valère GermainNice · 0-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Jérémy PiedNice
  • 76'Goal · Alassane PleaNice · 0-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Jonas MartinMontpellier
  • 90+3'Yellow card · C. NingaMontpellier

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Montpellier 5, draws 3, Nice 2.

Team news

Montpellier line-up (4-2-3-1)

Laurent Pionnier, Daniel Congré, Vitorino Hilton, William Rémy, Jérôme Roussillon, Jonas Martin, Ryad Boudebouz, Souleymane Camara, Jamel Saihi, Kévin Bérigaud, Mustapha Yatabaré

Nice line-up (4-3-1-2)

Yoan Cardinale, Paul Baysse, Maxime Le Marchand, Ricardo Pereira, Jérémy Pied, Jean Michaël Seri, Mahamane Traore, Nampalys Mendy, Vincent Koziello, Hatem Ben Arfa, Valère Germain