Napoli 2-0 Nice: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 16 August 2017
Result
Napoli 2-0 Nice
Champions League · Wednesday 16 August 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Napoli 2-0 Nice: match report
Napoli beat Nice 2-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 16 August 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Dries Mertens opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Napoli's goals came from Dries Mertens (13') and Jorginho (70', penalty). Nice did not score.
Discipline: Napoli received 1 yellow card; Nice received 1 yellow card and 2 red cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nice in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dries Mertens of Napoli (8.3), ahead of Raúl Albiol (7.8).
Key events
- 13'Goal · Dries Mertens
- 63'Yellow card · Lorenzo Insigne
- 65'Yellow card · Alassane Plea
- 70'Penalty goal · Jorginho
- 79'Red card · Vincent Koziello
- 79'Second yellow · Alassane Plea
Team news
Napoli line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Raúl Albiol, Kalidou Koulibaly, Faouzi Ghoulam, Allan, Jorginho, Marek Hamšík, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne
Nice line-up (3-5-2)
Yoan Cardinale, Arnaud Souquet, Dante, Maxime Le Marchand, Christophe Jallet, Vincent Koziello, Jean Michaël Seri, Pierre Lees-Melou, Malang Sarr, Alassane Pléa, Allan Saint-Maximin