Nice 2-1 Caen: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 August 2015
Result
Nice 2-1 Caen
Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 August 2015, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Nice 2-1 Caen: match report
Nice won against Caen 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 22 August 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Hatem Ben Arfa opened the scoring in the 66th minute. Nice's goals came from Hatem Ben Arfa (66') and Alassane Plea (77'). Caen scored through Andy Delort (67').
Discipline: Nice received 1 yellow card; Caen received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nice were 13th on 1 point from 2 and Caen 3rd on 6 points from 2. Nice went on to finish that season 4th with 63 points, and Caen 7th with 56.
Nice lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Caen in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Andy Delort of Caen (7.8), ahead of Nampalys Mendy (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Nice wins, 5 draws and 2 for Caen.
Key events
- 45'Yellow card · Lenny Nangis
- 66'Goal · Hatem Ben Arfa
- 67'Goal · Andy Delort
- 71'Yellow card · Vincent Koziello
- 72'Yellow card · N. Seube
- 77'Goal · Alassane Plea
- 82'Yellow card · Jeff Louis
- 82'Yellow card · Jeff Louis
Head-to-head
Team news
Nice line-up (4-3-1-2)
Mouez Hassen, Paul Baysse, Kevin Gomis, Jérémy Pied, Olivier Boscagli, Jean Michaël Seri, Hatem Ben Arfa, Nampalys Mendy, Vincent Koziello, Alassane Pléa, Valère Germain
Caen line-up (4-5-1)
Rémy Vercoutre, Dennis Appiah, Alan Mannus, Chaker Alhadhur, Damien Da Silva, Nicolas Seube, Jonathan Delaplace, Lenny Nangis, Vincent Bessat, Julien Féret, Andy Delort