Nice 2-1 Dijon: result and report

Nice 2-1 Dijon

Ligue 1 · Sunday 18 December 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Nice defeated Dijon 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 18 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Mario Balotelli opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Nice's goals came from Mario Balotelli (32', penalty) and Mario Balotelli (50'). Dijon scored through Julio Tavarès (37', penalty).

Discipline: Nice received 1 yellow card; Dijon received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Nice were 1st on 40 points from 17 and Dijon 18th on 16 points from 17. Nice went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Dijon 16th with 37.

Nice lined up in a 4-3-3 and Dijon in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mario Balotelli of Nice (8.6), ahead of M. Abeid (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Nice wins, 1 draw and 1 for Dijon.

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