Nice 1-2 Lens: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 23 December 2006

Result

Nice 1-2 Lens

Ligue 1 · Saturday 23 December 2006, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Nice 1-2 Lens: match report

Nice lost to Lens 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 23 December 2006. The half-time score was 1-0.

Bakari Koné opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Nice's goal came from Bakari Koné (25'). Lens scored through Jussiê (74', penalty) and Aruna Dindane (78').

Discipline: Nice received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Lens received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Nice were 18th on 16 points from 18 and Lens 3rd on 32 points from 18. Nice went on to finish that season 16th with 43 points, and Lens 4th with 57.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Nice wins, 2 draws and 0 for Lens.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Nenad KovacevicLens
  • 23'Yellow card · S. KéitaLens
  • 25'Goal · Bakari KonéNice · 1-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Onyekachi ApamNice
  • 59'Yellow card · Vitorino HiltonLens
  • 61'Second yellow · Nenad KovacevicLens
  • 74'Penalty goal · JussiêLens · 1-1
  • 78'Goal · Aruna DindaneLens · 1-2
  • 79'Yellow card · Cédric KantéNice
  • 86'Red card · Cédric VarraultNice

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Nice 0, draws 2, Lens 0.

Team news

Nice line-up

Hugo Lloris, Cédric Varrault, Cedric Kante, Rod Fanni, Onyekachi Apam, Ederson, Kamel Larbi, David Bellion, Bakari Koné, Marama Vahirua, Olivier Echouafni

Lens line-up

Charles Itandje, Marco Ramos, Adama Coulibaly, Seydou Keita, Eric Carriere, Jussiê, Aruna Dindane, Vitorino Hilton, Daniel Cousin, Nenad Kovacevic, Yohan Demont