Nice 2-1 Lorient: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 2 October 2016

Result

Nice 2-1 Lorient

Ligue 1 · Sunday 2 October 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Nice · Lorient · Ligue 1 predictions

Nice 2-1 Lorient: match report

Nice won against Lorient 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 2 October 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ricardo Pereira opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Nice's goals came from Ricardo Pereira (11') and Mario Balotelli (86'). Lorient scored through Benjamin Moukandjo (61').

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

Going into the game Nice were 2nd on 17 points from 7 and Lorient 19th on 6 points from 7. Nice went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Lorient 18th with 36.

Nice lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Lorient in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ricardo Pereira of Nice (8.1), ahead of Jimmy Cabot (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Nice wins, 4 draws and 3 for Lorient.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Ricardo PereiraNice · 1-0
  • 27'Yellow card · François BellugouLorient
  • 59'Yellow card · Malang SarrNice
  • 61'Goal · Benjamin MoukandjoLorient · 1-1
  • 85'Yellow card · CafúLorient
  • 86'Goal · Mario BalotelliNice · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Mario BalotelliNice
  • 88'Yellow card · Valentin EyssericNice
  • 90+2'Second yellow · Mario BalotelliNice
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Steven MoreiraLorient

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nice 3, draws 4, Lorient 3.

Team news

Nice line-up (3-5-1-1)

Yoan Cardinale, Paul Baysse, Dante, Malang Sarr, Jean Michaël Seri, Ricardo Pereira, Mathieu Bodmer, Wylan Cyprien, Dalbert, Younès Belhanda, Mario Balotelli

Lorient line-up (4-3-3)

Benjamin Lecomte, Zargo Touré, Mickaël Ciani, Steven Moreira, Vincent Le Goff, François Bellugou, Arnold Mvuemba, Cafú, Benjamin Moukandjo, Mohamed Mara, Jimmy Cabot