Nice 2-1 LOSC Lille: result and report
Ligue 1 · Friday 2 March 2018
Result
Nice 2-1 LOSC Lille
Ligue 1 · Friday 2 March 2018, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Nice 2-1 LOSC Lille: match report
Nice defeated LOSC Lille 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Friday 2 March 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Mario Balotelli opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Nice's goals came from Mario Balotelli (5') and Wylan Cyprien (80'). LOSC Lille scored through Luiz Araújo (51').
Discipline: Nice received 3 yellow cards; LOSC Lille received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Nice were 9th on 36 points from 27 and LOSC Lille 19th on 27 points from 27. Nice went on to finish that season 8th with 54 points, and LOSC Lille 17th with 38.
Nice lined up in a 4-3-3 and LOSC Lille in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Wylan Cyprien of Nice (8.4), ahead of Dante (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Nice wins, 5 draws and 0 for LOSC Lille.
Going into the match Nice's last five read D-D-L-L-L and LOSC Lille's L-D-D-L-W.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Mario Balotelli
- 21'Yellow card · Marlon
- 29'Yellow card · Wylan Cyprien
- 35'Yellow card · L. Mothiba
- 51'Goal · Luiz Araújo
- 73'Yellow card · Racine Coly
- 80'Goal · Wylan Cyprien
Head-to-head
Team news
Nice line-up (4-3-3)
Walter Benítez, Marlon, Racine Coly, Patrick Burner, Dante, Adrien Tamèze, Jean Michaël Seri, Wylan Cyprien, Allan Saint-Maximin, Mario Balotelli, Alassane Pléa
LOSC Lille line-up (4-2-3-1)
Mike Maignan, Júnior Alonso, Adama Soumaoro, Edgar Ié, Fodé Ballo-Touré, Ibrahim Amadou, Y. Benzia, Luiz Araújo, Nicolas Pépé, Thiago Maia, Lebo Mothiba