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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Mario BalotelliNice · 1-0
  • 21'Yellow card · MarlonNice
  • 29'Yellow card · Wylan CyprienNice
  • 35'Yellow card · L. MothibaLOSC Lille
  • 51'Goal · Luiz AraújoLOSC Lille · 1-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Racine ColyNice
  • 80'Goal · Wylan CyprienNice · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nice 5, draws 5, LOSC Lille 0.

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