Nice 2-1 Montpellier: result and report
Ligue 1 · Friday 24 February 2017
Result
Nice 2-1 Montpellier
Ligue 1 · Friday 24 February 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Nice 2-1 Montpellier: match report
Nice defeated Montpellier 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Friday 24 February 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.
Steve Mounié opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Nice's goals came from M. Le Bihan (68') and M. Le Bihan (85'). Montpellier scored through Steve Mounié (9').
Discipline: Nice received 2 yellow cards; Montpellier received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Nice were 3rd on 56 points from 26 and Montpellier 12th on 32 points from 26. Nice went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Montpellier 15th with 39.
Nice lined up in a 4-3-3 and Montpellier in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mickaël Le Bihan of Nice (8.2), ahead of Arnaud Souquet (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Nice wins, 3 draws and 4 for Montpellier.
Going into the match Nice's last five read W-D-W-L-W and Montpellier's W-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Steve Mounié
- 49'Yellow card · Younès Belhanda
- 68'Goal · M. Le Bihan
- 71'Yellow card · Dalbert
- 85'Goal · M. Le Bihan
- 85'Yellow card · Yacouba Sylla
Head-to-head
Team news
Nice line-up (4-3-3)
Yoan Cardinale, Arnaud Souquet, Paul Baysse, Dalbert, Dante, Jean Michaël Seri, Mounir Obbadi, Wylan Cyprien, Younès Belhanda, Valentin Eysseric, Anastasios Donis
Montpellier line-up (4-3-1-2)
Laurent Pionnier, Daniel Congré, Vitorino Hilton, Nordi Mukiele, Jérôme Roussillon, Yacouba Sylla, Paul Lasne, Ellyes Skhiri, Stéphane Sessègnon, Ryad Boudebouz, Steve Mounié