Nice 2-4 Olympique Marseille: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 1 October 2017
Result
Nice 2-4 Olympique Marseille
Ligue 1 · Sunday 1 October 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-3
Nice 2-4 Olympique Marseille: match report
Nice lost to Olympique Marseille 2-4 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 1 October 2017. The half-time score was 2-3.
Mario Balotelli opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Nice's goals came from Mario Balotelli (4') and Jean Michaël Seri (16'). Olympique Marseille scored through Lucas Ocampos (26'), an own goal by Pierre Lees-Melou (41'), Lucas Ocampos (44') and Luiz Gustavo (47').
Discipline: Nice received 2 yellow cards; Olympique Marseille received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nice were 10th on 10 points from 7 and Olympique Marseille 8th on 13 points from 7. Nice went on to finish that season 8th with 54 points, and Olympique Marseille 4th with 77.
Nice lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Olympique Marseille in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Steve Mandanda of Olympique Marseille (8.8), ahead of Mario Balotelli (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Nice wins, 1 draw and 3 for Olympique Marseille.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Mario Balotelli
- 16'Goal · Jean Michaël Seri
- 26'Goal · Lucas Ocampos
- 32'Yellow card · Pierre Lees-Melou
- 36'Yellow card · Dimitri Payet
- 41'Own goal · Pierre Lees-Melou
- 44'Goal · Lucas Ocampos
- 47'Goal · Luiz Gustavo
- 50'Yellow card · Alassane Plea
- 61'Yellow card · Jordan Amavi
- 83'Missed penalty · Alassane Plea
- 88'Yellow card · Lucas Ocampos
Head-to-head
Team news
Nice line-up (4-2-2-2)
Yoan Cardinale, Arnaud Souquet, Maxime Le Marchand, Malang Sarr, Dante, Jean Michaël Seri, Allan Saint-Maximin, Pierre Lees-Melou, Nampalys Mendy, Mario Balotelli, Alassane Pléa
Olympique Marseille line-up (4-2-3-1)
Steve Mandanda, Hiroki Sakai, Akio Kogiku, J. Amavi, Adil Rami, Lucas Ocampos, Dimitri Payet, Luiz Gustavo, Florian Thauvin, Frank Anguissa, Clinton N'Jie