Nice 1-2 Paris Saint Germain: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 18 March 2018

Result

Nice 1-2 Paris Saint Germain

Ligue 1 · Sunday 18 March 2018, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Nice 1-2 Paris Saint Germain: match report

Nice were beaten by Paris Saint Germain 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 18 March 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Allan Saint-Maximin opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Nice's goal came from Allan Saint-Maximin (17'). Paris Saint Germain scored through Ángel Di María (21') and Dani Alves (82').

Discipline: Nice received 1 yellow card; Paris Saint Germain received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Nice were 8th on 42 points from 29 and Paris Saint Germain 1st on 80 points from 30. Nice went on to finish that season 8th with 54 points, and Paris Saint Germain 1st with 93.

Nice lined up in a 4-3-3 and Paris Saint Germain in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ángel Di María of Paris Saint Germain (8.8), ahead of Mario Balotelli (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nice win, 1 draw and 8 for Paris Saint Germain.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Allan Saint-MaximinNice · 1-0
  • 21'Goal · Ángel Di MaríaParis Saint Germain · 1-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Marco VerrattiParis Saint Germain
  • 82'Goal · Dani AlvesParis Saint Germain · 1-2
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Alassane PleaNice

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nice 1, draws 1, Paris Saint Germain 8.

Team news

Nice line-up (4-3-3)

Walter Benítez, Arnaud Souquet, Maxime Le Marchand, Malang Sarr, Dante, Jean Michaël Seri, Pierre Lees-Melou, Wylan Cyprien, Allan Saint-Maximin, Mario Balotelli, Alassane Pléa

Paris Saint Germain line-up (4-3-3)

Alphonse Areola, Thiago Silva, Presnel Kimpembe, Yuri Berchiche, Dani Alves, Marco Verratti, Julian Draxler, Adrien Rabiot, Edinson Cavani, Ángel Di María, Kylian Mbappé