Nice 2-0 Saint-Étienne: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 7 May 2016
Result
Nice 2-0 Saint-Étienne
Ligue 1 · Saturday 7 May 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Nice 2-0 Saint-Étienne: match report
Nice won against Saint-Étienne 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 7 May 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Valère Germain opened the scoring in the 86th minute. Nice's goals came from Valère Germain (86') and Valère Germain (89'). Saint-Étienne did not score.
Discipline: Nice received 2 yellow cards; Saint-Étienne received 5 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Nice were 4th on 57 points from 36 and Saint-Étienne 5th on 56 points from 36. Nice went on to finish that season 4th with 63 points, and Saint-Étienne 6th with 56.
Nice lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Saint-Étienne in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Valère Germain of Nice (8.6), ahead of Jérémy Pied (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Nice wins, 3 draws and 4 for Saint-Étienne.
Going into the match Nice's last five read L-W-D-W-L and Saint-Étienne's D-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Valentin Eysseric
- 54'Yellow card · Kévin Malcuit
- 55'Second yellow · Kévin Malcuit
- 72'Red card · Franck Tabanou
- 74'Yellow card · Renaud Cohade
- 74'Yellow card · Romain Genevois
- 74'Yellow card · F. Lemoine
- 75'Yellow card · Renaud Cohade
- 75'Yellow card · Y. Cardinale
- 86'Goal · Valère Germain
- 89'Goal · Valère Germain
Head-to-head
Team news
Nice line-up (4-3-1-2)
Yoan Cardinale, Paul Baysse, Maxime Le Marchand, Ricardo Pereira, Jérémy Pied, Jean Michaël Seri, Hatem Ben Arfa, Nampalys Mendy, Vincent Koziello, Alassane Pléa, Valère Germain
Saint-Étienne line-up (5-3-2)
Stéphane Ruffier, Kévin Théophile-Catherine, Franck Tabanou, Florentin Pogba, Kévin Malcuit, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Vincent Pajot, Jérémy Clément, Fabien Lemoine, Nolan Roux, Valentin Eysseric