Paris Saint Germain 2-2 Nice: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 11 December 2016
Result
Paris Saint Germain 2-2 Nice
Ligue 1 · Sunday 11 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2
Paris Saint Germain 2-2 Nice: match report
Paris Saint Germain drew with Nice 2-2 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 11 December 2016. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Wylan Cyprien opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Paris Saint Germain's goals came from Edinson Cavani (46') and Edinson Cavani (60'). Nice scored through Wylan Cyprien (32') and Alassane Plea (45+3').
Discipline: Paris Saint Germain received 2 yellow cards; Nice received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Paris Saint Germain were 3rd on 35 points from 16 and Nice 2nd on 39 points from 16. Paris Saint Germain went on to finish that season 2nd with 87 points, and Nice 3rd with 78.
Paris Saint Germain lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nice in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Edinson Cavani of Paris Saint Germain (8.2), ahead of Marco Verratti (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Paris Saint Germain wins, 1 draw and 1 for Nice.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Malang Sarr
- 32'Goal · Wylan Cyprien
- 41'Yellow card · Layvin Kurzawa
- 45+3'Goal · Alassane Plea
- 46'Goal · Edinson Cavani
- 60'Goal · Edinson Cavani
- 77'Yellow card · Thiago Motta
- 83'Yellow card · Mario Balotelli
- 90+2'Yellow card · Younès Belhanda
Head-to-head
Team news
Paris Saint Germain line-up (4-3-3)
Alphonse Areola, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Serge Aurier, Layvin Kurzawa, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Marco Verratti, Thiago Motta, Edinson Cavani, Ángel Di María, Blaise Matuidi
Nice line-up (3-5-1-1)
Yoan Cardinale, Arnaud Souquet, Dante, Malang Sarr, Jean Michaël Seri, Rémi Walter, Ricardo Pereira, Wylan Cyprien, Dalbert, Younès Belhanda, Alassane Pléa