Monaco 2-2 Nice: result and report
Ligue 1 · Tuesday 16 January 2018
Result
Monaco 2-2 Nice
Ligue 1 · Tuesday 16 January 2018, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Monaco 2-2 Nice: match report
Monaco drew with Nice 2-2 in Ligue 1 on Tuesday 16 January 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Adama Diakhaby opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Monaco's goals came from Adama Diakhaby (33') and R. Falcao (90+2'). Nice scored through Mario Balotelli (47') and Mario Balotelli (68').
Discipline: Monaco received 4 yellow cards; Nice received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Monaco were 3rd on 42 points from 20 and Nice 6th on 30 points from 20. Monaco went on to finish that season 2nd with 80 points, and Nice 8th with 54.
Monaco lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nice in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Mario Balotelli of Nice (9.0), ahead of Jean Michaël Seri (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Monaco wins, 0 draws and 4 for Nice.
Going into the match Monaco's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Nice's W-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Kamil Glik
- 33'Goal · Adama Diakhaby
- 34'Yellow card · Wylan Cyprien
- 47'Goal · Mario Balotelli
- 53'Yellow card · Keita Baldé
- 57'Yellow card · Daniel Karlsson
- 61'Yellow card · Mario Balotelli
- 62'Yellow card · João Moutinho
- 68'Goal · Mario Balotelli
- 75'Yellow card · Adama Diakhaby
- 90+2'Goal · R. Falcao
Head-to-head
Team news
Monaco line-up (4-2-3-1)
Danijel Subašić, Jorge, Djibril Sidibé, Andrea Raggi, Kamil Glik, João Moutinho, Keita Baldé, Adama Diakhaby, Thomas Lemar, Kévin N'Doram, R. Falcao
Nice line-up (4-3-3)
Walter Benítez, Marlon, Patrick Burner, Maxime Le Marchand, Dante, Jean Michaël Seri, Pierre Lees-Melou, Wylan Cyprien, Allan Saint-Maximin, Mario Balotelli, Alassane Pléa