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 · Nice · Ligue 1 predictions

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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Kamil GlikMonaco
  • 33'Goal · Adama DiakhabyMonaco · 1-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Wylan CyprienNice
  • 47'Goal · Mario BalotelliNice · 1-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Keita BaldéMonaco
  • 57'Yellow card · Daniel KarlssonNice
  • 61'Yellow card · Mario BalotelliNice
  • 62'Yellow card · João MoutinhoMonaco
  • 68'Goal · Mario BalotelliNice · 1-2
  • 75'Yellow card · Adama DiakhabyMonaco
  • 90+2'Goal · R. FalcaoMonaco · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Monaco 6, draws 0, Nice 4.

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