Nice 1-1 Ajax: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 26 July 2017

Result

Nice 1-1 Ajax

Champions League · Wednesday 26 July 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Nice 1-1 Ajax: match report

Nice drew with Ajax 1-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 26 July 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Mario Balotelli opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Nice's goal came from Mario Balotelli (32'). Ajax scored through Donny van de Beek (49').

Discipline: Nice received 2 yellow cards; Ajax received 5 yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Nice lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Ajax in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Donny van de Beek of Ajax (8.2), ahead of Jean Michaël Seri (8.0).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Mario BalotelliNice
  • 32'Goal · Mario BalotelliNice · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Valentin EyssericNice
  • 49'Goal · Donny van de BeekAjax · 1-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Matthijs de LigtAjax
  • 69'Yellow card · Lasse SchöneAjax
  • 78'Yellow card · Donny van de BeekAjax
  • 78'Yellow card · D. SánchezAjax
  • 90'Yellow card · Joël VeltmanAjax

Team news

Nice line-up (4-2-3-1)

Yoan Cardinale, Arnaud Souquet, Dante, Maxime Le Marchand, Malang Sarr, Vincent Koziello, Jean Michaël Seri, Pierre Lees-Melou, Bassem Srarfi, Valentin Eysseric, Mario Balotelli

Ajax line-up (4-3-3)

André Onana, Joël Veltman, Davinson Sánchez, Matthijs de Ligt, Nick Viergever, Donny van de Beek, Lasse Schöne, Hakim Ziyech, Justin Kluivert, Kasper Dolberg, Ahmad Nurosadi