Nice 2-1 Dijon: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 18 December 2016
Result
Nice 2-1 Dijon
Ligue 1 · Sunday 18 December 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Nice 2-1 Dijon: match report
Nice defeated Dijon 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 18 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.
Mario Balotelli opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Nice's goals came from Mario Balotelli (32', penalty) and Mario Balotelli (50'). Dijon scored through Julio Tavarès (37', penalty).
Discipline: Nice received 1 yellow card; Dijon received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Nice were 1st on 40 points from 17 and Dijon 18th on 16 points from 17. Nice went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Dijon 16th with 37.
Nice lined up in a 4-3-3 and Dijon in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mario Balotelli of Nice (8.6), ahead of M. Abeid (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Nice wins, 1 draw and 1 for Dijon.
Going into the match Nice's last five read D-W-W-D-W and Dijon's L-D-D-L-L.
Key events
- 31'Yellow card · Yunis Abdelhamid
- 32'Penalty goal · Mario Balotelli
- 36'Yellow card · Arnaud Souquet
- 37'Penalty goal · Julio Tavarès
- 41'Yellow card · V. Rüfli
- 50'Goal · Mario Balotelli
- 84'Yellow card · Johan Gastien
- 88'Red card · Cédric Varrault
- 88'Yellow card · Cédric Varrault
Head-to-head
Team news
Nice line-up (4-3-3)
Yoan Cardinale, Arnaud Souquet, Maxime Le Marchand, Dante, Malang Sarr, Jean Michaël Seri, Rémi Walter, Wylan Cyprien, Younès Belhanda, Mario Balotelli, Alassane Pléa
Dijon line-up (5-3-2)
Baptiste Reynet, Ádám Lang, Yunis Abdelhamid, Vincent Rufli, Fouad Chafik, Cédric Varrault, Pierre Lees-Melou, M. Abeid, Johan Gastien, Loïs Diony, Julio Tavarès