Nice 2-1 Lorient: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 23 January 2016

Result

Nice 2-1 Lorient

Ligue 1 · Saturday 23 January 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Nice 2-1 Lorient: match report

Nice won against Lorient 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 23 January 2016. The half-time score was 2-1.

Yann Jouffre opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Nice's goals came from Hatem Ben Arfa (35') and Vincent Koziello (44'). Lorient scored through Yann Jouffre (23').

Discipline: Nice received 1 yellow card; Lorient received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nice were 4th on 33 points from 21 and Lorient 7th on 30 points from 21. Nice went on to finish that season 4th with 63 points, and Lorient 13th with 47.

Nice lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Lorient in a 4-1-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Nice wins, 4 draws and 3 for Lorient.

Going into the match Nice's last five read W-D-W-D-L and Lorient's L-D-D-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · P. BaysseNice
  • 23'Goal · Yann JouffreLorient · 0-1
  • 35'Goal · Hatem Ben ArfaNice · 1-1
  • 44'Goal · Vincent KozielloNice · 2-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Lamine KonéLorient
  • 81'Yellow card · Didier NdongLorient

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nice 3, draws 4, Lorient 3.

Team news

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

Mouez Hassen, Maxime Le Marchand, Paul Baysse, Romain Genevois, Nampalys Mendy, Ricardo Pereira, Hatem Ben Arfa

Lorient expected line-up (4-1-4-1)

Benjamin Lecomte, Lamine Koné, Zargo Touré, Raphaël Guerreiro, Didier Ndong, Yann Jouffre, François Bellugou, Walid Mesloub, Romain Philippoteaux, Benjamin Jeannot, Benjamin Moukandjo