Nice 4-1 Nantes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 30 October 2016

Result

Nice 4-1 Nantes

Ligue 1 · Sunday 30 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Nice · Nantes · Ligue 1 predictions

Nice 4-1 Nantes: match report

Nice won against Nantes 4-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 30 October 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.

Wylan Cyprien opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Nice's goals came from Wylan Cyprien (9'), Mario Balotelli (27'), Alassane Plea (60') and Wylan Cyprien (65'). Nantes scored through Emiliano Sala (47').

Discipline: Nice received 1 yellow card; Nantes received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nice were 1st on 26 points from 10 and Nantes 15th on 11 points from 10. Nice went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Nantes 8th with 51.

Nice lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nantes in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Wylan Cyprien of Nice (8.5), ahead of Jean Michaël Seri (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nice win, 3 draws and 6 for Nantes.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Wylan CyprienNice · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · Mario BalotelliNice · 2-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Lucas LimaNantes
  • 38'Yellow card · Koffi DjidjiNantes
  • 47'Goal · Emiliano SalaNantes · 2-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Emiliano SalaNantes
  • 60'Goal · Alassane PleaNice · 3-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Wylan CyprienNice
  • 65'Goal · Wylan CyprienNice · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nice 1, draws 3, Nantes 6.

Team news

Nice line-up (4-3-3)

Yoan Cardinale, Arnaud Souquet, Ricardo Pereira, Dante, Malang Sarr, Jean Michaël Seri, Mathieu Bodmer, Wylan Cyprien, Younès Belhanda, Mario Balotelli, Alassane Pléa

Nantes line-up (4-4-2)

Rémy Riou, Diego Carlos, Lucas Lima, Léo Dubois, Koffi Djidji, Adrien Thomasson, Yacine Bammou, Amine Harit, Guillaume Gillet, Emiliano Sala, Mariusz Stępiński