Nice 1-1 Nantes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 18 February 2018

Result

Nice 1-1 Nantes

Ligue 1 · Sunday 18 February 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Nice 1-1 Nantes: match report

Nice drew with Nantes 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 18 February 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Dante opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Nice's goal came from Dante (5'). Nantes scored through Emiliano Sala (27', penalty).

Discipline: Nice received 2 yellow cards; Nantes received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Nice were 9th on 34 points from 25 and Nantes 6th on 38 points from 25. Nice went on to finish that season 8th with 54 points, and Nantes 9th with 52.

Nice lined up in a 4-3-3 and Nantes in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dante of Nice (8.1), ahead of Allan Saint-Maximin (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Nice wins, 3 draws and 5 for Nantes.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · DanteNice · 1-0
  • 27'Penalty goal · Emiliano SalaNantes · 1-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Alassane PleaNice
  • 76'Yellow card · Pierre Lees-MelouNice

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nice 2, draws 3, Nantes 5.

Team news

Nice line-up (4-3-3)

Walter Benítez, Racine Coly, Patrick Burner, Malang Sarr, Dante, Adrien Tamèze, Jean Michaël Seri, Pierre Lees-Melou, Allan Saint-Maximin, Mario Balotelli, Alassane Pléa

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

Ciprian Tătărușanu, Nicolas Pallois, Koffi Djidji, Lucas Lima, Léo Dubois, Jules Iloki, Adrien Thomasson, Abdoulaye Touré, Andrei Girotto, Valentin Rongier, Emiliano Sala