Nice 2-1 Nantes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 3 October 2020

Result

Nice 2-1 Nantes

Ligue 1 · Saturday 3 October 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Nice 2-1 Nantes: match report

Nice beat Nantes 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 3 October 2020. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Dante opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Nice's goals came from Dante (27') and Khéphren Thuram (62'). Nantes scored through Imrân Louza (45+6', penalty).

Discipline: Nice received 2 yellow cards; Nantes received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Nice were 10th on 7 points from 5 and Nantes 15th on 5 points from 5. Nice went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Nantes 18th with 40.

Nice lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Nantes in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dante of Nice (8.1), ahead of Khéphren Thuram (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Red card · Andrei GirottoNantes
  • 27'Goal · DanteNice · 1-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Khéphren ThuramNice
  • 45+6'Penalty goal · Imrân LouzaNantes · 1-1
  • 45+6'Yellow card · Andy PelmardNice
  • 56'Yellow card · Nicolas PalloisNantes
  • 62'Goal · Khéphren ThuramNice · 2-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Walter Benítez, Jordan Lotomba, Andy Pelmard, Dante, Hassane Kamara, Khéphren Thuram, Myziane Maolida, Rony Lopes, Pierre Lees-Melou, Amine Gouiri, Kasper Dolberg

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

Alban Lafont, Dennis Appiah, Andrei Girotto, Nicolas Pallois, Fábio, M. Abeid, Pedro Chirivella, Imrân Louza, Ludovic Blas, Moses Simon, Randal Kolo Muani