Nice 2-1 Nantes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Friday 14 January 2022

Result

Nice 2-1 Nantes

Ligue 1 · Friday 14 January 2022, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Nice 2-1 Nantes: match report

Nice defeated Nantes 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Friday 14 January 2022. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Kasper Dolberg opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Nice's goals came from Kasper Dolberg (21', penalty) and Khéphren Thuram (56'). Nantes scored through Andrei Girotto (45').

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

Going into the game Nice were 2nd on 37 points from 20 and Nantes 9th on 29 points from 20. Nice went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Nantes 9th with 55.

Nice lined up in a 4-4-2 and Nantes in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Andrei Girotto of Nantes (8.1), ahead of Amine Gouiri (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Abdoulaye SyllaNantes
  • 21'Penalty goal · Kasper DolbergNice · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · DanteNice
  • 45'Goal · Andrei GirottoNantes · 1-1
  • 56'Goal · Khéphren ThuramNice · 2-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Jordan AmaviNice

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Nice line-up (4-4-2)

Walter Benítez, Jordan Lotomba, Jean-Clair Todibo, Dante, J. Amavi, Hicham Boudaoui, Khéphren Thuram, Pablo Rosario, Justin Kluivert, Kasper Dolberg, Amine Gouiri

Nantes line-up (5-3-2)

Alban Lafont, Sébastien Corchia, Abdoulaye Sylla, Andrei Girotto, Fábio, Quentin Merlin, Ludovic Blas, Samuel Moutoussamy, Pedro Chirivella, Osman Bukari, Randal Kolo Muani