Nice 3-2 Olympique Marseille: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 11 September 2016
Result
Nice 3-2 Olympique Marseille
Ligue 1 · Sunday 11 September 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Nice 3-2 Olympique Marseille: match report
Nice defeated Olympique Marseille 3-2 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 11 September 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Mario Balotelli opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Nice's goals came from Mario Balotelli (7', penalty), Mario Balotelli (78') and Wylan Cyprien (87'). Olympique Marseille scored through F. Thauvin (14') and Bafétimbi Gomis (72', penalty).
Discipline: Nice received 2 yellow cards; Olympique Marseille received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nice were 7th on 7 points from 3 and Olympique Marseille 14th on 4 points from 3. Nice went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Olympique Marseille 5th with 62.
Nice lined up in a 3-5-2 and Olympique Marseille in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ricardo Pereira of Nice (8.9), ahead of Mario Balotelli (8.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Nice wins, 2 draws and 3 for Olympique Marseille.
Key events
- 7'Penalty goal · Mario Balotelli
- 14'Goal · F. Thauvin
- 31'Yellow card · Frank Anguissa
- 66'Yellow card · Dória
- 71'Yellow card · Vincent Koziello
- 72'Penalty goal · Bafétimbi Gomis
- 78'Goal · Mario Balotelli
- 86'Yellow card · Ricardo Pereira
- 87'Goal · Wylan Cyprien
- 87'Yellow card · Zinédine Machach
Head-to-head
Team news
Nice line-up (3-5-2)
Yoan Cardinale, Paul Baysse, Dante, Malang Sarr, Jean Michaël Seri, Ricardo Pereira, Wylan Cyprien, Vincent Koziello, Dalbert, Mario Balotelli, Alassane Pléa
Olympique Marseille line-up (4-2-3-1)
Yohann Pelé, Hiroki Sakai, Matheus Dória, Karim Rekik, T. Hubočan, Bouna Sarr, William Vainqueur, Aaron Leya Iseka, Florian Thauvin, Frank Anguissa, Bafétimbi Gomis