Nice 3-1 Paris Saint Germain: result and report
Ligue 1 · Sunday 30 April 2017
Result
Nice 3-1 Paris Saint Germain
Ligue 1 · Sunday 30 April 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Nice 3-1 Paris Saint Germain: match report
Nice defeated Paris Saint Germain 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 30 April 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Mario Balotelli opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Nice's goals came from Mario Balotelli (26'), Ricardo Pereira (48') and A. Donis (90+2'). Paris Saint Germain scored through Marquinhos (64').
Discipline: Nice received 2 yellow cards; Paris Saint Germain received 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Nice were 3rd on 74 points from 34 and Paris Saint Germain 2nd on 80 points from 34. Nice went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Paris Saint Germain 2nd with 87.
Nice lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Paris Saint Germain in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ricardo Pereira of Nice (8.2), ahead of Anastasios Donis (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nice win, 2 draws and 7 for Paris Saint Germain.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Dalbert
- 26'Goal · Mario Balotelli
- 41'Yellow card · Jean Michaël Seri
- 48'Goal · Ricardo Pereira
- 52'Yellow card · Thomas Meunier
- 59'Yellow card · Edinson Cavani
- 59'Yellow card · Julian Draxler
- 64'Goal · Marquinhos
- 90'Red card · Thiago Motta
- 90+2'Goal · A. Donis
- 90+3'Red card · Ángel Di María
Head-to-head
Team news
Nice line-up (4-2-3-1)
Yoan Cardinale, Arnaud Souquet, Paul Baysse, Dalbert, Dante, Younès Belhanda, Jean Michaël Seri, Valentin Eysseric, Ricardo Pereira, Vincent Koziello, Mario Balotelli
Paris Saint Germain line-up (4-3-3)
Kevin Trapp, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Maxwell, Serge Aurier, Marco Verratti, Thiago Motta, Blaise Matuidi, Edinson Cavani, Ángel Di María, Julian Draxler