Ligue 1

Lyon 3-2 Nice

Lyon vs Nice finished 3-2 in Ligue 1. Key event: 2' Houssem Aouar (assist Ferland Mendy · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.9%, 68.2%). Head to head: H2H last 7: 2-2-3. Home form: L W W W W; Away form: W L D W D. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

LYO 3 - 2 Finished

NIC

Competition Ligue 1 Season 2017/2018 Country France Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 19 May 2018, 19:00 Venue time 19 May 2018, 21:00 CEST

Match context 4 facts

Home form L W W W W 12 pts, goals 15-5, 3.00 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match

Away form W L D W D 8 pts, goals 8-5, 1.60 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match

Lyon · season record 22 W · 9 D · 6 L 2017/2018: 37 recorded matches, goals 84–41; before 19 May 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Nice · season record 15 W · 9 D · 13 L 2017/2018: 37 recorded matches, goals 51–49; before 19 May 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 34 shots · 5 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Lyon 23 shots · 2.16 xG · 3 goals

Nice 11 shots · 0.98 xG · 2 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Timeline 49 events

2' shot Houssem Aouar LYO assist Ferland Mendy · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.9%, 68.2%

4' shot Ferland Mendy LYO xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.5%, 68%

6' shot Wylan Cyprien NIC xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 70.2%, 48.8%

9' shot Nabil Fekir LYO assist Lucas Tousart · xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 78%, 60%

12' shot Nabil Fekir LYO assist Rafael · xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 83.9%, 50.7%

12' shot Lucas Tousart LYO xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 69.6%, 53.9%

15' shot Lucas Tousart LYO xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.5%, 41.2%

17' shot Alassane Pléa NIC assist Mario Balotelli · xG 0.3 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.8%, 38.9%

18' shot Houssem Aouar LYO assist Lucas Tousart · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.3%, 51.3%

18' Goal Alassane Pléa 0–1 NIC assist Mario Balotelli

21' Yellow Mario Balotelli NIC Yellow card

22' shot Houssem Aouar LYO assist Rafael · xG 0.02 · Open Play · location 88.4%, 60%

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27' shot Wylan Cyprien NIC assist Jean Michael Seri · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.4%, 49.1%

31' shot Bertrand Traoré LYO assist Ferland Mendy · xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.9%, 62.3%

38' shot Bertrand Traoré LYO assist Houssem Aouar · xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 80.6%, 37.1%

40' Yellow Jérémy Morel LYO Yellow card

44' shot Nabil Fekir LYO assist Memphis Depay · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 86.2%, 67.2%

45' shot Houssem Aouar LYO assist Mariano · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.6%, 55.5%

46' shot Mariano LYO assist Memphis Depay · xG 0.29 · From Corner · location 95.4%, 57.9%

46' Sub Mariano Díaz LYO on for Tanguy Ndombélé

47' shot Memphis Depay LYO assist Nabil Fekir · xG 0.62 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 95.7%, 52.8%

48' Goal Memphis Depay 1–1LYO assist Nabil Fekir

51' shot Memphis Depay LYO assist Nabil Fekir · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 72.9%, 70.5%

52' Yellow Walter Benítez NIC Yellow card

55' shot Mario Balotelli NIC assist Alassane Pléa · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 69.4%, 51.5%

56' shot Memphis Depay LYO assist Houssem Aouar · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.4%, 69.7%

57' shot Mariano LYO assist Memphis Depay · xG 0.06 · Open Play · location 92.7%, 55.9%

60' shot Houssem Aouar LYO assist Bertrand Traoré · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.4%, 56.4%

60' shot Alassane Pléa NIC assist Wylan Cyprien · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 72.1%, 38.6%

60' shot Mario Balotelli NIC xG 0.35 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.4%, 52.8%

64' shot Memphis Depay LYO xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 77.2%, 68.7%

65' Goal Memphis Depay 2–1LYO Goal

70' Yellow Alassane Pléa NIC Yellow card

70' Yellow Rafael LYO Yellow card

71' Sub Mickaël Le Bihan NIC on for Adrien Tameze

71' Yellow Jordan Ferri LYO Yellow card

77' Sub Bassem Srarfi NIC on for Allan Saint-Maximin

78' Sub Marçal LYO on for Rafael

79' shot Alassane Pléa NIC xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 80.9%, 51%

79' shot Dante NIC xG 0.08 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 88.9%, 47%

80' shot Jean Michael Seri NIC assist Bassem Srarfi · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 77.9%, 53%

82' shot Mariano LYO assist Nabil Fekir · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.1%, 35.5%

84' Sub Jordan Ferri LYO on for Nabil Fekir

85' shot Memphis Depay LYO assist Bertrand Traoré · xG 0.33 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.6%, 65.1%

86' Goal Memphis Depay 3–1LYO assist Bertrand Traoré

87' shot Alassane Pléa NIC assist Maxime Le Marchand · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.3%, 49.4%

88' Goal Alassane Pléa 3–2NIC assist Maxime Le Marchand

91' shot Houssem Aouar LYO assist Memphis Depay · xG 0.11 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.8%, 64.3%

92' shot Jordan Ferri LYO assist Fernando Marçal · xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.9%, 64%

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 6-4-2

Lyon leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 6 wins, 4 losses, 2 draws. Latest meeting: 15 Feb 2026 · Lyon vs Nice · 2 - 0.

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Showing 8 of 12 head-to-head matches.

15 Feb 2026

Lyon 2 - 0 Nice

18 Oct 2025

Nice 3 - 2 Lyon

09 Mar 2025

Nice 0 - 2 Lyon

01 Dec 2024

Lyon 4 - 1 Nice

16 Feb 2024

Lyon 1 - 0 Nice

27 Aug 2023

Nice 0 - 0 Lyon

03 Jun 2023

Nice 3 - 1 Lyon

11 Nov 2022

Lyon 1 - 1 Nice

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12 Feb 2022

Lyon 2 - 0 Nice

24 Oct 2021

Nice 3 - 2 Lyon

23 May 2021

Lyon 2 - 3 Nice

19 Dec 2020

Nice 1 - 4 Lyon

Team statistics 16 metrics

47% Ball Possession 53%

47% 53%

2.16 Expected Goals 0.98

68% 31%

23 Total Shots 11

67% 32%

8 Shots on Goal 4

66% 33%

8 Corner Kicks 7

53% 46%

15 Fouls 13

53% 46%

3 Yellow Cards 3

50% 50%

2 Goalkeeper Saves 5

28% 71%

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6 Blocked shots 4

10 Free kicks 14

9 Shots off target 3

14 Throw-ins 18

5 Goal kicks 10

2 Total saves 5

2 Hit woodwork 0

13 Shots inside box 4

Lineups

40 Walter Benítez GK 2 Arnaud Souquet DEF 4 Marlon DEF 31 Dante DEF 20 Maxime Le Marchand DEF 25 Wylan Cyprien MID 5 Adrien Tameze MID 6 Jean Michaël Seri MID 7 Allan Saint-Maximin FWD 9 Mario Balotelli FWD 14 Alassane Pléa FWD 30 Mathieu Gorgelin GK 4 Rafael DEF 6 Marcelo DEF 15 Jérémy Morel DEF 22 Ferland Mendy DEF 28 Tanguy Ndombélé MID 29 Lucas Tousart MID 8 Houssem Aouar MID 18 Nabil Fekir MID 11 Memphis Depay FWD 10 Bertrand Traoré FWD

Nice

4-3-3 · Manager Lucien Favre

40 W Walter Benítez GK

2 A Arnaud Souquet DEF

4 M Marlon DEF

31 D Dante · Captain DEF

20 M Maxime Le Marchand DEF

25 W Wylan Cyprien MID

5 A Adrien Tameze MID

6 J Jean Michaël Seri MID

7 A Allan Saint-Maximin FWD

9 M Mario Balotelli FWD

14 A Alassane Pléa FWD

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10 M Mickaël Le Bihan FWD

11 B Bassem Srarfi MID

30 Y Yoan Cardinale GK

23 M Malang Sarr DEF

15 P Patrick Burner DEF

21 N Nampalys Mendy MID

27 J Jean Victor Makengo MID

Lyon

4-3-1-2 · Manager Bruno Genesio

30 M Mathieu Gorgelin GK

4 R Rafael DEF

6 M Marcelo DEF

15 J Jérémy Morel DEF

22 F Ferland Mendy DEF

28 T Tanguy Ndombélé MID

29 L Lucas Tousart MID

8 H Houssem Aouar MID

18 N Nabil Fekir · Captain MID

11 M Memphis Depay FWD

10 B Bertrand Traoré FWD

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9 M Mariano Díaz FWD

20 M Marçal DEF

12 J Jordan Ferri MID

50 A Anthony Racioppi GK

2 M Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa DEF

24 P Pape Cheikh MID

27 M Maxwel Cornet FWD