Ligue 1 (Week 29) : Nice beats Troyes 2-1
FRANCE, Mar. 5, 2016 (AMP) — Ligue 1 / Match day 29: After losing 0-2 to Bastia on February 26, Nice bounced back with a 2-1 victory over Troyes this Saturday.
Nice forward Valère Germain opened the score in the 12th minute, before seeing Troyes catch up in the 26th minute thanks to Corentin Jean. 1-1 at half time. Nice eventually won the game in the second period with with a goal by Traoré in the 72nd minute.
OGC Nice climbed to third place with 44 points from 29 games, 7 points behind AS Monaco.
View : Full Ligue 1 table (as of March 5, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PSG | 29 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 68 | 15 | 53 | 74 |
| 2 | Monaco | 29 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 42 | 32 | 10 | 51 |
| 3 | Nice | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 33 | 8 | 44 |
| 4 | Caen | 29 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 38 | -6 | 43 |
| 5 | Lyon | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 42 |
| 6 | Saint-Etienne | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 42 |
| 7 | Rennes | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 41 |
| 8 | Nantes | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 40 |
| 9 | Angers | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 39 |
| 10 | Lorient | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 40 | 41 | -1 | 38 |
| 11 | Bastia | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 29 | -2 | 38 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 44 | -6 | 38 |
| 13 | Lille | 29 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 37 |
| 14 | Marseille | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 37 | 28 | 9 | 36 |
| 15 | Montpellier | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 36 |
| 16 | Guingamp | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 40 | -7 | 32 |
| 17 | Reims | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 41 | -9 | 32 |
| 18 | GFC Ajaccio | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 29 | 39 | -10 | 29 |
| 19 | Toulouse | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 47 | -20 | 22 |
| 20 | Troyes | 29 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 59 | -38 | 14 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 1 2015-2016
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Overview
OGC Nice
- Position: 3 +2
- Best performance of the season:Nice 6-1 Bordeaux (23 Sep.)
- Previous game:Nice 0-2 Bastia (26 Feb.)
- Next game:Montpellier - Nice (12 Mar.)
Troyes AC
- Position: 20
- Best performance of the season:Lille 1-3 Troyes (23 Jan.)
- Previous game:Troyes 0-1 Lorient (27 Feb.)
- Next game:Troyes - PSG (13 Mar.)
Nice
2:1
Troyes
2:1 (1:1)
- 5 March 2016
- 20:00
- Nice
