Ligue 1 (Week 4) : Nice beats Marseille 3-2
FRANCE, Sep. 11, 2016 (AMP) — Ligue 1 / Match day 4: After their 1-1 draw against Lille on August 27, Nice returned to winning ways with a 3-2 victory over Marseille this Sunday.
Mario Balotelli scored dual goals
Nice forward Mario Balotelli opened the score in the 7th minute on penalty, before seeing Marseille catch up in the 14th minute thanks to Florian Thauvin. 1-1 at half time. Nice eventually won the game in the second period with two more goals by Balotelli ('78) and Cyprien ('87).
OGC Nice climbed to second place with 10 points from 4 games, tie on points with AS Monaco.
View : Full Ligue 1 table (as of September 11, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Nice | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Metz | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Bordeaux | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Guingamp | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Rennes | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | PSG | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Lyon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Bastia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Caen | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 11 | Toulouse | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | Saint-Etienne | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Marseille | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Lille | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Dijon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 3 |
| 17 | Angers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Nantes | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 19 | Nancy | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
| 20 | Lorient | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 0 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 1 2016-2017
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Overview
OGC Nice
- Position: 2 +1
- Best performance of the season:Nice 3-2 Marseille (11 Sep.)
- Previous game:Nice 1-1 Lille (27 Aug.)
- Next game:Montpellier - Nice (18 Sep.)
Olympique de Marseille
- Position: 14 -3
- Best performance of the season:Marseille 2-0 Lorient (26 Aug.)
- Previous game:Marseille 2-0 Lorient (26 Aug.)
- Next game:Marseille - Lyon (18 Sep.)
Nice
3:2
Marseille
3:2 (1:1)
- 11 September 2016
- 20:45
- Nice
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Monaco | 10 |
| 2 | Nice | 10 |
| 3 |  Metz | 9 |
| 4 |  Bordeaux | 9 |
| 5 |  Guingamp | 8 |
Week 4 Results
| Friday 9 September 2016 | ||||
 | PSG | 1-1 | Saint-Etienne |  |
| Saturday 10 September 2016 | ||||
 | Lyon | 1-3 | Bordeaux | |
| Guingamp | 1-1 | Montpellier |  |
 | Angers | 3-1 | Dijon |  |
 | Lille | 1-4 | Monaco | |
 | Lorient | 0-2 | Nancy |  |
 | Bastia | 2-1 | Toulouse |  |
| Sunday 11 September 2016 | ||||
 | Nantes | 0-3 | Metz | |
 | Rennes | 2-0 | Caen |  |
| Nice | 3-2 | Marseille | |