Ligue 1 (Week 26) : Nice defeats Lorient 1-0
FRANCE, Feb. 18, 2017 (AMP) — Ligue 1 / Match day 26: After their 2-2 draw against Rennes on February 12, Nice bounced back with a 1-0 victory over Lorient this Saturday.
All the action happened in the first half, with Nice midfielder Wylan Cyprien goal in the 15th minute.
OGC Nice climbed to second place with 56 points from 26 games, 3 points behind AS Monaco.
View : Full Ligue 1 table (as of February 18, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 76 | 24 | 52 | 59 |
| 2 | Nice | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 42 | 20 | 22 | 56 |
| 3 | PSG | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 18 | 32 | 55 |
| 4 | Lyon | 24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 45 | 29 | 16 | 40 |
| 5 | Saint-Etienne | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 39 |
| 6 | Marseille | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 39 |
| 7 | Bordeaux | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 31 | -2 | 36 |
| 8 | Guingamp | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 34 |
| 9 | Toulouse | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 33 |
| 10 | Rennes | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 31 | -6 | 33 |
| 11 | Angers | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 33 | -11 | 30 |
| 12 | Nantes | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 34 | -15 | 30 |
| 13 | Metz | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 45 | -20 | 30 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 42 | -6 | 29 |
| 15 | Lille | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 32 | -8 | 29 |
| 16 | Dijon | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 37 | -3 | 27 |
| 17 | Nancy | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 33 | -15 | 27 |
| 18 | Caen | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 43 | -18 | 25 |
| 19 | Bastia | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 33 | -11 | 23 |
| 20 | Lorient | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 52 | -25 | 22 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 1 2016-2017
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Overview
Lorient
- Position: 20
- Best performance of the season:Lorient 3-1 Guingamp (14 Jan.)
- Previous game:Saint-Etienne 4-0 Lorient (12 Feb.)
- Next game:Rennes - Lorient (25 Feb.)
OGC Nice
- Position: 2 +1
- Best performance of the season:Nice 4-0 Monaco (21 Sep.)
- Previous game:Rennes 2-2 Nice (12 Feb.)
- Next game:Nice - Montpellier (24 Feb.)
Lorient
0:1
Nice
0:1 (0:1)
- 18 February 2017
- 20:00
- Lorient
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Monaco | 59 |
| 2 | Nice | 56 |
| 3 |  PSG | 55 |
| 4 |  Lyon | 40 |
| 5 |  Saint-Etienne | 39 |
Week 26 Results
| Friday 17 February 2017 | ||||
 | Bastia | 1-1 | Monaco | |
| Saturday 18 February 2017 | ||||
 | Marseille | 2-0 | Rennes |  |
 | Angers | 1-0 | Nancy |  |
| Lorient | 0-1 | Nice | |
 | Caen | 0-1 | Lille |  |
 | Metz | 1-1 | Nantes |  |
| Sunday 19 February 2017 | ||||
 | Bordeaux | 15:00 | Guingamp |  |
 | Montpellier | 17:00 | Saint-Etienne | |
| Lyon | 17:00 | Dijon |  |
| PSG | 21:00 | Toulouse |  |