It would seem the honeymoon period is over for Mario Balotelli in Nice. The Italian made an electrifying start to life with the Ligue 1 outfit, scoring seven goals in his first seven appearances and helping Nice reach the top of the pile. But in his last 10 matches, Balotelli has been carded more times (four yellows, one red) than he has found the net (three goals). It was too good to be tru...Full Story »

St Etienne missed out on the chance to go second in Ligue 1 as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Toulouse at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. Looking to secure Champions League football on the back of five straight league wins, Christophe Galtier's side were lucky not to come off worse as Wissam Ben Yedder missed a first-half penalty for the visitors before ASSE defender Loic Perrin was sent off late...Full Story »

Valentin Eysseric's first ever St Etienne goal helped his side secure a 2-1 home win against nine-man Bastia. The writing was on the wall for the hosts as early as the fourth minute when Alexander Djiku was given his marching orders for a professional foul before Loic Perrin made the visitors pay further, pouncing on a poorly-cleared corner to open the scoring. Bastia were offered hope just be...Full Story »

Nice midfielder Valentin Eysseric is expecting a tough match when his side travel to take on Reims this weekend. Reims had a change of management this week as head coach Jean-Luc Vasseur departed the club following a poor run of form - culminating in a 3-1 defeat at Lille - which has left them just three points above the Ligue 1 relegation zone. Vasseur's assistant Olivier Guegan was handed th...Full Story »

Valentin Eysseric's first goal of the season dealt a severe blow to Lyon's title hopes as 10-man Nice snatched a late 2-1 win at Stade de Gerland. Nice took a surprise 23rd-minute lead through Carlos Eduardo but when Lyon drew level in the 56th minute through a Maxime Gonalons penalty after Lloyd Palun was sent off, a fifth successive defeat looked on the cards for the visitors. However, Nice ...Full Story »