Nice defeated Auxerre at home in six straight head-to-head matches (W4, D2), but they will be devastated after giving up a late equaliser to draw 1-1 in Ligue 1, which kept them from catching up to second-place Marseille.

The visitors, who are now in 11th place, will have been mostly satisfied with how the first few games went because Nice was unable to produce much in a game that was woefully devoid in attacking brilliance. They came to the Allianz Riviera following an amazing 2-0 victory at Reims last Saturday. In fact, Auxerre's top scorer this season, Hamed Traoré, had the game's first attempt in the 25th minute, but Marcin Bułka easily collected it. Nice then took the lead in the 38th minute. Gaëtan Laborde saw his strike deflected behind by Gabriel Osho.