Bordeaux vs Nîmes Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Girondins de Bordeaux

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Bordeaux enter this fixture coming off the back of a 1-1 Ligue 2 tied result versus Sochaux.

The only player to score from Girondins de Bordeaux was Dilane Bakwa (30'). Gaëtan Weissbeck (40') scored for Sochaux.

It has not been often in recent games that Girondins de Bordeaux haven’t conceded. The facts show that Girondins de Bordeaux have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 7 goals along the way.

Leading up to this clash, Girondins de Bordeaux:

• have not won against Nîmes in their previous 2 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 home league matches.

Nîmes

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Nîmes go into this meeting after a 2-0 Ligue 2 win versus Quevilly-Rouen in their last fixture.

The only name on the scoresheet from Nîmes was Pablo Pagis (66', 71').

Looking at their form, and Nîmes have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 11 goals in all. At the back, Nîmes have clearly had some problems. We shall soon find out if that trend will be continued on here.

Ahead of this meeting, Nîmes haven’t won away from home in the past 3 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 16/09/2018 tells us that Bordeaux have won 2 of these games and Nîmes 3, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

A sum of 20 goals were produced between them in this period, with 12 of them for Les Girondins and 8 created by Les Crocodiles. That is an average goals per game value of 3.33.

The previous league clash between these sides was Ligue 2 match day 14 on 05/11/2022 and the score finished Nîmes 1-0 Girondins de Bordeaux.

The match was refereed by Aurélien Petit.

🗞️ Team News: Bordeaux

There aren’t many selection issues, with just one fitness concern for the Bordeaux gaffer David Guion to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength squad. Issouf Sissokho (Unknown Injury) is sidelined.

📰 Team News: Nîmes

Nîmes boss Frédéric Bompard has not got a full squad to pick from. Mahamadou Doucouré (Hamstring Injury), Benoît Poulain (Calf Injury) and Scotty Sadzoute (Knee Injury) won’t be making appearances.

💡 Prediction

It looks to us that Girondins de Bordeaux will likely score more than once when they face Nîmes, who could well struggle to find the back of the net.

Our selection here is for a fairly comfortable 2-0 margin for Girondins de Bordeaux at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 02:32 14/03/2023