Nantes vs Nice Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Nantes

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Nantes will be hoping for a better result after a 4-2 Ligue 1 loss in their previous game against Paris Saint-Germain.

In that match, Nantes had 33% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For Nantes, the goalscorers were Jaouen Hadjam (17' Own goal), Ludovic Blas (31') and Ignatius Ganago (38'). Paris Saint-Germain got 17 shots at goal with 11 of them on target. Lionel Messi (12'), Danilo Pereira (60') and Kylian Mbappé (92') scored for Paris Saint-Germain.

It has been all too rare in recent times where Nantes have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Nantes have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, leaking 13 goals during that time.

Going into this one, Nantes are winless against Nice in their last 5 matches in the league.

Nice

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Nice come into this meeting following a 0-1 Conference League win with the defeat of Sheriff Tiraspol in their most recent outing.

The only scorer from Nice was Ayoub Amraoui (45').

A succession of effective showings from the Nice defenders has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 2 from their past 6 clashes in total. Over that same period of time, their own forwards have managed to score 11. Such a trend isn’t assured to be continued into this game, however.

Their prior results show that Nice:

• are undefeated by Nantes in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 4 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 03/10/2020 shows us that Nantes have won 1 of them & Nice 4, with the number of draws standing at 1.

A combined total of 14 goals were scored between them in this period, with 5 from Les Canaris and 9 coming from Les Aiglons. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The previous league clash between the two was Ligue 1 match day 12 on 23/10/2022 when it finished Nice 1-1 Nantes.

In that match, Nice managed 66% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Nicolas Pépé (97').

Nantes had 11 shots on goal with 4 on target. Ignatius Ganago (49') scored.

The match was refereed by François Letexier.

📋 Team News: Nantes

There aren’t many selection issues, with just the lone fitness concern for the Nantes manager Antoine Kombouaré to be concerned with thanks to an otherwise robust group. Quentin Merlin (Tear in the abductor muscle) won’t play.

In all likelihood, Les Canaris may well opt for a 4-2-3-1 system, beginning the first half with Alban Lafont, Fabien Centonze, Andrei Girotto, Nicolas Pallois, Jaouen Hadjam, Pedro Chirivella, Samuel Moutoussamy, Ludovic Blas, Florent Mollet, Ignatius Ganago and Mostafa Mohamed.

📋 Team News: Nice

From a largely full-strength group, there’s only a single fitness problem for the Nice gaffer Didier Digard to be concerned with. Marcin Bulka (Shoulder Injury) misses out for this game.

From our viewpoint, Les Aiglons will likely utilise a 4-3-3 system, going with Kasper Schmeichel, Jordan Lotomba, Jean-Clair Todibo, Dante, Melvin Bard, Y. Ndayishimiye, Hichem Boudaoui, K. Thuram-Ulien, Gaetan Laborde, Terem Moffi and Billal Brahimi.

✨ Prediction

Nantes may find it difficult to score against this Nice side who we think will likely score & stay on top.

We’re therefore expecting a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 winning margin for Nice at the end of this game.

Looking forward to this.

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Renata Leite, 02:36 08/03/2023