Olympique Nimes vs OGC Nice Live Center

Nimes and Nice play at the Stade des Costières in a 13th round match of Ligue 1. There are no official clashes between these two teams in the last 3 years. The last clash was on 01-03-2005 and ended with the result: Nîmes (4-0) Nice. Although this is a game between 12th and 9th overall, it is actually a game between the 14th place in home games and the 3rd as a visitor.

Nimes
After 3 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses, the home team is in 12th place, having won 14 points. In the last match, they beat Dijon out (0-4), after having drawn 1-1 at home in a game against Saint Étienne (1-1). This is a team that normally achieves more positive results as a visitor than at home, having won 8 points, scoring 12 goals and 13, and 6 points at the stadium with 6 goals scored and 6 goals conceded. For the championship, the Nîmes won 6 points in 15 possible, after 1 victory, 3 draws and 1 loss in the last 5 games that played in his stadium.

In this competition, you have not won any of the last 4 games in your stadium. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 12 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 6 times and never managed to turn the score. There are 1 highlights in the last 7 home matches in all competitions: scored 4 of his 6 goals in the minutes (61′-75 ‘).

Nîmes enters this motivated round after a 0-4 away win on their visit to the Dijon field: Bouanga, Savanier and Briançon scored the winning goal. The home club usually plays on a tactical system in 4-4-2, favoring a more offensive style of play, attacking through the sides. Nîmes is a team that chooses to use a game style with possession of the ball, advancing in the field through short passes, and is usually, most of the time, use the field to invest in the offensive process. For this game the coach of the house should not rely on Alakouch, Harek, Diallo, Sourzac and Valdivia for being injured.

Nice
After 5 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, the visiting team is in 9th place, having won 17 points. In the last match, he beat Amiens at home (1-0), having won in the previous match in a game against Bordeaux (0-1). This is a team that normally achieves more positive results as a visitor than at home, having won 11 points and 6 at home with 3 goals scored and 10 goals conceded at home, against 6 goals scored and 4 conceded. In the championship, the Nice won 11 points out of 18 possible, after 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the last 6 games they played as a visitor. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition. In 12 games in this competition, he only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard in the 7 games in which he conceded the first goal.

Nice enter into this motivated showdown after a 1-0 home win at Amiens: Gouano, in the 38th minute, had the misfortune to score a goal against. The visiting team usually plays 4-3-3, preferring a faster style of play, with the three most advanced pieces being Balotelli, Saint-Maximin and Maolida. One of the main faults of the visiting team is the way they approach the aerial game, and they usually show great weaknesses in this aspect. Lees Melou, Diaby, Le Bihan, Lloris and Hassen are not expected to be injured.

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