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Expected information about the match

France Ligue 1 7.Round

25.9 18:00

Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

Capacity: 37463

Turf: Grass

Distance: 1148 km (713 mi.)

Nantes

Andrei Girotto is out of selection by coach decision

Andrei Girotto - Midfielder (DM) - Rotation player

19

18

4

3

2

1608

2

0

6

2

1

Abdoulaye Dabo is out of selection by coach decision

Abdoulaye Dabo - Midfielder (CM) - Rotation player

2

3

2

0

118

0

Alexandre Olliero is out of selection by coach decision

Alexandre Olliero - Goalkeeper (GK) - Rotation player

1

10

0

90

0

Kolbeinn Sigthórsson is out of selection by coach decision

Kolbeinn Sigthórsson - Attack (CF) - Rotation player

0

Santy Ngom is out of selection by coach decision

Santy Ngom - Attack (CF) - Rotation player

0

Randal Kolo Muani is out of selection by coach decision

Randal Kolo Muani - Attack (CF) - Rotation player

6

1

9

1

5

121

0

1

0

Alexis Alégué is out of selection by coach decision

Alexis Alégué - Attack (LW) - Rotation player

1

0

1

0

1

4

0

Percy Prado is out of selection by coach decision

Percy Prado - Midfielder (CM) - Rotation player

0

3

0

Alexander Kacaniklic is out of selection by coach decision

Alexander Kacaniklic - Midfielder (LM) - Rotation player

0

Anthony Walongwa is out of selection by coach decision

Anthony Walongwa - Defense (CB) - Rotation player

1

0

90

0

Thomas Basila is out of selection by coach decision

Thomas Basila - Defense (CB) - Rotation player

2

1

3

0

1

91

0

Diego Carlos will miss and it can be big blow for team

Diego Carlos - Defense (CB) - Regular player

35

1

0

3149

2

0

8

0

This midweek clash pits two teams that have so far struggled in their start of the new Ligue 1 (L1) campaign against one another. With two points separating them in the table, both will feel capable of going for a win here.

What could have been a promising unbeaten run (W1, D2) ended last weekend, in a 2-1 loss for Nantes at Lille’s Stade Pierre-Mauroy. Despite having the best average home possession rate in L1 (63%), ‘Les Canaries’ (NAN) are yet to pick up a home win this campaign (D1, L2).

A failure for Nantes to win this one will mark the first time since 1996/97 that a Nantes side has not won any of its first four home L1 matches. However, Nantes’s record against Nice is outstanding, with the ‘Nantais’ winning 22 of 37 previous H2H meetings (W22, D11, L4), and scoring more than three times as many as they have conceded (GF 79, GA 24)!

Players to watch: Emiliano Sala is Nantes’s top scorer with three L1 goals, while Nice’s 21-year-old striker Allan Saint-Maximin has two league goals this season. Both men have scored all their goals in the second-half so far this L1 campaign.

Stat attack: Nantes have conceded first in their last seven L1 trips to Nantes, returning a poor record of: W1, D1, L5.

There have been under 2.5 goals (total) scored in six of Nantes’ last seven home L1 fixtures.

Nice

Lamine Diaby-Fadiga is out of selection by coach decision

Lamine Diaby-Fadiga - Attack (CF) - Rotation player

5

2

6

2

4

160

0

Hicham Mahou is out of selection by coach decision

Hicham Mahou - Attack (LW) - Back-up player

0

1

0

Patrick Burner is out of selection by coach decision

Patrick Burner - Defense (RB) - Rotation player

15

14

4

2

1354

0

3

0

Yoan Cardinale will miss and it can be big blow for team

Yoan Cardinale - Goalkeeper (GK) - Rotation player

3

6

0

270

0

Danilo will miss and it can be big blow for team

Danilo - Midfielder (DM) - Regular player

21

18

9

7

4

1554

0

1

0

1

Mario Balotelli will miss and it can be big blow for team

Mario Balotelli - Attack (CF) - Regular player

10

9

1

7

1

758

0

1

5

0

Ignatius Ganago will miss and it can be big blow for team

Ignatius Ganago - Attack (CF) - Rotation player

20

9

13

6

11

1032

2

0

1

0

The ‘Niçois’ (NIC) were on a run of two-straights wins when they suffered their third loss this season, as they went down 1-0 to Montpellier last weekend. Encouragingly for them, they won last season’s corresponding fixture 2-1 – marking their first win on Nantes’ ground in L1 since December 2006.

Expect cards; the two teams have received the highest combined number of yellow cards in the league (13) this campaign!

For the move on the pitch of FC Nantes, this Tuesday evening (19 hours, Stade de la Beaujoire) as part of the 7th day of Ligue 1, Patrick Vieira, the coach of OGC Nice, has selected a group of nineteen players. Mario Balotelli, hit the ribs, is unavailable. Patrick Burner and Ihsan Sacko are back.