On the 11th of September, Ajaccio hosts Nice in a meeting of these two closely matched Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Ajaccio sits at 20th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Lorient. Faissal Ouattara scored the first goal for Lorient in the 51st minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ajaccio couldn’t manage to score, and Lorient took the shutout win. Ajaccio looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 5 points in their last 10 matches, while nice sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Monaco. Breel Embolo scored the first goal for Monaco in the 69th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Nice couldn’t muster any offence and Monaco ran away with the shutout win. Nice looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Andy Delort has been the most prolific scorer on Nice in his last five matches with 2 goals. Ajaccio hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Mounaim El Idrissy and Cyrille Bayala, and they each have 1 goal
Romain Hamouma, Chester Diallo and Fernand Mayembo are unavailable to play for Ajaccio, while Lucien Favre’s squad will be without Hicham Boudaoui.