On Fri Jan 13th, Nîmes will travel to Le Havre to battle Le Havre in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 2 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 1st placed Le Havre is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Paris. Neither Paris nor Le Havre could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 4 and 6 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Le Havre is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while 18th placed Nîmes is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Grenoble Foot 38. Abdulia Sanyang scored the first goal for Grenoble Foot 38 in the 88th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Nîmes was frustrated by Grenoble Foot 38’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Grenoble Foot 38 ended the match with the shutout victory. Nîmes is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Malik Tchokounte has been the most prolific scorer on Nîmes in his last five matches with 3 goals. Both Salifou Soumah and Gomes have been the hottest scorers for Le Havre in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.