In this week 20 match, on Sunday Jan 29th, Nice will play host to Lille in a meeting of these two Ligue 1 teams. Nice is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Reims. Reims had 13 on net, and Nice had 8, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Nice should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Lille recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Pau. Xavier Kouassi scored the first goal for Lille on an own goal in the 37th minute, then Angel Gomes added another in the 79th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Pau couldn’t manage to score, and Lille took the shutout win. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Lille should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Nice and Lille last played eachother at the Stade Pierre-mauroy on Wed Aug 31st. Nice took the match by a score of 2 to 1 in front of a crowd of just over 30000 fans. Jonathan Bamba struck first for Lille in the 20th minute, but Andy Delort got the equalizer for Nice in the 22nd minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 29th minute on a penalty goal by Nicolas Pépé to cap off a wild match.
Jonathan David has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 4 goals for Lille. Nice’s most prolific scorer has been Ross Barkley. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches
Nice will be without Youcef Atal and Marcin Bułka, while Ismaily, André Gomes, Jonathan Bamba and José Fonte are unavailable to play for Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca’s team.