On Feb 20th, Nice will play host to Angers SCO in a Ligue 1 match. 3rd placed Nice is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Olympique Lyonnais. Moussa Dembélé scored the first goal for Olympique Lyonnais in the 8th minute on a penalty, then Karl Toko Ekambi added another in the 52nd minute on a feed from Tanguy Ndombélé In the end, Nice couldn’t muster any offence and Olympique Lyonnais ran away with the shutout win. Nice is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while 13th placed Angers SCO is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Strasbourg. Kévin Gameiro scored the first goal for Strasbourg in the 11th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Angers SCO couldn’t manage to score, and Strasbourg took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Stade Raymond Kopa, Nice took the match by a score of 2 to 1 in front of almost seven thousand dissapointed spectators. Sofiane Boufal struck first for Angers SCO in the 29th minute on a penalty, then Andy Delort tied it up for Nice in the 57th minute on a penalty Finally they completed the comback victory in the 91st minute on a goal by Andy Delort to cap off a wild match.
Thomas Mangani has been the most prolific scorer on Angers SCO in the last 5 matches with 2 goals. For Nice, their top scorers are Justin Kluivert and Amine Gouiri, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.