On Mar 19th, Lorient will travel to Nice to battle Nice in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligue 1 teams. In their last match, 7th placed Nice, recorded a 2-2 draw against Nantes. Terem Moffi scored the first goal for Nice in the 5th minute, then in the 31st minute, Ludovic Blas sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Moussa Sissoko . Nice is on a hot streak lately, having won 6 of their last 10, while 9th placed Lorient is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Troyes. Cheikh Bamba Dieng struck first for Lorient in the 8th minute, then Stéphane Diarra added another in the 2nd minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Troyes was frustrated by Lorient’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Lorient ended the match with the shutout victory. Lorient is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Nice won by a score of 2 to 1. Dango Aboubacar Faissal Ouattara scored the first goal for Lorient in the 18th minute, but Youcef Atal got the equalizer for Nice in the 61st minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 69th minute on a goal by Gaëtan Laborde to cap off a wild match.
Lorient’s most prolific scorer has been Cheikh Bamba Dieng. The French attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Nice’s most prolific scorer has been Terem Moffi. The Nigerian attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches
Nice will be without Nicolas Pépé, Aaron Ramsey, Joe Bryan, Sofiane Diop and Antoine Mendy, while Régis Le Bris’s squad will be without Bonke Innocent, Yvon Mvogo, Laporte and Gedeon Kalulu Kyatengwa.