Week 6 features a match on Sun Sep 4th, where Nice hosts Monaco in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligue 1 teams. In their last match, Nice recorded a 2-1 win against Lille. Jonathan Bamba scored the first goal for Lille in the 20th minute, then Andy Delort tied it up for Nice in the 22nd minute Finally they completed the comback in the 29th minute on a penalty goal by Nicolas Pépé to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while monaco is fresh off their 2-4 loss against Troyes. Guillermo Maripán scored the first goal for Monaco in the 10th minute, but Florian Tardieu got the equalizer for Troyes in the 22nd minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 47th minute on a goal by Odobert. Monaco is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
On Monday Mar 8th, Nice hosted Monaco at the Allianz Riviera in their last match together. Monaco was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Kevin Volland scored the first goal for Monaco in the 29th minute, then Ruben Aguilar added another in the 87th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Nice couldn’t manage to score, and Monaco took the shutout win.
Guillermo Maripán has been the most prolific scorer on Monaco in the last five matches with two goals. Nice’s most prolific scorer has been Andy Delort. The French attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches
Lucien Favre’s Nice squad will be without Kasper Dolberg, Hicham Boudaoui and Jean-Clair Todibo, while Monaco will be without Kevin Volland and Okou.