In a weekend match in week 12, on Sunday Oct 23rd, Nice hosts Nantes in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligue 1 teams. 13th placed Nice is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Auxerre. Andy Delort struck first for Nice in the 20th minute, then Nuno Da Costa got the equalizer for Auxerre in the 42nd minute on a feed from Mathias Autret squeezing out at least the one point for Auxerre. Nice is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while 14th placed Nantes is fresh off their 4-1 win against Brest. Noah Fadiga scored the first goal for Brest in the 18th minute, then Moses Simon tied it up for Nantes in the 35th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 36th minute on a goal by Igniatius Ganago to cap off a wild match. Nantes looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
On the 7th of May, Nice hosted Nantes at the Allianz Riviera in their last match together. Nantes was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Ludovic Blas struck first for Nantes in the 47th minute from the penalty spot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Nice couldn’t muster any offence and Nantes ran away with the shutout win.
Nantes is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Caio Henrique and Moussa Sissoko each only have 1 goal in their last five. Andy Delort has been the most prolific scorer on Nice in the last 5 matches with three goals.