On Wed May 11th, Nice hosts Saint-Étienne in a meeting of these two Ligue 1 teams. In their last match, Nice recorded a 0-1 loss against Nantes. Ludovic Blas struck first for Nantes in the 47th minute on a penalty shot, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Nice couldn’t muster any offence and Nantes ran away with the shutout win. Nice is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while saint-Étienne sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Rennes. Lovro Majer scored the first goal for Rennes in the 41st minute, then Lovro Majer added another in the 84th minute In the end, Saint-Étienne was frustrated by Rennes’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Rennes ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sep 25th, Saint-Étienne hosted Nice at the Stade Geoffroy-guichard in their last match together. Nice was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Amine Gouiri scored the first goal for Nice in the 15th minute, then Calvin Stengs added another in the 54th minute In the end, Saint-Étienne was frustrated by Nice’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Nice ended the match with the shutout victory.
Both Mahdi Camara and Arnaud Nordin have been the hottest scorers for Saint-Étienne in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Andy Delort has been the most prolific scorer on Nice in the last 5 matches with 3 goals
Christophe Galtier’s squad will be without Morgan Schneiderlin, Youcef Atal, Alexis Claude Maurice and Khépren Thuram, while Enzo Crivelli, Wahbi Khazri, Ryad Boudebouz, Romain Hamouma, Joris Gnagnon, Falaye Sacko, Gourna Douath, Aimen Moueffek and Saidou Sow are unavailable to play for Pascal Dupraz’s team.