In this week 17 match on Dec 5th, Nice plays host to Strasbourg in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligue 1 teams. 4th placed Nice is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Paris Saint Germain. Paris Saint Germain had 22 on net, and Nice had 5, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Nice is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while strasbourg sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 5-2 win against Bordeaux. Ui Jo Hwang scored the first goal for Bordeaux in the 7th minute, then Adrien Thomasson got the equalizer for Strasbourg in the 22nd minute on a feed from Frédéric Guilbert But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 43rd minute on a penalty goal by Kévin Gameiro. Strasbourg is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Ludovic Ajorque has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored four goals for Strasbourg. Both Andy Delort and Amine Gouiri have been the hottest scorers for Nice in the last five each having scored 2 goals
Nice will be without Dante, Hicham Boudaoui, Youcef Atal and Robson Bambu, while Julien Stéphan’s Strasbourg squad will be without Alaa Bellaarouch.