On Saturday Feb 5th, Dunkerque and Nîmes will play a match in Nîmes in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 2 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Nîmes recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Pau. Moussa Koné scored the first goal for Nîmes in the 59th minute, then Yassine Benrahou added another in the 85th minute on a penalty kick At the end of 90 a dissapointed Pau couldn’t manage to score, and Nîmes took the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Nîmes should be reasonably happy with their performance, while dunkerque sits at 19th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Paris. Jonathan Iglesias struck first for Paris in the 49th minute on a feed from Morgan Guilavogui, but Malik Tchokounte got the equalizer for Dunkerque in the 68th minute earning Dunkerque at least a draw. Dunkerque looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
Dunkerque and Nîmes last played eachother at the Stade Marcel-tribut on Aug 21st. Nîmes was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Yassine Benrahou struck first for Nîmes in the 70th minute, then Niclas Eliasson added another in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Dunkerque couldn’t muster any offence and Nîmes ran away with the shutout win. For Nîmes, their top scorers are Julien Ponceau and Yassine Benrahou, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.