On the 11th of December, Nîmes hosts Nancy at Stade Des Costières in a meeting of these two Ligue 2 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 12th placed Nîmes is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Rodez. Leborgne struck first for Rodez in the 14th minute from the penalty spot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Nîmes couldn’t muster any offence and Rodez ran away with the shutout win. Nîmes is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while 20th placed Nancy is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Quevilly Rouen. Mamadou Thiam scored the first goal for Nancy in the 3rd minute, then in the 9th minute, Florian Jozefzoon sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Till Cissokho Finally they completed the comback victory in the 66th minute on a goal by Duckens Nazon to cap off a wild match. Nancy looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 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.
Nancy’s most prolific scorer has been Mickaël Biron. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Nîmes is fortunate enough to have Yassine Benrahou in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored 4 goals.