On Saturday Feb 12th, in week 24, Olympique Lyonnais plays host to Nice in a meeting of these two closely matched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 8th placed Olympique Lyonnais, recorded a 0-2 loss against Monaco. Jean Lucas struck first for Monaco in the 2nd minute, then Wissam Ben Yedder added another in the 27th minute on a feed from Sofiane Diop In the end, Olympique Lyonnais was frustrated by Monaco’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Monaco ended the match with the shutout victory. Olympique Lyonnais is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while nice sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Clermont. Elbasan Rashani struck first for Clermont in the 77th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Nice was frustrated by Clermont’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Clermont ended the match with the shutout victory. Nice should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Oct 24th, Nice was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Karl Toko Ekambi scored the first goal for Olympique Lyonnais in the 35th minute, then Houssem Aouar added another in the 68th minute on a feed from Lucas Paquetá Finally they completed the comback victory in the 91st minute on a goal by Evann Guessand to cap off a wild match.
Both Kasper Dolberg and Amine Gouiri have been the hottest scorers for Nice in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Moussa Dembélé has been the most prolific scorer on Olympique Lyonnais in his last five matches with three goals
Houssem Aouar, Jeff Reine-Adélaïde, Jason Denayer, Romain Faivre, Tino Kadewere and Sinaly Diomande are unavailable to play for Peter Bosz’s team, while Jordan Amavi is unavailable to play for Nice.