February 26th features a match where Strasbourg and Nice will play a match in Strasbourg in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Strasbourg sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Saint-Étienne. Ryad Boudebouz scored the first goal for Saint-Étienne in the 4th minute, then in the 21st minute, Gerzino Nyamsi sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Habib Diallo . Strasbourg is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Nice is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Angers SCO. Justin Kluivert struck first for Nice in the 19th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Angers SCO couldn’t manage to score, and Nice took the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Nice should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Dec 5th, Nice hosted Strasbourg at the Allianz Riviera in their last match together. Strasbourg won by a score of 3 to 0. Ludovic Ajorque struck first for Strasbourg in the 21st minute on a feed from Ibrahima Sissoko, then Habib Diallo added another in the 82nd minute on a feed from Jean-Ricner Bellegarde In the end, Nice couldn’t muster any offence and Strasbourg ran away with the shutout win.
Nice’s top weapon lately has been Justin Kluivert, who has three goals in the last five matches. Kévin Gameiro has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 4 goals for Strasbourg
Kévin Gameiro, Jean-Eudes Aholou and Maxime Le Marchand are unavailable to play for Julien Stéphan’s team, while Christophe Galtier’s Nice squad will be without Youcef Atal and Jordan Amavi.