Nantes and Nice will clash on Sunday the 12th of March at 3:00 pm in the 27th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to take place in Nantes at the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau. The chosen referee is Willy Delajod.
Nantes is in the 14th position in the league with 28 points. It comes from a 4-2 loss against Paris Saint Germain in its last match in the Ligue 1. As of now, it has won 6 times, draw 10 times, and lost 10 times.
Nice occupies the 7th position in the table with 42 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Auxerre in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 11 times, draw 9 times, and lost 6 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Nantes
Nantes has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 34.62%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (9 times), 4-3-3 (3 times), 5-3-2 (2 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 5-4-1 (2 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 4-5-1 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Antoine Kombouare is expected to play against Nice with the following players: Alban Lafont, Jaouen Hadjam, Nicolas Pallois, Andrei Girotto, Fabien Centonze, Samuel Moutoussamy, Chirivella, Moussa Sissoko, Ludovic Blas, Igniatius Ganago and Moses Simon.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Nantes would be 27.55.
Charles Traoré, Quentin Merlin, Andy Delort and Evann Guessand will definitely miss the match.
Nice
Nice has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 26.92%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (7 times), 4-4-2 (5 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 3-4-3 (3 times), 5-4-1 (2 times), 3-4-2-1 (2 times), 3-5-2 (2 times) and 5-3-2 (once).
Didier Digard is expected to play against Nantes with the following players: Badredine Bouanani, Kasper Schmeichel, Melvin Bard, Dante, Jean-Clair Todibo, Youssouf Ndayishimiye, Alexis Beka Beka, Hicham Boudaoui, Khépren Thuram, Ross Barkley and Terem Moffi.
If the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Nice would be 26.50.
Youcef Atal, Antoine Mendy, Sofiane Diop and Nicolas Pépé will definitely miss the match.
