Week 8 brings us a match on Sep 18th where Nice plays host to Angers SCO in a meeting of these two Ligue 1 teams. In their last match, Nice recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Ajaccio. Andy Delort struck first for Nice in the 65th minute on a feed from Khépren Thuram, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Ajaccio was frustrated by Nice’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Nice ended the match with the shutout victory. Nice is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while angers SCO sits at 19th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Montpellier. Arnaud Nordin struck first for Montpellier in the 7th minute on a feed from Faitout Maouassa, then Adrien Hunou tied it up for Angers SCO in the 9th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 69th minute on a penalty goal by Sofiane Boufal. Angers SCO looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Nice won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Sofiane Boufal has been the most effective weapon for Angers SCO lately. The midfielder has netted 3 goals in his last five matches. Nice’s most prolific scorer has been Andy Delort. The French attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches
Nice will be without Aaron Ramsey, Hicham Boudaoui and Youcef Atal, while Ali Kalla is unavailable to play for Angers SCO.