On Saturday Aug 27th, Nîmes will play host to Laval in a clash of these two mismatched Ligue 2 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 27 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Nîmes is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Dijon. Valentin Jacob scored the first goal for Dijon in the 38th minute, then Mickaël Le Bihan added another in the 75th minute. Nîmes looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10, while laval sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-3 draw against Metz. Ibrahima Niane struck first for Metz in the 21st minute, then William Mikelbrencis added another in the 24th minute . Laval is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Zakaria Naidji has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 4 goals for Laval. Lamine Fomba and Ronny Labonne are the top scorers for Nîmes in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.