Overview
After an impressive 8-0 victory over St-Etienne in round 5 of Ligue 1, Nice are going through a series of 3 matches without knowing the taste of victory in the Europa League and the domestic arena.
In particular, they just suffered a 1-4 loss to Lazio in the middle of the week. This is a result that will greatly affect Nice's spirit when returning to the Ligue 1 arena.
In the domestic league, Nice are currently ninth with eight points from six games. Their attack has scored 14 goals so far, but eight of those have come against St-Etienne. Regardless of improvement, maintaining last season's fifth place finish in Ligue 1 is also a difficult task for Nice.
PSG also suffered a defeat in the European Cup, losing 0-2 to Arsenal in the Champions League group stage. This was a match in which PSG were completely outclassed and almost did not create many dangerous opportunities despite controlling the ball up to 65%. Not to mention, it was also the match that ended PSG's streak of 51 consecutive matches scoring in the Champions League group stage.
However, PSG is still a force when returning to Ligue 1, a tournament where they have 16/18 maximum points and an attack that has scored 20 goals. Last season, PSG also won at home against Nice. Therefore, coach Luis Enrique's team will not have too much difficulty in repeating this achievement.
PSG have only kept one clean sheet this season and Nice are well-placed to breach the visitors' defence. However, PSG will make up for their deficit and are expected to score at least two goals in this match.
Human resources situation
Nice will be without Gaetan Laborde, Melvin Bard and Morgan Terem Moffi due to injury.
On the other side of the front line, PSG are without Goncalo Ramos, Lucas Hernandez and Presnel Kimpembe due to injury problems. Ousmane Dembele could return to the squad after being left out by Enrique in the match against Arsenal in the Champions League.
Expected lineup:
Nice: Bulka, Ndayishimiye, Bombito, Dante, Clauss, Rosario, Louchet, Ali Abdi, Bouanani, Moukoko, Guessand.
PSG: Donnarumma, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Beraldo, Zaire-Emery, Neves, Fabian Ruiz, Dembele, Kolo Muani, Barcola.
The match between Nice and PSG takes place at 1:45 am on October 7 (Vietnam time).
