In one of the most interesting matches scheduled this weekend in League 1, Nice will host PSŽ at the “Alijanc Stadium” (20:45).
Nice may have equaled their biggest win in club history last month, but that huge 8-0 triumph against St Etienne is the only bright spot in this disappointingly poor start to the season for the Eagles.
Franco Esse’s side have won just two of their eight matches in all competitions, with three losses and a draw, while their last Europa League match ended with a convincing 4-1 defeat at Lazio on Thursday.
The coach blamed the situation on the field, which was flooded after heavy rain, for that defeat, but probably he himself did not believe that this was the main reason for the debacle. Perhaps a return to the Allianz Riviera, where the Eagles are undefeated in three games this season, could mark the beginning of a return to winning ways.
The hosts will need their form from the start of last season as they face away to Paris Saint-Germain, who have lost just three of their last 22 league meetings, drawing three more. Luis Enrique’s side also travel to the French Riviera sitting top of Ligue 1 ahead of this round, having won five of their six matches so far (they also have one draw) and scoring a remarkable 20 goals in the process.
That makes them a formidable opponent, but a midweek 2-0 defeat at Arsenal in the Champions League, which ended a ten-game unbeaten run in all competitions, showed that even the seemingly all-powerful Paris Saint-Germain can falter. Luis Enrique has humorously remarked that his side were “second best” at the Emirates Stadium, and now has to make a decision on whether to bring Ousmane Dembele back into the squad after the forward was reportedly suspended for disciplinary reasons and banned from travelling. to London.
Nice has only beaten Paris three times in the last 14 years, including last year’s victory at the “Prninčeva Park”, while the duel on the Cote d’Azur ended with the victory of the “Saints”.
In four of the last five duels, both teams scored goals.
OUR TIP: GG (odds 1.65)
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Source: www.novosti.rs
