Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cholet & Nice face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coupe de France. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Nice, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Cholet form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 7 National games here at Stade Omnisports Jean Bouin for Cholet. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
A strong away win for Cholet against Club Franciscain the last match, as Gameiro (2) were on target.
In the match before that, Cholet hosted Avranches and drew the National game 1-1.Goals decide football matches and Cholet are scoring many of them at home; 17 on target from 7 league matches. On the other hand, Cholet have conceded 10 goals.
Nice form and stats
Last season their Coupe de France adventure ended in the 16th finals.Nice have an excellent away record in the Ligue 1 so far with 6-1-2 from 9 games.
It's the second away game in a row for Nice, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Rennes in the Ligue 1 last time out. Nice goalie Benítez was high and low in the Rennes game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. Defender Dante was the best team player with a rating of 7.82. Dante won 3 of 5 duels.
A 0-3 loss hosting Strasbourg before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Lens in just three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Nice's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away. Nice are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Gouiri 8 goals |   Y. Jarju 6 goals |  A. Delort 5 goals |
Cholet missing players
Nice missing players
| Cholet | Nice | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 36 | 20 | Scored | S | 18 | 34 | ||
| 46 | 16 | Conceded | C | 8 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 40% | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.5 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 11.4 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 52% | 59% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 36% | ||
| 8.6 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 9.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Concarneau | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 34 |
| 2 | Villefranche | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 33 |
| 3 | Annecy | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 32 |
| 4 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 18 | 31 |
| 5 | Laval | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Chateauroux | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Sedan | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Cholet | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -3 | 21 |
| 9 | Avranches | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 21 |
| 10 | Le Mans | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| 11 | Sete | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 20 |
| 12 | Red Star | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Orleans | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Stade Briochin | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 | Chambly | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 15 |
| 16 | Creteil | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 13 |
| 17 | Boulogne | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 11 |
| 18 | Bastia-Borgo | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSG | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 22 | 45 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Rennes | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Nice | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 30 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Lens | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Strasbourg | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 26 |
| 8 | Monaco | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 26 |
| 9 | Angers SCO | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Nantes | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| 11 | Lille | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Brest | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 13 | Olympique Lyonnais | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
| 14 | Reims | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 22 |
| 15 | Bordeaux | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 23 | -12 | 17 |
| 16 | Clermont | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -12 | 17 |
| 17 | Troyes | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 16 |
| 18 | Metz | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -16 | 15 |
| 19 | Lorient | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 15 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -22 | 12 |