National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Nîmes or Nice that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nîmes and Nice.
Nîmes form and stats
Last season, Nîmes's Coupe de France journey ended in the 16th finals.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Ligue 1 this season. Nîmes have only managed 1 win, 1 draw and 9 losses from their games here at Stade des Costières. Nîmes are slowly digging their own grave here at Stade des Costières with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the Brest match. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Nîmes to get some points in this home game.
A Ligue 1 defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Paris Saint Germain.
A goal frenzy last time out for Nîmes, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Monaco. Fun stuff to watch!
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nîmes as they are travelling to their away game against Dijon in the Ligue 1. That match is four days after this one.
The Nîmes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. Nîmes have conceded 27 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Nice form and stats
Nice's mission in Coupe de France last season failed in the 8th finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
It was a Ligue 1 defeat before that one as the away game against Monaco wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Nice manager A. Ursea as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Paris Saint Germain.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Nice have scored 14 goals in 11 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Nîmes victory, zero draws and four Nice wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Gouiri 7 goals |   Z. Ferhat 4 goals |  R. Ripart 4 goals |
Nîmes missing players
Nice missing players
| Nîmes | Nice | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Lost | L | 5 | 13 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Scored | S | 15 | 30 | ||
| 54 | 27 | Conceded | C | 16 | 40 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9.9 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10 | ||
| 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 26% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lille | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 27 | 54 |
| 2 | Olympique Lyonnais | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 50 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 30 | 52 |
| 3 | Paris Saint Germain | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 41 | 51 |
| 4 | Monaco | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 48 |
| 5 | Rennes | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 38 |
| 6 | Lens | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 36 |
| 7 | Metz | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 35 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -8 | 34 |
| 9 | Olympique Marseille | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 33 |
| 10 | Bordeaux | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 32 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 32 |
| 12 | Brest | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 37 | 44 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -7 | 30 |
| 13 | Nice | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | -4 | 29 |
| 14 | Reims | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | -2 | 28 |
| 15 | Saint-Etienne | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -13 | 26 |
| 16 | Strasbourg | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 22 | -7 | 25 |
| 17 | Lorient | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -15 | 22 |
| 18 | Nantes | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -17 | 19 |
| 19 | Dijon | 24 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -19 | 15 |
| 20 | Nîmes | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -31 | 15 |