Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Red Star & Nice face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coupe de France. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Red Star form and stats
Last season, Red Star's Coupe de France journey ended in the 32nd finals.5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the National numbers at home for Red Star so far this season. On the other hand, in the Coupe de France, Red Star has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. After failing to beat Creteil here, Red Star has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Happy days for Red Star in their previous game, a National match away at Toulon that ended with a 1-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Red Star won a home game hosting Chambly (2-1).
Red Star are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found one match and the win/draw/lost stats: W1-D0-L0.
Red Star are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. Red Star have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nice form and stats
They also participated in Coupe de France last season. This ended in the 32nd finals.There's been little loot from Nice's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 10 away games in the Ligue 1. Nice only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. Visiting Nice has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Nice are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Angers SCO. Before that, Nice secured a home win against Frejus St-Raphael with the score 2-0.
Walter Benítez had red hot gloves after the game against Angers SCO, shaping the outcome of the game with 8 saves made.
The attacking power of Nice when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Nice have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Chahiri 10 goals |   W. Cyprien 7 goals |  K. Dolberg 5 goals |
Red Star missing players
Nice missing players
| Red Star | Nice | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 10 | 12 | ||
| 37 | 15 | Scored | S | 13 | 35 | ||
| 25 | 8 | Conceded | C | 34 | 46 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 16% | ||
| 3.5 | 4.1 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red Cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 194 | 100 | Total Shots | T S | 135 | 291 | ||
| 81 | 43 | Shots on Target | S O | 44 | 104 | ||
| 35% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dunkerque | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 36 |
| 2 | Red Star | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 35 |
| 3 | Villefranche | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 34 |
| 4 | Pau | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 34 |
| 5 | Lyon Duchere | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 32 |
| 6 | Avranches | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 30 |
| 7 | Boulogne | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Laval | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| 9 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Creteil | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
| 11 | Cholet | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | Quevilly Rouen | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 17 |
| 13 | Bastia-Borgo | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 14 | Beziers | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 16 |
| 15 | Concarneau | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 | Le Puy F.43 Auvergne | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -10 | 14 |
| 17 | Gazelec Ajaccio | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 11 |
| 18 | Toulon | 18 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 33 | 46 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 41 |
| 3 | Rennes | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | Nantes | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 32 |
| 5 | Lille | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 31 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 29 |
| 8 | Monaco | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 29 |
| 9 | Angers SCO | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -2 | 29 |
| 10 | Reims | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 28 |
| 11 | Nice | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 28 |
| 12 | Strasbourg | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -2 | 27 |
| 13 | Bordeaux | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 26 |
| 14 | Brest | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 25 |
| 15 | Saint-Étienne | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -9 | 25 |
| 16 | Dijon | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 21 |
| 17 | Metz | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -10 | 20 |
| 18 | Amiens SC | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -16 | 17 |
| 19 | Nîmes | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -17 | 15 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -23 | 12 |