Nice invested a lot for this season, with some good quality players after the comfortable 9th position on the last season. The loudest signings were made for the attack, with Kluivert, the amazing Calvin Stengs and the striker Dolberg. But the most important investment was made for the coach, they decided to buy Christophe Galtier who was champion with Lille in the season 2020/2021 where everyone expected one more ride by Paris SG with the best players in the world like Icardi, Di Maria, Mbappe and Neymar for example. At the moment they are doing so much better than the last season, but it was their obligation to make better than the last season. They are chasing the strong Paris SG who are playing really bad with their best team of all time. I believe that their main objective is to finish in Top 2 to achieve Champions League, but they have the same points as Marseille and Marseille have one less game than Nice. If they want to achieve that 2nd place in the end of the season they need to win Nantes who are in a comfort position without any pressure at the moment. They had a bad month of November and the beginning of December with 3 losses and 1 draw in 5 matches, but after the defeat against Nantes they won 4 games in a row, always overplaying the opponents except the last one against Brest, but in that game they got reduced to 10 players since the minute 20, but even with 10 players they still won 3-0. They have 3 absences, only 2 important in my opinion, the midfielder Schneiderlind due to that red card against Strasbourg, and Atal and Lemina are in the African Cup. They are really motivated after that amazing result with 10 men and games like that join the team.

Probable line-up: Benitez; Lotomba - Todibo - Dante - Bard; Rosario - Thuram - Gouiri - Boudaoui; Delort and Dolberg.

Nantes are doing aswell a good season as if we compare to the season they made in 2020/2021 they ended in the 18th place that put them in a bad position, playing the play-offs for the relegation. In the previous season they had 4 different coahces and it explains a terrible season by any club when they are always changing if they do not win. This season they are with the one that was able to keep Nantes in the Ligue 1, Antoine Kombouare. They are in their best moment of the season so far with 5 wins and the last game they were able to draw against Monaco where Monaco was playing the 1st game with the new manager, but this month of January and probably February too will be really tough for them because of the African Cup competition. For this game they have some important absences that will affect for sure their performance, one of their best players Cyprien will miss this game due to injury, Pallois is in doubt for this game and they have 4 players playing the African Cup that will miss this game aswell, like Castelletto, Coulibaly, Traore and Moses Simon. I cannot expect them to handle this Nice with a big must win.

Probable line-up: Lafont; Corchia - Girotto - Pallois - Fabio; Chirivella - Moutoussamy - Blas; Bukari - Geubbels and Muani.

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尼斯在这个赛季投入了很多，在上赛季安逸的第九名之后，有了一些优秀的球员。最引人注目的签约是为了进攻，有克鲁伊维特，令人惊叹的卡尔文·斯滕斯和前锋多尔伯格。但最重要的投资是对教练的投资，他们决定购买克里斯托弗·加尔蒂埃，他在2020/2021赛季是里尔队的冠军，每个人都期待着巴黎SG的再一次进攻，比如伊卡迪、迪玛利亚、姆巴佩和内马尔。现在他们比上个赛季做得好多了，但他们有义务比上个赛季做得更好。他们追逐的是实力强大的巴黎得分后卫，而他们在历史上表现最好的球队中却表现得非常糟糕。我相信他们的主要目标是进入前二，然后进入欧冠联赛，但他们和马赛有同样的积分，马赛比尼斯少一场比赛。如果他们想在赛季末获得第二名，他们需要赢得南特，南特目前处于一个舒适的位置，没有任何压力。他们有一个坏的11月和12月初3损失和1画在5场比赛,但在击败后连续南特他们赢了4场比赛,总是夸大了反对布雷斯特的对手,除了最后一个,但在那场比赛他们得到了自20分钟减少到10名球员,但即使有10名球员他们仍然晋级。他们缺席了3场比赛，在我看来只有2场是重要的，中场施耐德林德因为在对斯特拉斯堡的比赛中被红牌罚下，阿塔尔和莱米娜也参加了非洲杯。在10人应战和这样的比赛之后，他们真的很有动力。

南特在这个赛季做得很好，如果我们和他们在2020/2021赛季做的比较的话，他们以18名的成绩结束了赛季，这让他们处于一个不好的位置，为了保级而参加了附加赛。在前一个赛季，他们换了4个教练，这也解释了为什么任何俱乐部在这个赛季都很糟糕，因为如果他们没有赢球，他们就会更换教练。本赛季，他们的队友安托万·孔布瓦将南特留在了法甲。他们在本赛季的最佳时刻是迄今为止以5胜,最后一场比赛他们能够吸引对摩纳哥,摩纳哥与新经理玩一游戏,但这个月的1月和2月可能也会很艰难,因为非洲杯的比赛。这场比赛他们有一些重要的缺席,肯定会影响他们的表现,他们最好的球员之一Cyprien因伤将缺席这场比赛,Pallois怀疑这个游戏,他们有4个球员踢非洲杯将错过这场比赛同时,像Castelletto, Coulibaly,特劳雷摩西西蒙。我不能指望他们用一个必须赢的大胜来处理这个尼斯。