For this 33rd day of League 1 Uber Eats, OGC Nice is traveling to Dijon, the red lantern of the championship.
Before this meeting against the Dijonnais, OGC Nice remains on a series of six games without defeat in the league (four wins and two draws). We take stock of the Gym before kick-off at 3 p.m. this Sunday.
Dijon, a fanatic team from Nice
The DFCO, last in the championship, has a very complicated 2020-2021 season: 20e in the standings with only 15 points collected after 33 days, the Dijonnais remain on a sad series of 15 consecutive defeats since their last success against Nîmes (3-1) and seem favorites to be relegated to Ligue 2 BKT next year.
However, Adrian Ursea’s Gym should not underestimate Dijon, which has won three of its last five confrontations against Nice in Ligue 1 (two defeats) – the last of which on November 29, 3-1 at the Allianz Riviera – after having bowed during each of the three preceding ones. Among the teams currently in the elite, there is only Stade Rennais that the Burgundians have beaten as often as OGC Nice (four times).
There was no draw in the 4 confrontations between Dijon and Nice that took place in Burgundy in Ligue 1 (2 wins on each side).
Pierre Lees-Melou, the executioner of Dijon
Passed from the Côte d’Or to the Côte d’Azur in 2017, Pierre Lees-Melou likes to shine against his former club. The midfielder was decisive three times against his former teammates (two goals, one assist). It was only against Angers that the n ° 8 from Nice was more decisive in the elite.
The Nice group and the medical point
Here is the Gym group selected by Adrian Ursea to challenge Dijon:
Guardians : Benitez, Cardinal
Defenders : Bamboo, Daniliuc, Lotomba, Nsoki, Atal, Kamara, Saliba, Todibo
Midfielders : Boudaoui, Schneiderlin, Trouillet, Lees-Melou, Claude-Maurice
Forwards : Dolberg, Rony Lopes, Ndoye, Myziane, Sellouki
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While Youcef Atal and Hicham Boudaoui make their return for this match, Amine Gouiri and Khephren Thuram were forced to forfeit.
“They have in common that their calf injuries came after being beaten”, explained Adrian Ursea at a press conference. “It’s a big loss because they are two of the fittest players in the last few games, including Amine who is our goalscorer. Even if that’s no excuse, we are once again forced to find solutions. We are trained in it. “ he added.
“Khephren received a blow against Reims. He did not go out because of that, it was a choice. He returned to training at the beginning of the week, he tried but we had to resolve this problem. We must carry out additional investigations to determine the duration of his absence, but there are already traces of lesion on the ultrasound “, detailed his trainer.
As for Amine Gouiri, the striker suffers from a “grade 2” injury. He had received a blow in Nantes (1-2) but nothing serious to report. Everything went well in the week after the draw against Reims (0-0), but his condition worsened during the first half, which led Adrian Ursea to replace him at the break.
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