Nice – PSG: 30th April 2017

Fight for Honor

Nice ranks third in the Ligue 1 standings, with 74 points gathered in 34 rounds. Thus, Lucien Favre’s students are very close to the end of a majestic season, where they not only have overcame the galloping bands like Lyon, Marseille or Bordeaux, but have also achieved the enormous performance of earning the slightest defeat in the championship, Two in number. Even so, despite the fact that Nice ranks first in the hierarchy in several stages, the “eagles” failed to keep pace with the PSG and Monaco grandees, and consequently had to settle for the last position on the podium .

No wrong steps until the end

PSG is ranked second in the Ligue 1 hierarchy, with 80 points scored after 34 stages. So, Unai Emery’s boys forcing this season’s end to put their hands on the title in France, but even with a flawless path, hopes are not brilliant. AS Monaco has a minus match with St. Louis. Etienne, meaning that, indifferent to the results achieved by the Parisians until the end of the season, they will be at the hands of the Monegasics. Instead, the PSG could choose the consolation of conquering the two Cups after they managed to reach the last act of the French Cup several days ago, crushing the second team of the ranking rival.

Direct meetings

In the last ten direct confrontations between the two bands, the PSG imposed seven times, Nice only once, while the other two duels ended in undecided;

In the tour, Nice kept the Parisian chess on the “Parc des Princes” in a 2-2;

The last success of Nice at home in front of PSG dates from December 2012, from a 2-1;

Probable teams:

Nice (4-2-3-1): Cardinale – Souquet, Baysse, Dante, Dalbert – Koziello, Seri – Pereira, Belhanda, Eysseric – Balotelli

Abstentions: Plea, Cyprien, Obbadi, Le Marchand (injured)

PSG (4-3-3): Trapp-Aurier, Marquinhos, Silva, Maxwell-Verratti, Rabiot, Matuidi- Di Maria, Cavani, Draxler

Abstentions: Krychowiak, Kurzawa, Ben Arfa, Pastore (injured)