Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lorient
Match Time & Date:
20/08/2023
15:00
Prediction: 1-1
Nice
Sunday’s football game at Stade du Moustoir pits together Lorient and Nice, the two teams who shared the spoils with PSG and Lille respectively in round 1. Les Aiglons were on the verge of winning their opener, but les Dogues eventually scored a late equalizer to grab one point from the match. Defender Antoine Mendy and midfielder Claude Maurice should be the only absentees in the away team.
Les Merlus, on the other hand, did well to hold title hopefuls PSG in their opener and they should be happy with one point from Sunday’s clash as well. All Benjamin Mendy, Aiyegun Tosin, Quentin Boisgard, Ayman Kari, and Igor Silva remain on the sidelines with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the home team. Taking everything into account, we believe that there is a big value in betting on draw.
Highlighted Player (Dante):
Dante is a left-footed defender who was born in Salvador, Brazil on 18 October, 1983. The 189-cm-tall centre back, who is capable of playing as a left back as well, started his senior career at Juventude. After making 53 appearances for the club between 2002 and 2004 he moved to Ligue 1 outfit Lille.
He played for Belgian sides Charleroi and Standard from 2006 to 2009 and on 27 December, 2008 he signed a contract with Borussia M’gladbach for an undisclosed fee. After impressing with the Fohlen in the 2011/2012 Bundesliga campaign he moved to Bayern Munich at the end of the season and it has to be noted that he scored three goals in 83 league appearances for FCB.
In 2015 he signed a contract with fellow Bundesliga team Wolfsburg and he played 24 league games for the Wolves in the 2015/2016 season. In 2013 he won the Champions League trophy with Bayern Munich and he lifted the FIFA Confederations Cup with Brazil the same year.
Highlighted Team (Lorient):
Founded back in 1926, Lorient is a French football club that competes in Ligue 1. Les Merlus have yet to win the Ligue 1 trophy, but they did well to go all the way in the Coupe de France in the 2001/02 season. In the title game, Lorient defeated Bastia thanks to Jean-Claude Darcheville’s goal.
The same season les Merlus made it to the Coupe de la Ligue final, but Bordeaux proved to be a big catch (0-3) for them in the title game. Lorient welcome their rivals at Stade du Moustoir, the stadium which can hold up to 16,392 spectators. The colour of the team’s home shirt is orange with a little black on it, while white is the dominant colour of their away jersey. In the 2002/03 season Lorient represented France in European competitions.
Les Merlus, though, failed to impress on their debut in the UEFA Cup as they were beaten by Denizlispor in the round 1 double-header.
