Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Troyes
Match Time & Date:
17/10/2021
13:00
Prediction: 0-1
Nice
Troyes and Nice take on each other at Stade de l’Aube in what will be their first meeting since April 2018. Troyes aim to escape the danger zone, and they are likely to fight tooth and nail against les Aiglons. Gerson Rodrigues is suspended for the hosts, while all Philippe Sandler, Banhie Zoukrou, Yoann Touzghar, Tristan Dingome, Florian Tardieu, Karim Azamoum, and Metinho are out of contention through injuries.
Les Aiglons, on the other hand, head into the match following back-to-back wins over St Etienne (3-0) and Brest (2-1), and given the number of absentees in the home team, away win should be considered. The good news for the visitors is that important attacker Kasper Dolberg has overcome his injury. Both Justin Kluivert and Robson Bambu, though, are likely to miss the game through injuries. In their last meeting in the French top flight Nice defeated Troyes 2-0.
Highlighted Player (Youcef Atal):
The Boghni born Algerian started playing football at the age of ten when he joined CR Belouizdinad's youth academy in 2006. His decade long youth career saw him feature for other more Algerian teams before signing a professional contract with the last one, namely Paradou AC, in 2015.
Atal, who predominantly plays as a right-back, made his first professional appearance on the 9th of January 2016, playing in Paradou's 3-0 over CR Beni Thour in the Coupe d'Algerie. His performances during his 17/18 loan spell at Belgian Club Kortrijk earned him a move to France with OGC Nice in 2018.
At Nice, the 23-year-old has become a valuable first-team player and is on a five-year contract expiring in 2023. On the International stage, Atal has capped 14 times for Algeria, making his debut on the 6th of June, 2017, in a friendly against Guinea.
Highlighted Team (Nice):
OGC Nice are a football club that participate in French Ligue 1. Les Aiglons welcome their opponents at Allianz Riviera and the club was founded on 9 July, 1904 by Marquis Massengy d’ Auzac.
OGC Nice won their first Ligue 1 trophy back in 1951 and eight years later they clinched their fourth and last domestic title. Speaking of the French Cup, les Aiglons won their third Coupe de France title in 1997. Allianz Riviera has been the home ground of the club since September, 2013 and it has to be noted that the construction of the venue cost €250 million. OGC Nice play their home games in red and black shirts and black shorts, while the colour of their away kits is white.
The Ligue 1 team booked their place in the Europa League group stages for the 2016/2017 season for the first time in the club’s history and they were drawn alongside Schalke 04, Salzburg and Krasnodar in Group I. However, they were beaten by Schalke in their Europa League opener in front of home fans.
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