For Stade Pierre-Mauroy on Saturday, Lille and Nice play one tight match wey end 0-0. The game no get plenty clear chance, but both teams try small small.
Lille dey third for table before the match, and dem need win to maintain that position. Nice wey dey 15th and near relegation zone, dem just want avoid defeat. The first half end goalless with few attempts.
Jonathan Clauss for Nice try shot from outside box, but Berke Özer for Lille save am. Matias Fernandez-Pardo for Lille also test Yehvann Diouf for Nice, but the keeper stop am. Referee add one minute for injury time for first half.
Chancel Mbemba for Lille collect yellow card after foul on Elye Wahi for Nice. Before that, Aïssa Mandi win free kick after foul by Wahi. Ayyoub Bouaddi foul Mohamed-Ali Cho, make Nice get another free kick.
Lille manager Bruno Génésio use 4-2-3-1 formation, while Claude Puel for Nice use 5-4-1. Lille don win their last four matches before this one, and dem dey sharp for attack and defense recently. Dem score 11 goals for their last four league games and keep clean sheets.
Nice don win just one of their last ten Ligue 1 matches. Away from home, dem concede plenty goals this season. For injury news, Lille miss Marc-Aurele Caillard, Osame Sahraoui, Hamza Igamane, Oursmane Toure, and Nathan Ngoy. Nice no get Dante, Moise Bombito, Everton Pereira, Charles Vanhoutte, Hicham Bouadaoui, and Morgan Sanson.
Possible lineup for Lille na Berke Özer, Thomas Meunier, Alexsandro, Aïssa Mandi, Romain Perraud, Nabil Bentaleb, Benjamin André, Alan Mukau, Hákon Haraldsson, Tiago Correia, and Matias Fernandez-Pardo. For Nice, Yehvann Diouf, Melvin Mendy, Ibrahim Oppong, Rayan Bard, Jonathan Clauss, Antoine Louchet, Cheick Coulibaly, Ali Abdi, Elye Wahi, Bamba Diop, and Mohamed-Ali Cho.
The match no produce winner, so Lille maintain third place, while Nice remain 15th. Both teams get chance to score, but goalkeepers and defense do their work well.
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