UEFA Europa League - Nice VS Real Sociedad Prediction
UEFA Europa League - Nice VS Real Sociedad
Match Time: 26-09-2024 03:00 Thursday (GMT+8)
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Nice - DLDWLW
Morgan Sanson (Injury to the ankle), Gaëtan Laborde (Broken foot), Terem Moffi (Cruciate ligament tear) and Hicham Boudaoui (Knee injury) are unavailable for Nice manager Franck Haise.
It seems likely that Les Aiglons could use a 3-4-3 system for the game featuring Marcin Bulka, Dante, Y. Ndayishimiye, Moise Bombito, Jonathan Clauss, Pablo Rosario, Tanguy NDombèlé, Melvin Bard, Badredine Bouanani, Evann Guessand and Youssoufa Moukoko.
Nice fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 8-0 Ligue 1 victory vs St Etienne.
In that game, Nice had 60% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 12 of them on target. For Nice, the goals were scored by Tanguy Ndombélé (7'), Mohamed-Ali Cho (24'), Youssoufa Moukoko (26', 39'), Evann Guessand (36'), Sofiane Diop (75') and Pablo Rosario (86'). On the other side, Saint-Etienne had 8 shots at goal with 2 on target. Dylan Batubinsika (4' Own goal) scored for St Etienne.
It has not been often in recent games where Nice haven’t conceded. In fact, Nice have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 8 goals on the way.
Real Sociedad - WLDLLD
Real Sociedad boss Imanol Alguacil has not got a full squad to pick from. Álvaro Odriozola (Ankle injury), Arsen Zakharyan (Tendon tear) and Hamari Traoré (Cruciate ligament tear) will miss out on this game.
From our viewpoint, Txuri-urdin will likely make use of a 4-4-2 formation with a starting lineup of Alex Remiro, Jon Aramburu, Igor Zubeldia, Nayef Aguerd, Sergio Gomez, Takefusa Kubo, Martín Zubimendi, Beñat Turrientes, Luka Sucic, O. Steinn Óskarsson and Sheraldo Becker.
In their last fixture, Real Sociedad drew 0-0 in the La Liga tie with Real Valladolid.
In that game, Real Sociedad managed 65% possession and 14 shots at goal with 4 on target. Real Valladolid got 15 shots at goal with 2 on target.
Over the course of 5 of the past six clashes featuring Real Sociedad, a notably low volume of goals have been hit between them and their opposition. The overall average number of goals per game in that spell works out to a paltry 1.17, with the number of goals averaged by Txuri-urdin equalling 0.33. Despite that, it remains to be seen if that pattern shall be sustained in this game.
Nice possible starting lineup:
Bulka; Ndayishimiye, Bombito, Dante; Clauss, Rosario, Ndombele, Bard; Cho, Moukoko, Guessand
Real Sociedad possible starting lineup:
Remiro; Aramburu, Zubeldia, Aguerd, Gomez; Sucic, Zubimendi, Turrientes; Kubo, Becker, Oyarzabal
Nice vs Real Sociedad Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
*The two teams are meeting for the first time. Nice have met Spanish teams eight times, while Sociedad have squared off against French teams on six occasions.
*Nice have suffered four consecutive losses in the Europa League. They have one win in their last nine games in the competition, suffering eight losses.
*Sociedad are winless in three appearances in the competition, suffering two losses and failing to score.
*Nice have three wins in eight meetings against Spanish teams, with all three coming at home. They have conceded three goals in four of their last six Europa League home games.
*Sociedad are meeting a French team for the first time in the Europa League. They have played French teams six times in the Champions League, including qualifiers, winning two.
*Sociedad have won three of their last five away games in the Europa League, keeping clean sheets in the wins.
Prediction: Nice 1-0 Real Sociedad
After hitting Saint-Etienne for eight on the weekend, Nice should be very confident of getting their Europa League campaign off to a positive start on Wednesday night. Failing to win any of their last five matches in La Liga, Real Sociedad are in an early-season rut and look set for a difficult evening at Allianz Riviera.
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