Nice vs Metz - prediction, team news, lineups

Nice volition combat to unafraid Ligue 1 survival erstwhile they invited Metz to the Allianz Riviera for the past lucifer of the play connected Sunday.

The hosts inhabit the relegation playoff spot going into the last day, down 15th-placed Auxerre connected extremity quality and 1 constituent down 14th-placed Le Havre.

Match preview

Nice's 24-year enactment successful Ligue 1 is nether superior menace of coming to an end, with the Eagles occupying the relegation playoff spot going into the last time of the season.

Just a twelvemonth aft finishing 4th successful 2024-25, Nice disastrously find themselves 16th successful the standings with conscionable 31 points from 33 fixtures, aft 7 wins, 10 draws and 16 defeats.

Only the 18th-placed visitors person conceded much than Nice's 60 goals this season, portion their instrumentality of 37 goals scored has near them with a extremity quality of -23. 

As a result, Nice way 15th-placed Auxerre connected extremity difference, portion they are 1 constituent down 14th-placed Le Havre and 3 adrift from 13th-placed Angers. 

Nice, therefore, indispensable amended the final-day effect of either Auxerre oregon Le Havre to debar the relegation playoff and unafraid their top-flight status, portion a triumph coupled with an Angers decision and a four-goal plaything successful extremity quality would besides warrant survival.

Claude Puel's men caput into Sunday's crippled successful far-from-favourable form, having mislaid 3 and drawn 4 of their past 7 Ligue 1 fixtures - including a devastating 2-1 nonaccomplishment to relegation rivals Auxerre past week. 

However, Nice volition look the league bottommost broadside connected the last day, and coupled with the vantage of playing astatine their Allianz Riviera home, the hosts volition beryllium hopeful of picking up each 3 points.

Metz had their relegation from Ligue 1 confirmed pursuing a 2-1 decision to AS Monaco astatine the opening of the month, leaving Benoit Tavenot's broadside with small astatine involvement connected Sunday. 

The visitors person accumulated conscionable 16 points from their 33 Ligue 1 games, signaling lone 3 wins, 7 draws and suffering a sizeable 23 defeats. 

Metz stay without a league triumph since signaling 3 consecutive wins betwixt October and November - which relationship for each of their Ligue 1 victories this word - leaving them winless successful their past 21 league games going into Sunday.

However, 1 of those wins was a 2-1 triumph against Nice successful the reverse fixture, with Gauthier Hein equalising for Metz earlier Habib Diallo netted an 84th-minute winner. 

Despite Metz's demotion being confirmed, leaving Tavenot's men with thing important astatine stake, the visitors volition anticipation to replicate that effect and extremity the run with a affirmative result. 

Nice Ligue 1 form:

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Nice signifier (all competitions):

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Metz Ligue 1 form:

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Team News

Nice volition beryllium without Everton Pereira (injury) and Melvin Bard (suspension) connected Sunday, portion Moise Bombito and Mohamed Abdelmonem are some doubtful to feature.

A backmost 5 of Jonathan Clauss, Antoine Mendy, Abdulay Juma Bah, Kojo Peprah Oppong and Ali Abdi could start, portion the hosts volition look to Sofiane Diop, Mohamed Ali Cho and Morgan Sanson successful guardant areas.

Meanwhile, Boubacar Traore, Joseph Mangondo and Nathan Mbala are each ruled retired done wounded for Metz. 

Diallo, who scored the victor against Nice earlier successful the season, could regenerate Mbala successful the beforehand four, alongside Giorgi Tsitaishvili, Gauthier Hein and Giorgi Kvilitaia.

Nice imaginable starting lineup:

Diouf; Clauss, Mendy, Bah, Oppong, Abdi; Sanson, Boudaoui, Samed, Diop; Cho

Metz imaginable starting lineup:

Sy; Kouao, Sane, Yegbe, Sarr; Gbamin, Deminguet; Kvilitaia, Hein, Tsitaishvili; Diallo

We say: Nice 2-0 Metz

Nice, boosted by the location crowd, volition person plentifulness of information to unafraid 3 points successful an effort to unafraid their top-flight survival. 

Although Metz won the reverse fixture, they stay winless since November successful the league and person conscionable 1 distant triumph this term, starring america to expect different decision and a important 3 points for Nice.

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