Strasbourg vs Nice - prediction, team news, lineups

Making their archetypal Coupe de France semi-final quality successful implicit 2 decades, Strasbourg volition invited Nice to Stade de la Meinau connected Wednesday.

A melodramatic 2-1 triumph implicit Reims lifted the Alsace nine into the last four, portion Nice got present by outlasting Lorient 6-5 connected penalties.

Match preview

It took astir the full match, but Strasbourg broke done successful the precocious stages of their quarter-final fixture, converting 2 penalties with less than 10 minutes remaining.

That has them 1 triumph distant from their archetypal quality successful a Coupe de France last since lifting the trophy successful 2001 connected penalties versus Amiens.

Gary O’Neil’s men volition participate this contention unbeaten successful 8 of their past 9 matches crossed each competitions astatine Stade de la Meinau scoring 3 oregon much goals successful 2 of those erstwhile 3 encounters.

At the Coupe de France, Strasbourg person won their past 3 matches connected location soil, without a azygous extremity conceded successful the opening 45 minutes.

This decade, they person gone connected to triumph each 1 of their matches successful this contention erstwhile netting the opening goal, doing truthful successful each 4 of their games this season.

Le Racing are unbeaten successful their past 3 meetings with Nice, portion some of their erstwhile location meetings against them successful this tourney ended successful wins, the past 1 successful 1980 (1-0).

By each accounts, this play has been a colossal catastrophe for Nice, but they tin salvage a small pridefulness by getting their hands connected this trophy.

A 3rd successive play successful Europe is good retired of scope for them domestically, though they could marque the last of this tourney for a 2nd clip this decade.

Claude Puel’s broadside are unbeaten successful 2 of their erstwhile 3 distant games crossed each competitions, but person not won a Coupe de France lucifer extracurricular of Nice successful mean clip since January 2025 (1-0 astatine Bastia).

The relegation-threatened broadside are winless successful their past 4 matches against Ligue 1 absorption but person avoided decision connected those 2 erstwhile occasions.

That said, they person not mislaid a semi-final outing successful the Coupe de France distant from location since Sochaux bushed them 2-0 successful 1988.

While the nine person ne'er won astatine Strasbourg successful this competition, Les Aiglons went connected to triumph the erstwhile Coupe de France necktie against them successful 1980, defeating them 2-0 successful that opening fourth-round fixture to beforehand 2-1 connected aggregate.

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Team News

A torn ACL volition support Strasbourg's apical Ligue 1 goalscorer Joaquin Panichelli retired for the remainder of the campaign, portion Junior Mwanga has a enarthrosis wounded and Aaron Anselmino is dealing with hamstring tightness.

Julio Enciso and Panichelli converted precocious penalties for them against Reims arsenic they survived an injury-time onslaught from the champagne nine to advance.

At Nice, Moise Bombito has a little limb fracture, Dante is dealing with a calf strain, portion Charles Vanhoutte and Youssouf Ndayishimiye person knocks.

Yehvann Diouf maintained a cleanable sheet, portion stopping 2 penalties, with different hitting the barroom against Lorient arsenic they scraped done to the semis.

Strasbourg imaginable starting lineup:

Penders; Doue, Doukoure, Hogsberg, Chilwell; Barco, El Mourabet; Amo-Ameyaw, Nanasi, Enciso; Fofana

Nice imaginable starting lineup:

Diouf; Oppong, Mendy, Louchet; Clauss, Boudaoui, Sanson, Bard; Diop, Cho; Wahi

We say: Strasbourg 2-0 Nice

They person often near it precocious this season, but Strasbourg’s patience, wide consistency and operation person often prevailed, and we judge it volition successful this one.

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