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PRESS KIT eek OGC Nice SC Bastia ate & Time Friday, February, : Stadium Allianz Riviera // igue de Football Professionnel / igue.com

eek OGC Nice SC Bastia PREVIE : OGC NICE SC BASTIA OGC Nice SC Bastia Feature Preview OGC Nice will hope to continue their surprise push for a igue podium finish when they entertain SC Bastia in what promises to be a feisty eek curtainraiser on Friday. Claude Puel steered Nice to fourth in his first season in charge, but a dalliance with relegation followed by last season's midtable finish hardly suggested the southcoast outfit would challenge for a UEFA Champions eague qualifying place this time round, particularly this late in the season. Yet, Puel's men find themselves handily placed in third coming into the final straight of the campaign. However, with Stade Rennais FC only three points back in eighth and Nice having recorded just a single win in their last five outings, they will hope to lay down a marker for their rivals for a topthree finish as they kick off the weekend's action. The return from a lengthy injuryenforced layoff of forward Alassane Pléa, who sustained a meniscus problem shortly after the defeat of SC Bastia in September and did not return until midfebruary, is a major boost, particularly given the hamstring injury to Hatem ben Arfa that has sidelined the club's top scorer since the eek derby with AS Monaco and will do so again on Friday. "His return will do us good, and me too," said Valére Germain of Pléa, who will likely be paired with the former Olympique yonnais man up front against the Corsican visitors. "He's coming back for the runin, and I hope that for him and for us that he'll have a great end to the season. He brings his movement, and attracts defenders to him a bit more than I do. It's an extra attacking option, and the more of us there are, the more chaos it creates for opponents." Pléa's ability to create and take chances will be useful against a Bastia side that boasts the sixthbest defensive record in the division. The Corsican club, who recently replaced Ghislain Printant with François Ciccolini as coach, are only six points clear of the bottom three, but only seven adrift of their eek opponents, despite being in th place. Their season could go either way, and to ensure a happy ending they will have to improve their woeful away form. No igue team has picked up fewer points on their travels this season than Bastia, while they have won just once 'on the road' all term. That was in their last game, though, as they defeated Stade de Reims in eek, which was followed by the postponement of their eek encounter with FC Nantes. Added to that, a run of backtoback wins and three victories in their last four league outings suggests the runin could be enjoyable for their passionate supporters, and those fans will have an extrawide smile on their faces if their team can overcome Nice with whom they have a heated rivalry. "e know the importance of the game for our fans," admitted defender Mathieu Peybernes, who was in the side that won in Reims courtesy of a Floyd Ayité goal. "It'll be an opportunity to test ourselves against a good team. e really want to make up for the defeat we suffered in the home game against them. e want to bring something back with us. e'll have to transfer the values we showed at Reims to Nice. e'll have to let ourselves go with the same determination." // igue de Football Professionnel / igue.com

eek OGC Nice SC Bastia OGC Nice SC Bastia HISTORY: Of the igue meetings between the duo in Nice, OGC Nice have won and SC Bastia three. AST SEASON: Floyd Ayité (') scored the only goal as Bastia triumphed in Nice last season in the eek fixture. Bastia won the home fixture in eek after Carlos Eduardo (') had put Nice ahead, Guillaume Gillet (') and Giovanni Sio (') struck. Nice's Grégoire Puel (') and Souleymane iawara (') were both sent off, the latter for a second bookable offence. Bastia's win in Nice last season was their first since September (). THIS SEASON: Nice triumphed in Corsica in eek. Gaël anic put the hosts in front ('), but Nampalys Mendy ('), Valère Germain (') and Saïd Benrahma (+') ensured the visitors took the points. OGC NICE GENERA: Nice are in third place coming into eek on points ( ). They are points off leaders PSG and eight behind secondplaced Monaco. They are only ahead of fourthplaced AS SaintEtienne on goal difference (+ to +), and just three points clear of eighthplaced Stade Rennais FC. This time last season, Nice were th on points. Nice drew with Girondins de Bordeaux in eek. Nice team v Bordeaux (): Cardinale; Ricardo Pereira, Baysse, e Marchand, Pied; N. Mendy; Koziello (alter '), Bodmer, Seri; Germain (Ranieri '), Pléa (Caddy ') They have won three of their eight league games since the turn of the year, and only losing at SM Caen in eek () and at Monaco in eek (). However, they are winless in three, drawing their last two, and have just one win in their last five ( ). Nice saw an impressive run of four straight wins scoring goals in the process come to a surprise halt as they were beaten at GFC Ajaccio in eek. Nice finished th in igue last season with points, two points behind Stade Rennais FC in ninth and three points above FC Nantes in th. They have finished in the bottom half in five of the last six seasons, the exception being when they came fourth in. ast season, apart from the first two weeks, Nice were never higher than seventh while they were never lower than th. Coming into eek, Nice were jointthirdhighest scorers in igue with goals, behind PSG's, Monaco's and level with FC orient. Ben Arfa has a PB goals while Valère Germain has eight goals. Vincent Koziello has scored three times. es Aiglons scored goals last season, giving them the joint thbest attack. They scored three goals or more on five separate occasions, including in a stunning win at EA Guingamp in eek. They failed to score at all in games. Carlos Eduardo was Nice's leading scorer last season with igue goals, five of which came in the Guingamp game. JeanMichael Seri and Germain have provided a teamhigh four assists this season. Alassane Pléa provided seven assists, while Carlos Eduardo, Valentin Eysseric and Bauthéac each laid on four goals last season. Nice have conceded goals, the jointeighthbest record. The goalless draw with OSC in eek was their first clean sheet of the season. They then went two further games without conceding, but have just three clean sheets ( v Montpellier in k, v Toulouse in k, v Bordeaux in k) in their last league games. Claude Puel's side conceded goals last season. Only seven clubs let in more. They kept ten clean sheets and conceded three or more goals on five separate occasions, including in a defeat in SaintEtienne in eek. Nampalys Mendy, Seri and Germain have featured in all games to date. Nice have been shown four red cards in igue this season: Olivier Boscagli (k v Monaco), Maxime e Marchand (k v SaintEtienne), Mouez Hassen (k v Toulouse), Niklas Hult (k v PSG) HOME FORM: Nice are eighth in the home form table with points from games ( ). // igue de Football Professionnel / igue.com

eek OGC Nice SC Bastia They have scored goals and conceded at home. Only five teams have scored more goals at home than Nice. Seven teams have better defensive records than Claude Puel's men. Nice are unbeaten in their last five home matches, winning fourinarow before drawing with OM () in eek. ast season Nice were th in the home table with points (,, ). Nice are ninth in the attendance table with an average of,. COUPE E A IGUE: Nice went out on penalties to Guingamp on ecember after it had finished after minutes. Alexandre Mendy (', ') scored both Nice goals. Yannis Salibur (', ') scored the Guingamp goals, the first following up after he had had a penalty saved. Jérémy Pied, Olivier Boscagli and Maxime e Marchand were the Nice players to miss in the shootout. Younousse Sankharé and Jonas össl missed for Guingamp. Nice won at SM Caen on October in the round of. Alexandre Mendy (', +') scored both goals after Andy elort (') had put the hosts in front. COUPE E NCE: Nice were knocked out in the Round of by Stade Rennais FC. After the pair had drawn after extratime, Rennes came through on penalties. Alexandre Mendy (') had opened the scoring before a Ben Arfa penalty (') took the tie to a shootout. allyson and Gautier loris missed their spotkicks, while Nice's Vincent Koziello was sent off ('). INTER TRANSFERS IN: alter (Nancy), Bosetti (Tours FC, end of loan) OUT: Benrahma (Angers SCO, loan), Vercauteren (KVC esterlo, BE, loan), Constant (Fréjus), Rafetraniaina (Red Star FC), Bosetti (Sarpsborg, NOR, loan) SUMMER TRANSFERS IN: Hatem Ben Arfa (free); JeanMichaël Seri from Paços de Ferreira (POR); Maxime e Marchand from e Havre AC; Valère Germain on loan from AS Monaco; Paul Baysse on loan from AS SaintEtienne; Jérémy Pied from EA Guingamp (loan ended); ucas Rougeaux from ET FC Fréjus SaintRaphaël (loan ended); Alexandre Mendy from Nîmes Olympique (loan ended). OUT: idier igard to Real Betis Balompié (ESP); Jordan Amavi to Aston Villa (ENG); Joris elle to RC ens; loyd Palun to Red Star FC; Grégoire Puel, Souleymane iawara, Moussa M'Bow, Xavier Pentecôte, Fabien ao Castellana, Jordan Astier all released; Alexy Bosetti on loan to Tours FC; Carlos Eduardo to FC Porto (POR) (loan ended). TEAM NES: Top scorer Ben Arfa was hurt in the eek derby at Monaco on February (hamstring) and will miss four to five weeks. SC BASTIA GENERA: SCB came into eek in th place on points ( ) from games their game in hand is their eek encounter with FC Nantes, which will be played on March. They are six points clear of the relegation zone and only seven behind their eek opponents. Bastia sat in th place over the winter break with points, three points clear of the relegation zone and three points behind Olympique de Marseille in th. This time last season, Bastia were th with points, four points above the bottom three. In their last league outing, Bastia won away to Stade de Reims, Ayité (') got the only goal of the game. The Bastia lineup against Reims (): Vincensini; Cioni (Keita '), Modesto, Peybernes, Marange; Mostefa, Cahuzac; Ayité (anic '), iallo (Kamano '), Palmieri; Brandao Bastia have won their last two league games and have triumphed in three of the last four ( ). They would be ninth on points ( ) with a game in hand on almost everyone ahead of them if the league had started in January. They have scored just goals in games this season. Only two sides, OSC () and ESTAC (), have scored fewer goals. // igue de Football Professionnel / igue.com

eek OGC Nice SC Bastia They have netted three goals on two separate occasions but have failed to score in eight matches, including in all three league defeats since the turn of the year. Ayité has a teamhigh seven goals. anic and Brandao have three apiece. anic has four assists while Ayité has provided three. The Corsicans have conceded goals, with only five clubs letting in more. They have kept ten clean sheets, including in all four wins in, and have conceded three or more goals on two occasions. anic has made appearances while Julian Palmieri has featured in matches. Bastia have picked up nine red cards this season, a tally only outstripped by Toulouse FC's ten: Brandão (v Stade Rennais FC, k ), Alexander jiku, François Kamano (both v AS SaintEtienne, k ), Kamano again (v Olympique yonnais, k ), Seko Fofana (v Montpellier Hérault SC, k), Floyd Ayité and Yannick Cahuzac (v En Avant Guingamp, k ), Gilles Cioni (v Olympique yonnais, k) and Jeanouis eca (v ESTAC Troyes, k) AAY FORM: Bastia have the worst away record in the top flight with just seven points from trips ( ). Their sole away win of the campaign came in eek when they triumphed at Reims (). They had lost all three away games in prior to that, failing to score in any of them. They have scored a low six goals, conceding times away. The Corsicans have avoided defeat this season by drawing at FC orient (, k ), OSC ille (, k ), FC Nantes (, k ) and ESTAC Troyes (, k ) before beating Stade de Reims (, k). Bastia had gone away igue matches without a win since beating Stade Rennais FC on May last year before their victory in Reims. COUPE E NCE: Bastia were knocked out in the Round of, losing at home to FC SochauxMontbéliard. François Kamano got Bastia's goal before they succumbed to a ndminute winner. They had beaten thirdtier CS Sedan with goals from Brandão (') and Gaël anic (+') in the Round of, their first competitive fixture of the year. COUPE E A IGUE: Runnersup last season, Bastia were knocked out at the first hurdle this time, losing at home to Stade Rennais FC in the round of on October. JANUARY TRANSFERS IN: None. OUT: None. TEAM NES: Palmieri serves a onematch ban. OGC Nice Founded in, Nice were crowned French champions four times in the s (, ', ' and '). They also netted two Coupes de France in and ' before adding a third in. In, they lost the Coupe de la igue final to Nancy at the Stade de France,. The club is participating in its th consecutive igue season since returning to the top flight in. Nice ended the campaign in th place. They had finished the previous season in th having come fourth in the campaign, which was their best placing since finishing runnersup in. Claude Puel took over as coach in May and led the club to Europa eague qualification in his first season. The former ille and O coach led Monaco to the title in. Puel spent a year out of the game following three trophyless seasons at O, // igue de Football Professionnel / igue.com

eek OGC Nice SC Bastia though he did guide the club to both second place in and the Champions eague semifinals in. Carlos Eduardo finished as last season's leading scorer with ten goals, though five of those came in the win at En Avant Guingamp in eek in October. The Brazilian midfielder's haul saw him join Just Fontaine as the only Nice players to have scored five goals in a single game Fontaine registered a quintuple in the defeat of RC ens in January. The Côte d'azur club replaced their Stade Municipal du Ray ground with a new stadium, the Allianz Riviera, early in the season. The million Euro venue boasts a near, seat capacity and will serve as one of the ten stadia hosting matches at EURO. Businessman JeanPierre Rivère replaced Gilbert Stellardo as the club's president and majority shareholder in the summer of. Stellardo had been the majority shareholder since, and president since. SC Bastia Founded in, Sporting Club de Bastia are in their rd topflight campaign. They first appeared in the elite in. ast season, Bastia finished th and reached the Coupe de la igue final, losing to Paris SaintGermain. Bastia have been secondtier champions twice, but their only major trophy success is the Coupe de France in, when they beat SaintEtienne in the final with Cameroon great Roger Milla among the scorers. After a bestever thirdplace finish in, I Turchini also reached the UEFA Cup final in, losing on aggregate to utch side PSV Eindhoven. Their,capacity Stade ArmandCesari is in Furiani, just outside Bastia, and was the scene of one of Europe's worst stadium disasters when, on May, a temporary stand collapsed prior to the Coupe de France semifinal against Olympique de Marseille, killing fans and injuring more than two thousand. François Ciccolini replaced Ghislain Printant as coach in late January with the side th, three points above the relegation zone. Ciccolini, who had been one of Printant's assistants, is in charge until the end of the season. Previously in charge of Bastia's youth academy and reserve team, Ciccolini had a first spell at the helm of the first team during the season, but left the role with four games of the campaign remaining. The Corsican club were eventually relegated, finishing secondfrombottom. Printant was promoted from his role as the club's youth academy director when Claude Makelele was sacked in November. A goalkeeper during a very modest playing career, Printant was initially appointed on an interim basis before being handed a twoyear contract in the spring of. As well as Milla, notable former Bastia players include Johnny Rep, Claude Papi, ubomir Moravcik, ragan zajic and Michael Essien. // igue de Football Professionnel / igue.com

eek OGC Nice SC Bastia KEY STATISTICS : OGC NICE SC BASTIA OGC Nice SC Bastia HOME STATISTICS AAY STATISTICS th th / /.. in(s) raw(s) oss(es) GF GA.. Yellow card(s) Red card(s) Form Guide Standings Points tally / Total possible Points per game Goals per game FIRST GOA SCORE hen... OGC Nice score first SC Bastia score first in(s) raw(s) oss(es) hen... OGC Nice concede first SC Bastia concede first in(s) raw(s) oss(es) // igue de Football Professionnel / igue.com

eek OGC Nice SC Bastia OFFICIAS : OGC NICE SC BASTIA Referee Antony GAUTIER Referee's assitants Mickaël ANNONIER Philippe JEANNE Fourth official Sylvain PAHIES elegate aniel CAUCHIE elegate's assistants Guy CAMUS Antony GAUTIER Nationality French ate of birth // Age Height, m eight kg igue Nord Pas de Calais Rank Federal Referee Season / Number of games officiated YC RC igue igue Number of games officiated YC RC igue igue Coupe de la igue Season / // igue de Football Professionnel / igue.com

eek OGC Nice SC Bastia PAYERS USE OGC NICE IGUE No Name Nat OB Pld St Sub Gls Ass YC RC Min Gardien Mouez HASSEN // Simon POUPIN // Yoan CARINAE // Andréa GAMBETTA // éfenseur Gautier ORIS // Paul BAYSSE // Kévin GOMIS // Maxime E MARCHAN // Ricardo PEREIRA POR // Mathieu BOMER // Romain GENEVOIS // Jonathan CORREIA // Olivier BOSCAGI // Milieu Jean Michael SERI IVO // Mahamane TRAORE // Hatem BEN ARFA // Albert RAFETRANIAINA // Niklas HUT SUE // Rémi ATER // allyson MAMANN BRE // Stéphan RAHERIHARIMANANA MG // Nampalys MENY // Vincent KOZIEO // Attaquant Mickaël E BIHAN // Alassane PEA // Alexandre MENY // Valère GERMAIN // orian CAY // Jérémy PIE // Franck HONORAT // For players that arrived during the season, the statistics only take into account matches played for OGC Nice // igue de Football Professionnel / igue.com

eek OGC Nice SC Bastia PAYERS USE SC BASTIA IGUE No Name Nat OB Pld St Sub Gls Ass YC RC Min Gardien Jesper HANSEN AN // Jeanouis ECA // Thomas VINCENSINI // éfenseur Sébastien SQUIACI // Julian PAMIERI // Mathieu PEYBERNES // FrançoisJoseph MOESTO // Alexander JIKU // Yassine JEBBOUR // Florian MARANGE // Gilles CIONI // Milieu Seko FOFANA // Floyd AYITE // Gaël ANIC // Abdoulaye KEITA MAI // Mehdi MOSTEFA // Yannick CAHUZAC // Axel NGANO // Christopher MABOUOU // assana COUIBAY MAI // Attaquant Sadio IAO GUI // Florian RASPENTINO // BRANAO // François KAMANO GUI // For players that arrived during the season, the statistics only take into account matches played for SC Bastia // igue de Football Professionnel / igue.com

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eek OGC Nice SC Bastia TOP SCORERS : OGC NICE Rk Name Gls Pen Pld Mins Hatem BEN ARFA Valère GERMAIN Vincent KOZIEO Alassane PEA Saïd BENRAHMA Jean Michael SERI Mickaël E BIHAN Mahamane TRAORE Olivier BOSCAGI Nampalys MENY Alexandre MENY Romain GENEVOIS Niklas HUT Mathieu BOMER Maxime E MARCHAN GOAS SCORE PER MINUTES First Half ' ' ' Stoppage Time Second Half ' ' ' Stoppage Time GOAS CONCEE PER MINUTES First Half ' ' ' Stoppage Time Second Half ' ' ' Stoppage Time // igue de Football Professionnel / igue.com

eek OGC Nice SC Bastia TOP SCORERS : SC BASTIA Rk Name Gls Pen Pld Mins Floyd AYITE Gaël ANIC BRANAO Julian PAMIERI Sébastien SQUIACI Julien ROMAIN Sadio IAO Seko FOFANA assana COUIBAY Florian RASPENTINO François KAMANO GOAS SCORE PER MINUTES First Half ' ' ' Stoppage Time Second Half ' ' ' Stoppage Time GOAS CONCEE PER MINUTES First Half ' ' ' Stoppage Time Second Half ' ' ' Stoppage Time // igue de Football Professionnel / igue.com

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eek OGC Nice SC Bastia SCHEUE IGUE EEK Friday, February, : OGC Nice SC Bastia Saturday, February, : Montpellier Hérault SC OSC Saturday, February, : ESTAC Troyes FC orient Saturday, February, : EA Guingamp Angers SCO Saturday, February, : Toulouse FC Stade Rennais FC Saturday, February, : Stade de Reims Girondins de Bordeaux Sunday, February, : FC Nantes AS Monaco Sunday, February, : AS SaintEtienne SM Caen Sunday, February, : GFC Ajaccio Olympique de Marseille Sunday, February, : Olympique yonnais Paris SaintGermain UPCOMING MATCHES IGUE EEK Friday, March, : SM Caen AS Monaco Saturday, March, : Paris SaintGermain Montpellier Hérault SC Saturday, March, : OSC Stade de Reims Saturday, March, : OGC Nice ESTAC Troyes Saturday, March, : Girondins de Bordeaux GFC Ajaccio Saturday, March, : Angers SCO AS SaintEtienne Saturday, March, : SC Bastia FC orient Sunday, March, : Olympique de Marseille Toulouse FC Sunday, March, : Stade Rennais FC FC Nantes Sunday, March, : Olympique yonnais EA Guingamp // igue de Football Professionnel / igue.com

eek OGC Nice SC Bastia STANINGS IGUE AT THE EN OF ROUN OF Rk Club Pts P GF GA +/ Paris SaintGermain AS Monaco OGC Nice AS SaintEtienne Olympique yonnais FC Nantes SM Caen Stade Rennais FC Angers SCO Girondins de Bordeaux Olympique de Marseille OSC FC orient SC Bastia Montpellier Hérault SC EA Guingamp Stade de Reims GFC Ajaccio Toulouse FC ESTAC Troyes // igue de Football Professionnel / igue.com

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eek OGC Nice SC Bastia Press Kit egend No Shirt Number Nat Nationality Pld Number of games played St Number of games started Sub Number of substitute appearances Gls Number of goals scored YC Number of Yellow Cards RC Number of red cards MIN Number of minutes played For any questions concerning the PRESS KIT, please contact the irector of Communications at the FP. The igue, igue and Coupe de la igue Press Kits are available in the week leading up to matches in the Media Centre of ligue.com ( http://www.ligue.com/espacemedia/ )