Tonight’s first leg of the Ligue 1 promotion-relegation playoff brings AS Saint-Étienne and OGC Nice head-to-head at Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium. Both Senegalese internationals, goalkeeper Yehvann Diouf and defender Antoine Mendy, are set to start for the visitors from the Côte d’Azur.
Nice chase Ligue 1 lifeline after cup final heartbreak
The Aiglons arrive in Saint-Étienne on the back of a heartbreaking defeat in the Coupe de France final against RC Lens. Now they must turn their attention to the Ligue 2 side that currently sits third in France’s second tier. A positive result on the road will give Nice a crucial advantage before the return leg.
Diouf and Mendy ready to anchor Nice’s comeback hopes
With Diouf between the posts and Mendy marshalling the defence from the first whistle, Nice’s Senegalese duo will be central to their survival mission. The Nice players know a single slip-up could hand Saint-Étienne the upper hand in this high-stakes two-legged tie.
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