H2H: Slavia Prague vs OGC Nice – Prediction (Europa League

H2H: Slavia v Nice – Comparison.

Peter Olayinka has scored the opening goal in two of Slavia’s last three European matches. Meanwhile, Nice’s Amine Gouiri has scored his team’s first goal – before HT – in both of their UEL fixtures this term. Nice have never drawn a UEL game (W7, L11).

Slavia Insights.

This group couldn’t be any tighter with all four teams sitting on three points after Slavia Prague defied the odds last time out, beating Bayer Leverkusen at home thanks to an 80th minute strike, and despite an imperfect build-up to this game due to the suspension of the Czech top flight as a consequence of Covid-19. With that result though, Slavia have now scored after the 60th minute in four of their last five competitive matches. At home, the Czech champions are unbeaten in 15 competitive matches (W11, D4), a run that includes an impressive 12 clean sheets. In fact they haven’t conceded at home in their last four UEFA Europa League (UEL) group stage games, but have still won only five of their previous 13 home fixtures in this tournament proper (W5, D4, L4).

Nice Insights.

Nice recovered from their joint-heaviest UEFA competition defeat (6-2 versus Leverkusen) as they recorded a 1-0 win at home on matchday two. However the four second-half goals they conceded at Leverkusen highlighted defensive issues after HT, as seen further from the fact all three competitive away games in which Nice have conceded this season, saw them ship more goals in the second half than first. Visiting boss Patrick Vieira will undoubtedly be worried about that trend continuing, as Nice have lost four straight road trips in this tournament, conceding five goals after the 75th minute across those defeats. However they do travel here after scoring 2+ goals, and netting in both halves, in three straight competitive away games (W2, L1).