Lorient
Right-back Lamine Gassama has joined Majeed Waris on the sidelines through suspension, which means that Pape Paye will earn his second start of the season.
Vincent Le Goff is expected to return at left-back while Raphaël Guerreiro moves to a more attacking position on the left flank, as it has often been the case against an attack-minded outfit this term.
Sylvain Ripoll is still sweating on the fitness of top goalscorer Benjamin Moukandjo, who has been struggling with a knee injury of late.
Nice
Alassane Pléa, Mickaël Le Bihan and Mahamane Traoré are still missing for les Aiglons due to injury.
They were joined on the sidelines by Hatem Ben Arfa, who has been unable to recover from a virus in time to join his teammates to Brittany.
Goalkeeper Yoann Cardinale will deputise at Mouez Hassen and Simon Pouplin's expenses, who will miss out through suspension and injury respectively.
Claude Puel may give another chance to his 3-5-2 formation as it was promptly abandoned due to Mouez Hassen's red card at the weekend.
Prediction
Lorient failed to bounce back from their 2-1 home defeat to PSG after they shared the spoils against promoted side GFC Ajaccio, against whom Sylvain Ripoll's men will have been satisfied to avoid defeat given their disappointing display in Corsica.
L'OGC Nice, meanwhile, missed yet another opportunity to reach a more ambitious spot in Ligue 1 on Saturday as they slipped to their second defeat on the road against relegation-battling Toulouse.
Claude Puel's side have been unpredictable of late and, while this should be an entertaining match between two technical sides, les Aiglons may not have the means to grab all 3 points without Hatem Ben Arfa here.
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