In the match of the 14th round of the French championship, Lorient will play at home against Nice. A few weeks ago, the latter was still in contention for a spot in European competitions but significantly complicated its situation with a series of losses. After a victory over Lille (2:0), the 'Eagles' lost to PSG (0:1), Freiburg (1:3) in the Europa League, Metz (1:2), Marseille (1:5), and this week succumbed to Porto (0:3) in a European cup. As a result, Nice found itself in tenth place, with an equal number of points with Toulouse, four points behind Lyon, just one point ahead of Angers, and two points ahead of Paris, and three ahead of Le Havre. Lorient, on the other hand, is in the relegation playoff zone, having an equal number of points with Nantes and Metz, two points ahead of Auxerre, and trailing Brest by the same two points, and Le Havre by three. The struggle is still ahead, and it is difficult to predict who will ultimately leave Ligue 1 by the end of the season. All teams are extremely unstable. Lorient has not won for a while. In the last round, they drew with Nantes (1:1), before that - with Toulouse (1:1), earlier they lost to Lens (0:3), shared points with PSG (1:1), and were weaker than Angers (0:2). As we can see, Lorient can give a fight even to decent opponents and regularly scores, although frustrating matches also happen. In the last match between these teams, Nice crushed Lorient with a score of 3:0, but in the previous home game against Nice, Lorient ended in a draw (1:1).