While Nantes booked a direct ticket to the group stage due to their Coupe de France triumph last season, Olympiacos’s journey has been pretty long.
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Nantes will hope to put their recent domestic struggles behind them when they take on Olympiacos in their opening game of the Europa League. Their path to the group stages of the competition is contrasting. While Nantes booked a direct ticket to the group stage due to their Coupe de France triumph last season, Olympiacos’s journey has been pretty long. They had to overcome the qualifying rounds in the summer in order to seal a spot in the group phase.
| Nantes vs Olympiacos | Key details |
| Date | September 8th |
| Venue | Stade de la Beaujoire |
| Kickoff time in India | 12:30 am (Friday) |
| Kickoff time in France | 9:00 pm (Thursday) |
| Kickoff time in Greece | 10:00 pm (Thursday) |
The Greek giants failed to seal a Champions League ticket and in the end, had to fight hard to secure a Europa League spot. They got past Slovan Bratislava and Apollon in penalty shootouts to qualify for the group stages. In their domestic league, Olympiacos are sitting second with seven points from three matches. Meanwhile, Nantes have been struggling big time this season. They are placed 13th in the Ligue 1 table, having managed just six points from six games.
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There are a few absentees and injury doubtful players both sides have to keep an eye on ahead of this clash. Moussa Sissoko, Quentin Merlin and Moses Simon are set to miss this match for Nantes, while Jean-Charles Castelletto’s participation is not fully clear. Fabio, who got a red card at the weekend Ligue 1 match, should be available for the Europa League game. Meanwhile, Mathieu Valbuena and Sime Vrsaljko are set to miss the match for Olympiacos. Besides, Ousseynou Ba will be absent due to suspension. However, new signing and former Real Madrid left-back Marcelo could be involved in this match.
Nantes possible line-up: Lafont, Castelletto, Girotto, Pallois, Fabio, Chirivella, Moutoussamy, Appiah, Blas, Guessand, Ganago
Olympiacos possible line-up: Vaclik, Pipa, Retsos, Manolas, Reabciuk; Bouchalakis, M’Vila, Biel, Masouras, de la Fuente, Hwang
The Europa League match between Nantes and Olympiacos will take place at Stade de la Beaujoire on Friday at 12:30 am IST.
The live telecast of the Europa League match between Nantes and Olympiacos is available on Canal+ Sport, W9, RMC Sport en direct, Molotov, Free in France; and Cosmote Sport 2 HD in Greece.
