UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Ha Moshava - Petah Tikva Thursday 10 December 2020 18.55CET (19.55 local time) Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC Group C - Matchday 6 OGC Nice Last updated 09/12/2020 20:02CET

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1 Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC - OGC Nice Thursday 10 December 2020 - 18.55CET (19.55 local time) Match press kit Ha Moshava, Petah Tikva

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Avoiding finishing bottom of Group C is all that remains at stake for Hapoel Beer-Sheva and Nice as the curtain falls on both clubs' campaign.

• The two clubs were both eliminated on Matchday 5, Hapoel losing a fourth successive group encounter as they went down 3-0 at Slavia Praha while Nice were beaten 3-2 at home by Bayer Leverkusen – a result that led to the dismissal of the French club's coach Patrick Vieira. Hapoel need to win to leapfrog their opponents into third place, while one point will be enough for Nice, now led by Vieira's assistant Adrian Ursea, to stay there on account of their head-to- head advantage. Previous meetings • The Matchday 2 encounter between the teams – Hapoel's first UEFA match against a team from France, and Nice's first against Israeli opponents – went the way of the French side, Amine Gouiri scoring the only goal of the game midway through the first half. Form guide Hapoel • Fourth in the Israeli league in 2019/20, Hapoel secured European qualification for the seventh successive season by winning the Israeli State Cup, beating Maccabi Petach-Tikva 2-0 in the final. Last season's European adventure ended in the UEFA Europa League play-offs against Feyenoord (0-3 a, 0-3 h). • This season Josef Abukasis's side won their play-off tie, 1-0 at home to Viktoria Plzeň, following earlier qualifying phase successes against Dinamo Batumi (3-0 h), Laç (2-1 a) and Motherwell (3-0 h). Hapoel are therefore competing in the UEFA Europa League group stage for the third time, having previously participated in 2016/17 – when they beat Inter twice and reached the round of 32 – and 2017/18 – when they finished bottom of their group. • Hapoel's home record in the UEFA Europa League proper is W3 D1 L5 with one win – 3-1 against Slavia – and one defeat – 2-4 against Leverkusen – this season. Nice • After two years without European football, Nice qualified for a third appearance in the UEFA Europa League group stage after finishing fifth in the truncated 2019/20 campaign. • Les Aiglons finished bottom of their group in 2016/17 but progressed as runners-up the following year in a section comprising Lazio, Vitesse and Zulte Waregem before going out to Lokomotiv Moskva (2-3 h, 0-1 a) in the round of 32. • Nice have lost six of their eight away fixtures in the UEFA Europa League group stage. Their last five games on the road in the competition have all ended in defeat, including 6-2 at Leverkusen and 3-2 at Slavia this term. Links and trivia • Hapoel's Gaëtan Varenne was born in France and played briefly for Bastia after starting his career with French amateur side Cournon. • Gouiri scored in all of Nice's first four Group C fixtures before drawing a blank last time out at home to Leverkusen. The 20-year-old had never scored a European goal prior to this season. • Nice have played more matches in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final, without registering a draw (19) than any other club.

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Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers UEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.

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