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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Grand Stade de Nice - Nice Thursday 3 December 2020 21.00CET (21.00 local time) OGC Nice Group C - Matchday 5 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Last updated 26/02/2021 12:21CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 7 Squad list 9 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 15 Match officials 17 Legend 18 1 OGC Nice - Bayer 04 Leverkusen Thursday 3 December 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Grand Stade de Nice, Nice Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Amiri 11, Alario 16, Diaby 61, Bellarabi Bayer 04 Leverkusen - OGC 22/10/2020 GS 6-2 Leverkusen 79, 83, Wirtz 87; Nice Gouiri 31, Claude- Maurice 90 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA OGC Nice 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 2 OGC Nice - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Konoplyanka 14, 24/11/2016 GS FC Schalke 04 - OGC Nice 2-0 Gelsenkirchen Aogo 80 (P) 15/09/2016 GS OGC Nice - FC Schalke 04 0-1 Nice Baba 75 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 26/07/2003 R3 SV Werder Bremen - OGC Nice Bremen Micoud 75 agg: 1-0 19/07/2003 R3 OGC Nice - SV Werder Bremen 0-0 Nice UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 4-0 D. Müller 22, Flohe 12/12/1973 R3 1. FC Köln - OGC Nice Cologne agg: 4-1 32, 83, Löhr 85 28/11/1973 R3 OGC Nice - 1. FC Köln 1-0 Nice Eriksson 70 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bayer 04 Leverkusen - AS Yurchenko 30, Brandt 07/12/2016 GS 3-0 Leverkusen Monaco FC 48, De Sanctis 82 (og) AS Monaco FC - Bayer 04 Glik 90+4; Hernández 27/09/2016 GS 1-1 Monaco Leverkusen 74 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bayer 04 Leverkusen - AS 26/11/2014 GS 0-1 Leverkusen Ocampos 72 Monaco FC AS Monaco FC - Bayer 04 16/09/2014 GS 1-0 Monaco João Moutinho 61 Leverkusen 2 OGC Nice - Bayer 04 Leverkusen Thursday 3 December 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Grand Stade de Nice, Nice UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Paris Saint-Germain - Bayer 04 2-1 Marquinhos 13, 12/03/2014 R16 Paris Leverkusen agg: 6-1 Lavezzi 53; Sam 6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Paris Matuidi 3, Ibrahimović 18/02/2014 R16 0-4 Leverkusen Saint-Germain 39 (P), 42, Cabaye 88 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Toulouse 25/10/2007 GS 1-0 Leverkusen Kiessling 35 FC UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 Voronin 36, Barbarez 14/03/2007 R16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - RC Lens Leverkusen agg: 4-2 56, Juan 70 Monterrubio 16, 08/03/2007 R16 RC Lens - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 Lens Cousin 69 (P); Haggui 51 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sebescen 45+2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Berbatov 52; Carrière 31/10/2001 GS1 2-4 Leverkusen Olympique Lyonnais 32, 38, Née 64, Govou 81 Olympique Lyonnais - Bayer 04 18/09/2001 GS1 0-1 Lyon Kirsten 75 Leverkusen UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bayer 04 Leverkusen - AS Beinlich 29, Meijer 57; 10/12/1997 GS 2-2 Leverkusen Monaco FC Pignol 63, Henry 81 AS Monaco FC - Bayer 04 Henry 30, 83, Ikpeba 01/10/1997 GS 4-0 Monaco Leverkusen 72, 90 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Nantes - Bayer 04 0-0 14/03/1995 QF Nantes Leverkusen agg: 1-5 Lehnhoff 9, Kirsten Bayer 04 Leverkusen - FC 28/02/1995 QF 5-1 Leverkusen 18, 88, Paulo Sérgio Nantes 79, 85; Ouédec 63 (P) UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Toulouse 1-0 04/11/1987 R2 Leverkusen Schreier 80 FC agg: 2-1 Toulouse FC - Bayer 04 Tarantini 68 (P); 21/10/1987 R2 1-1 Toulouse Leverkusen Schreier 33 3 OGC Nice - Bayer 04 Leverkusen Thursday 3 December 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Grand Stade de Nice, Nice Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA OGC Nice 3 1 1 1 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 5 3 14 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 10 6 1 3 8 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 18 7 4 7 28 25 4 OGC Nice - Bayer 04 Leverkusen Thursday 3 December 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Grand Stade de Nice, Nice Match background With defeats in three of their opening four fixtures, Nice are on the brink of elimination as they host a Bayer Leverkusen side who overcame them convincingly on Matchday 1 and now need just a point to ensure their presence in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase for the third season in a row. • With Leverkusen and Slavia Praha jointly topping the Group C standings on nine points, six ahead of both Nice and Hapoel Beer-Sheva, and set to meet at the BayArena on Matchday 6, the teams from Germany and the Czech Republic are in a commanding position to qualify. Previous meetings • The clubs met for the first time on Matchday 1, with Leverkusen making home advantage count by beating Nice 6-2 at the BayArena, a Karim Bellarabi double helping the German club to victory in a match that equalled the record for the most goals scored in a UEFA Europa League group fixture. • Nice's first ever encounter in the UEFA Europa League group stage, in 2016/17, was at home to a German club – a 0-1 defeat to Schalke. That is their only home defeat to German opposition in three such fixtures (W1 D1). • Leverkusen have won only one of their eight matches in France (D3 L4), 1-0 at Lyon in their opening group game of a 2001/02 UEFA Champions League campaign in which they went on to reach the final. They were on a run of three straight defeats in the country until they drew 1-1 at Monaco on their last visit, in the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League group stage. Form guide 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 Ligue 1 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's home record in the UEFA Europa League group stage is W4 L4, that balance maintained this season by a 1-0 win against Hapoel and a 1-3 defeat by Slavia. Leverkusen • Fifth place in the 2019/20 Bundesliga earned Leverkusen a return to the UEFA Europa League, where they reached the quarter-finals last season after finishing third in their UEFA Champions League group. They won both legs against Porto in the round of 32 (2-1 h, 3-1 a) and Rangers in the round of 16 (3-1 a, 1-0 h) before losing their last-eight encounter 2-1 to Internazionale in nearby Düsseldorf. They also reached the final of last season's DFB-Pokal, losing 4-2 to Bayern München. • This is the 1987/88 UEFA Cup winners' sixth appearance in the UEFA Europa League proper and fourth in the group stage. They have never failed to progress to the knockout phase, topping the group in their most recent participation two seasons ago ahead of Ludogorets, Zürich and AEK Larnaca. • The Werkself were undefeated in nine UEFA Europa League matches (W6 D3) until last season's quarter-final defeat by Inter. They have lost only four of their last 15 European away fixtures (W7 D4) and have an all-time away record in the UEFA Europa League group stage of W6 D2 L3. Links and trivia • Nice coach Patrick Vieira was in the Arsenal side that drew 1-1 at Leverkusen in the 2001/02 UEFA Champions League second group stage then won the return fixture 4-1, in which he scored the Gunners' third goal. • Leverkusen coach Peter Bosz was in charge of an Ajax side featuring Nice striker Kasper Dolberg in 2016/17. Leverkusen's Daley Sinkgraven was also an Ajax player throughout Dolberg's time in Amsterdam (2015–19). • Nice skipper Dante played in Germany for Borussia Mönchengladbach (2009–12), Bayern München (2012–15) and Wolfsburg (2015/16). The Brazilian defender won three Bundesliga titles, two German Cups, the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup with Bayern. Leverkusen's Mitchell Weiser was his team-mate at the Munich club. • Leverkusen winger Moussa Diaby is a French youth and Under-21 international who joined the club from Paris Saint- Germain in 2019.