With 48 hours to go until the visit of MHSC (on Sunday at 3pm), Lucien Favre provided an update to the press on the availability of his squad.  

The Nice coach confirmed it: Mario Balotelli, who was absent last weekend at Angers (1-1) should make his return to the squad. On the other hand, the coach cast some doubt over the availability of two other members of his squad: "Wylan (Cyprien) hasn't played for two weeks (since the draw with Rennes, 1-1). After a week without training, he has been able to train this week, but not with the squad. He will only join up with the squad tomorrow, so we will see. As far as Maxime Le Marchand is concerned, he came back to training this morning, that's it." 

Christophe Jallet is still unavailable.