Nice manager Claude Puel has selected Nampalys Mendy ahead of Valentin Eysseric in midfield for tonight's Ligue 1 encounter at home to rock-bottom Sochaux.

Dario Cvitanich starts as the lone striker in a 4-5-1 system, with Eric Bautheac, Gregoire Puel, Christian Bruls and Didier Digard forming the midfield.

Sochaux boss Herve Renard has gone for Roy Contout and Emmanuel Mayuka up front, with Pierre-Alain Frau, Cedric Bakambu and Sanjin Prcic options from the bench.

Cedric Kante, Mathieu Peybernes and Lionel Zouma form the back three.

Nice: Ospina, Kolodzieczak, Pejcinovic, Bodmer, Genevois, Digard, Bruls, Bautheac, Puel, Mendy, Cvitanich

Sochaux: Cros, Kante, Peybernes, Zouma, Corchia, Doubai, Carlao, Faussurier, Ilaimaharitra, Contout, Mayuka