Nice v Krasnodar background

Krasnodar will play in the UEFA Europa League round of 32 whatever the result of their matchday six trip to Nice, who are aiming to climb off the foot of Group I.

• With Schalke having won all five games so far, Krasnodar sit second on seven points, three above Salzburg, with Nice a further point behind. The Russian side are through as they have a head-to-head advantage over Salzburg.

• Bottom team Nice will finish third if they win and Salzburg fail to pick up three points at home to Schalke.

Previous meetings
• Krasnodar triumphed 5-2 on matchday two in what was Nice's maiden encounter with Russian opponents.

• Krasnodar's sole previous experience of French opposition came in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League group stage, where they drew 1-1 home and away against LOSC Lille.

Form guide
• Nice have lost both Group I home matches to date and have yet to score a UEFA competition goal at their new stadium.

• Krasnodar have scored just once in their last three European away games.

• Nice's maiden UEFA group stage foray is already fated to end in elimination.

• The Russian outfit have progressed to the last 32 for the second season running after missing out in their debut group stage campaign in 2014/15.

Links and trivia
• The journey from Krasnodar to Nice is about 2,500km.

• With 100 infringements committed against them, Nice are by some distance the most fouled side in this season's group stage – their nearest rivals Shakhtar have been fouled a mere 86 times.

• Krasnodar's Burkina Faso international midfielder Charles Kaboré played in France for Libourne-Saint-Seurin and Marseille early in his career.

The coaches
• Lucien Favre took charge of Nice this summer. Twice a title winner with Zürich in his native Switzerland, he made a positive impression in Germany with Hertha Berlin and Mönchengladbach. He was capped 24 times as a midfielder.

• Igor Shalimov stepped in to take temporary command of Krasnodar on 13 September following Oleg Kononov's resignation. The former USSR, CIS and Russia midfielder, who helped Internazionale lift the 1994 UEFA Cup, had been on Kononov's staff, helping the club's strikers.

Chapecoense commemoration
Teams taking part in all of the matchday six UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League fixtures will observe a minute's silence to pay respect to the victims of last week's air disaster involving the Chapecoense team and accompanying delegation.

The Brazilian club lost most of their players and coaching staff in the accident, which occurred in Colombia, where Chapecoense were due to play the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final against Atlético Nacional.

"European football is united in expressing its deepest sympathy to Chapecoense, the Brazilian Football Confederation [CBF], CONMEBOL and the families of all the victims," said UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin. "This tragedy has shaken the world of football, and we would like to send our support to all of those affected by it."