This campaign has been a rollercoaster for these contenders so far, highs and lows leading to mid-table positions so far. Clear the decks for Nice - Lorient!
- Nice have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Ligue 1
This football stadium uses the playing surface grass, unlike Lorient's home ground. The last 38 games by the away side on grass have given 8 wins, 12 draws and 18 losses.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Not a lot of time to rest for the home side, as they had a Europa Conference League match only three days ago. This match was also played here at Allianz Riviera. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Lorient have had more rest.
Nice form and stats
Nice have collected 20 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 5-5-3. Nice has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away).
Nice's previous fixture was a Europa Conference League game also played at home, ending 3-1 against Sheriff. The home team are looking to continue in that form. Midfield player Thuram got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, the max score being 10. Thuram served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 46 successful passes (of 47 total).
2-2 away at Nantes (after extra-time) before that.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Nice matches with similar probabilities have ended with 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats (from 9 games).
Nice has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Nice are not conceding a lot of goals here at Allianz Riviera in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 13 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Lorient form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
The Lorient goalkeeper Vito Mannone is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 212 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Lorient are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the fixture against Troyes (after extra-time) (placed 19th). Mannone (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.84. Mannone topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Lorient travelled to Olympique Lyonnais (after extra-time) and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Lorient playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 4 home wins.
Some info for sports bettors looking to bet on only one (or no) side scoring in this fixture: This club have played 5 consecutive league games with just one or no team finding the net.
Lorient are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 13 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Lorient rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have met earlier this season: Lorient - Nice 1-2. Head-to-head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Nice won five games, three matches ended in a draw and Lorient got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Laborde 7 goals |  N. Pépé 6 goals |
Nice missing players
Lorient missing players
| Nice | Lorient | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 36 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 19 | 40 |
| 24 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 21 | 36 |
| 89% | 85% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 92% | 89% |
| 63% | 54% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 69% | 74% |
| 41% | 31% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | 63% |
| 15% | 15% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 46% | 33% |
| 7% | 15% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 15% | 11% |
| 52% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 69% | 63% |
| 33% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 23% | 26% |
| 26% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 15% | 22% |
| 4.4 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.6 | 14.1 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 11.2 | 11.7 |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 28% | 25% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 37% | 32% |
| 11.8 | 10.9 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.3 | 17.1 | 15.3 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.5 | 5 |
- Nice have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Ligue 1
- Nice have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSG | 27 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 68 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 11 | 42 | 66 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 24 | 56 |
| 3 | Lens | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 23 | 54 |
| 4 | Monaco | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 18 | 51 |
| 5 | Rennes | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 29 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 47 |
| 6 | Lille | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 49 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 46 |
| 7 | Nice | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 43 |
| 8 | Reims | 27 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 35 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 43 |
| 9 | Lorient | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 43 |
| 10 | Olympique Lyonnais | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 40 |
| 11 | Toulouse | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 43 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 25 | -3 | 35 |
| 12 | Clermont | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | -12 | 34 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 27 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 42 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -4 | 33 |
| 14 | Nantes | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -7 | 29 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 27 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -14 | 23 |
| 16 | Brest | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -16 | 23 |
| 17 | Auxerre | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 49 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -26 | 23 |
| 18 | Ajaccio | 27 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 28 | -28 | 21 |
| 19 | Troyes | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 59 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 39 | -23 | 20 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 27 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 60 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 30 | -39 | 10 |
