Nice v Olympique Lyonnais betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 03.June
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Riviera (36178 seats)

This is match day, this is Ligue 1 and this is Nice - Olympique Lyonnais. Check out our full guide!

Insights:
  • Nice have the fewest matches over the total-line (14) in Ligue 1
  • Olympique Lyonnais have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Nice are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Olympique Lyonnais are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

Nice and Olympique Lyonnais should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Nice form and stats

6-7-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Nice so far this season.

Happy days for Nice in their previous game, a fixture away at Montpellier (placed 12th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. An impressive turnaround for Nice in the match against Montpellier as a 0-2 deficit was completely turned around to a 3-2 win. Laborde scored the final goal. Schmeichel loved the game against Montpellier. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-2 victory. Attacking player Laborde bested all the other footballers in that fixture and managed a match rating of 9.22 out of 10. Laborde scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.

In the match before that, Nice hosted Toulouse and drew the game 0-0.

Nice has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 18 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 17 from 18 matches.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

8 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Olympique Lyonnais playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.

Impressive finishing from Lacazette and Caqueret secured the home win 3-0 against Reims in their previous game. Which player has bagged at least one goal four matches in a row for the away side? The answer is Lacazette and that is quite the feat! Caqueret got a match rating of 8.01 in that game, top player of the team. Caqueret scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 39 successful passes (of 42 total).

Before that, Olympique Lyonnais secured a home win against Monaco with the score 3-1.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this team's 11 latest league matches have ended with at least three goals.

Lyon are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 29 times in 18 away games so far. Olympique Lyonnais have conceded 25 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: Olympique Lyonnais - Nice 1-1. Previous ten meetings with these squads: Nice won four, Olympique Lyonnais triumphed in five and we saw one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Olympique LyonnaisA. Lacazette
A. Lacazette
27 goals
NiceG. Laborde
G. Laborde
12 goals
NiceN. Pépé
N. Pépé
6 goals

Nice missing players

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nice Olympique Lyonnais
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 5 18 37
14 6 1 Won W 2 8 18
13 7 3 Drew D 1 3 8
10 5 1 Lost L 2 7 11
45 21 8 Scored S 7 29 64
36 17 4 Conceded C 8 25 44
89% 83% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 92%
65% 61% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 76%
38% 33% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 67% 62%
14% 11% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 33% 30%
8% 11% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 16%
51% 44% 60% BTTS BTTS 100% 72% 68%
30% 33% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 22%
30% 39% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 19%
 
5.1 5.9 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 3.7 4.9
4.1 4.1 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.6 4.3
1.4 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.3 1.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
13.8 14.9 16.8 Shots (avg) S ( 16.8 11.4 13.9
5.2 5.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.2 5 5.5
23% 23% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 32% 31%
 
11.7 10.8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 11.6 11.2
3.8 3.4 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.4 4.5 4.3
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Nice have the fewest matches over the total-line (14) in Ligue 1
  • Nice have the most matches under the total-line (23) in Ligue 1
  • Olympique Lyonnais have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 37 27 4 6 87 37 18 13 2 3 43 22 19 14 2 3 44 15 50 85
2 Lens 37 24 9 4 65 28 19 17 1 1 41 13 18 7 8 3 24 15 37 81
3 Olympique Marseille 37 22 7 8 67 39 19 10 4 5 35 24 18 12 3 3 32 15 28 73
4 Lille 37 19 9 9 64 43 19 13 4 2 40 25 18 6 5 7 24 18 21 66
5 Rennes 37 20 5 12 67 38 19 15 0 4 43 14 18 5 5 8 24 24 29 65
6 Monaco 37 19 8 10 69 56 18 9 3 6 36 31 19 10 5 4 33 25 13 65
7 Olympique Lyonnais 37 18 8 11 64 44 19 10 5 4 35 19 18 8 3 7 29 25 20 62
8 Clermont 37 16 8 13 42 47 19 9 3 7 20 28 18 7 5 6 22 19 -5 56
9 Nice 37 14 13 10 45 36 18 6 7 5 21 17 19 8 6 5 24 19 9 55
10 Lorient 37 14 10 13 50 52 18 8 4 6 24 20 19 6 6 7 26 32 -2 52
11 Reims 37 12 15 10 44 42 18 8 6 4 27 20 19 4 9 6 17 22 2 51
12 Montpellier 37 14 5 18 62 61 19 7 3 9 29 29 18 7 2 9 33 32 1 47
13 Toulouse 37 12 9 16 49 56 19 6 6 7 27 27 18 6 3 9 22 29 -7 45
14 Brest 37 11 11 15 43 52 18 7 5 6 23 24 19 4 6 9 20 28 -9 44
15 Strasbourg 37 9 13 15 50 57 19 5 7 7 25 26 18 4 6 8 25 31 -7 40
16 Auxerre 37 8 11 18 34 60 18 5 7 6 17 25 19 3 4 12 17 35 -26 35
17 Nantes 37 6 15 16 36 55 18 4 8 6 19 26 19 2 7 10 17 29 -19 33
18 Troyes 37 4 11 22 44 80 18 1 10 7 18 29 19 3 1 15 26 51 -36 23
19 Ajaccio 37 6 5 26 22 74 18 3 3 12 9 30 19 3 2 14 13 44 -52 23
20 Angers SCO 37 4 6 27 33 80 19 3 3 13 20 36 18 1 3 14 13 44 -47 18

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 37 27 4 6 87 37 18 13 2 3 43 22 19 14 2 3 44 15 50 85
2 Lens 37 24 9 4 65 28 19 17 1 1 41 13 18 7 8 3 24 15 37 81
3 Olympique Marseille 37 22 7 8 67 39 19 10 4 5 35 24 18 12 3 3 32 15 28 73
4 Lille 37 19 9 9 64 43 19 13 4 2 40 25 18 6 5 7 24 18 21 66
5 Rennes 37 20 5 12 67 38 19 15 0 4 43 14 18 5 5 8 24 24 29 65
6 Monaco 37 19 8 10 69 56 18 9 3 6 36 31 19 10 5 4 33 25 13 65
7 Olympique Lyonnais 37 18 8 11 64 44 19 10 5 4 35 19 18 8 3 7 29 25 20 62
8 Clermont 37 16 8 13 42 47 19 9 3 7 20 28 18 7 5 6 22 19 -5 56
9 Nice 37 14 13 10 45 36 18 6 7 5 21 17 19 8 6 5 24 19 9 55
10 Lorient 37 14 10 13 50 52 18 8 4 6 24 20 19 6 6 7 26 32 -2 52
11 Reims 37 12 15 10 44 42 18 8 6 4 27 20 19 4 9 6 17 22 2 51
12 Montpellier 37 14 5 18 62 61 19 7 3 9 29 29 18 7 2 9 33 32 1 47
13 Toulouse 37 12 9 16 49 56 19 6 6 7 27 27 18 6 3 9 22 29 -7 45
14 Brest 37 11 11 15 43 52 18 7 5 6 23 24 19 4 6 9 20 28 -9 44
15 Strasbourg 37 9 13 15 50 57 19 5 7 7 25 26 18 4 6 8 25 31 -7 40
16 Auxerre 37 8 11 18 34 60 18 5 7 6 17 25 19 3 4 12 17 35 -26 35
17 Nantes 37 6 15 16 36 55 18 4 8 6 19 26 19 2 7 10 17 29 -19 33
18 Troyes 37 4 11 22 44 80 18 1 10 7 18 29 19 3 1 15 26 51 -36 23
19 Ajaccio 37 6 5 26 22 74 18 3 3 12 9 30 19 3 2 14 13 44 -52 23
20 Angers SCO 37 4 6 27 33 80 19 3 3 13 20 36 18 1 3 14 13 44 -47 18

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