Lille welcomes Nice as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Pierre-Mauroy (50186 seats)

It's advantage Lille so far with their 3rd position in the Ligue 1 table, welcoming Nice who are placed 9th.

Insights:
  • Lille have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Ligue 1

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

These teams have little in common geographically as Nice have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Lille are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Nice are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Lille form and stats

9-6-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Lille, who have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Ligue 1, so far this season.

The home team returns to Stade Pierre-Mauroy after being equal after 90 minutes with Olympique Lyonnais (placed 4th) on their last time out; the Ligue 1 game ended 0-0. Before that, Lille drew at home versus Montpellier.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Lille home games with this odds we find seven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.

A decent goal production from Lille in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 17 league matches. Lille are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 17 matches.

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Nice form and stats

Playing away, Nice have won 7 games, drawn 4 and suffered 6 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season.

Hicham Boudaoui, Jean-Clair Todibo and Alexis Claude Maurice scored in Nice's previous match, the home game against Montpellier that ended 3-1. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Dijon wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Nice played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Nice have scored 22 goals in 17 league games away. As opposed to that, Nice have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Nice - Lille 1-1 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - six - three (Lille wins - draws - Nice wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NiceA. Gouiri
A. Gouiri
12 goals
LilleB. Yılmaz
B. Yılmaz
10 goals
LilleJ. David
J. David
10 goals

Lille missing players

Nice missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lille Nice
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 4 17 34
20 9 2 Won W 1 7 13
11 6 3 Drew D 0 4 7
3 2 1 Lost L 3 6 14
54 26 6 Scored S 5 22 44
20 11 5 Conceded C 7 19 45
88% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 91%
71% 76% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 82% 82%
35% 41% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 47% 62%
15% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 18% 21%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 6% 6%
44% 53% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 53% 56%
56% 47% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 35% 26%
12% 12% 17% Failed to Score F T 0% 24% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.5 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.2 1.9
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.4 14.9 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.6 11
4.4 4.6 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.8 3.7
36% 33% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 34% 35%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lille have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Lille have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in Ligue 1
  • Lille have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Ligue 1
  • Lille have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Ligue 1
  • Lille have the fewest matches over the total-line (12) in Ligue 1
  • Lille have the most clean sheets (18) in Ligue 1

  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 34 23 3 8 77 26 17 11 1 5 38 13 17 12 2 3 39 13 51 72
2 Monaco 34 22 5 7 71 38 17 11 5 1 39 17 17 11 0 6 32 21 33 71
3 Lille 33 20 10 3 54 20 17 9 6 2 26 11 16 11 4 1 28 9 34 70
4 Olympique Lyonnais 33 19 10 4 65 32 16 10 3 3 34 16 17 9 7 1 31 16 33 67
5 Lens 34 15 11 8 54 46 17 7 6 4 28 23 17 8 5 4 26 23 8 56
6 Olympique Marseille 34 15 10 9 49 42 17 9 4 4 28 20 17 6 6 5 21 22 7 55
7 Rennes 34 15 9 10 48 36 17 8 3 6 23 20 17 7 6 4 25 16 12 54
8 Montpellier 34 12 11 11 54 57 17 7 3 7 33 33 17 5 8 4 21 24 -3 47
9 Nice 34 13 7 14 44 45 17 6 3 8 22 26 17 7 4 6 22 19 -1 46
10 Metz 34 11 10 13 37 41 17 5 4 8 18 22 17 6 6 5 19 19 -4 43
11 Reims 34 9 14 11 39 41 17 4 8 5 15 18 17 5 6 6 24 23 -2 41
12 Angers SCO 34 11 8 15 34 51 17 5 3 9 16 25 17 6 5 6 18 26 -17 41
13 Brest 34 11 7 16 47 57 17 8 4 5 31 27 17 3 3 11 16 30 -10 40
14 Saint-Etienne 34 10 9 15 39 52 17 4 6 7 19 28 17 6 3 8 20 24 -13 39
15 Strasbourg 34 10 7 17 43 53 17 4 4 9 18 25 17 6 3 8 25 28 -10 37
16 Bordeaux 34 10 6 18 36 52 17 5 4 8 15 21 17 5 2 10 21 31 -16 36
17 Lorient 34 9 8 17 44 62 17 8 2 7 27 28 17 1 6 10 17 34 -18 35
18 Nantes 34 6 13 15 35 52 17 2 8 7 17 27 17 4 5 8 18 25 -17 31
19 Nimes 34 8 7 19 33 62 17 3 4 10 18 32 17 5 3 9 15 30 -29 31
20 Dijon 34 3 9 22 23 61 17 1 6 10 7 22 17 2 3 12 16 39 -38 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 34 23 3 8 77 26 17 11 1 5 38 13 17 12 2 3 39 13 51 72
2 Monaco 34 22 5 7 71 38 17 11 5 1 39 17 17 11 0 6 32 21 33 71
3 Lille 33 20 10 3 54 20 17 9 6 2 26 11 16 11 4 1 28 9 34 70
4 Olympique Lyonnais 33 19 10 4 65 32 16 10 3 3 34 16 17 9 7 1 31 16 33 67
5 Lens 34 15 11 8 54 46 17 7 6 4 28 23 17 8 5 4 26 23 8 56
6 Olympique Marseille 34 15 10 9 49 42 17 9 4 4 28 20 17 6 6 5 21 22 7 55
7 Rennes 34 15 9 10 48 36 17 8 3 6 23 20 17 7 6 4 25 16 12 54
8 Montpellier 34 12 11 11 54 57 17 7 3 7 33 33 17 5 8 4 21 24 -3 47
9 Nice 34 13 7 14 44 45 17 6 3 8 22 26 17 7 4 6 22 19 -1 46
10 Metz 34 11 10 13 37 41 17 5 4 8 18 22 17 6 6 5 19 19 -4 43
11 Reims 34 9 14 11 39 41 17 4 8 5 15 18 17 5 6 6 24 23 -2 41
12 Angers SCO 34 11 8 15 34 51 17 5 3 9 16 25 17 6 5 6 18 26 -17 41
13 Brest 34 11 7 16 47 57 17 8 4 5 31 27 17 3 3 11 16 30 -10 40
14 Saint-Etienne 34 10 9 15 39 52 17 4 6 7 19 28 17 6 3 8 20 24 -13 39
15 Strasbourg 34 10 7 17 43 53 17 4 4 9 18 25 17 6 3 8 25 28 -10 37
16 Bordeaux 34 10 6 18 36 52 17 5 4 8 15 21 17 5 2 10 21 31 -16 36
17 Lorient 34 9 8 17 44 62 17 8 2 7 27 28 17 1 6 10 17 34 -18 35
18 Nantes 34 6 13 15 35 52 17 2 8 7 17 27 17 4 5 8 18 25 -17 31
19 Nimes 34 8 7 19 33 62 17 3 4 10 18 32 17 5 3 9 15 30 -29 31
20 Dijon 34 3 9 22 23 61 17 1 6 10 7 22 17 2 3 12 16 39 -38 18

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.