Lille manager J. Gourvennec looking for three points in Nice showdown

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 14.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Pierre-Mauroy (50186 seats)

After the first game it's Lille - Nice 1-1 in points. Who will triumph in this second Ligue 1 game of the season?

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Lille form and stats

Last season, Lille's league statistics were 24 wins, 11 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the Ligue 1. Over these 38 matches they scored 64 goals and conceded 23. Playing at home last season Lille managed 10-7-2 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 11 conceded.

Lille manager J. Gourvennec and his team return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Metz (placed 6th) in the Ligue 1. Sven Botman, defender, was given a rating of 7.85/10 in that game, top of the team. Botman scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and won 9 of 10 duels. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Metz as Burak Yılmaz's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 1-3 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. A goal frenzy last time out for Lille, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Metz. Fun stuff to watch!

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Paris Saint Germain.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Lille matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, one draw and one defeat (from five games).

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Nice form and stats

Let's have a look at how Nice performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 7 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded 53 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 25/23 goals scored/conceded.

Nice delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Reims (placed 16th) in their previous match; a Ligue 1 game. Defender Jean-Clair Todibo was the best team player with a rating of 8.0. Todibo won 6 of 8 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Olympique Lyonnais with the score of 3-2.

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 Nice playing away, we found three games. Results were two away wins, zero draws and one home win.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - 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

LilleS. Botman
S. Botman
1 goals
LilleN. Ikoné
N. Ikoné
1 goals

Lille missing players

Nice missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lille Nice
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 12
8 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
38% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Lille Last season Nice
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
24 10   Won W   8 15
11 7   Drew D   4 7
3 2   Lost L   7 16
64 28   Scored S   25 50
23 11   Conceded C   23 53
89% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 92%
74% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 84%
39% 37%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 61%
16% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 24%
11% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
45% 47%   BTTS BTTS   53% 55%
55% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 24%
11% 16%   Failed to Score F T   26% 29%
 
4.8 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4 4.4
3.8 3.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.7
1.8 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 1.9
2 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
12.6 14.7   Shots (avg) S (   10.3 10.7
4.5 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.7
37% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Angers SCO 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Clermont 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
4 Paris Saint Germain 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Lille 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
6 Metz 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Brest 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Lens 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Lorient 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Monaco 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Nantes 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Olympique Lyonnais 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Rennes 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Saint-Etienne 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Nice 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Reims 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Montpellier 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Troyes 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Bordeaux 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Strasbourg 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lille 38 24 11 3 64 23 19 10 7 2 28 11 19 14 4 1 36 12 41 83
2 Paris Saint Germain 38 26 4 8 86 28 19 13 1 5 44 14 19 13 3 3 42 14 58 82
3 Monaco 38 24 6 8 76 42 19 12 5 2 43 21 19 12 1 6 33 21 34 78
4 Olympique Lyonnais 38 22 10 6 81 43 19 11 3 5 42 23 19 11 7 1 39 20 38 76
5 Olympique Marseille 38 16 12 10 54 47 19 10 5 4 32 23 19 6 7 6 22 24 7 60
6 Rennes 38 16 10 12 52 40 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 7 6 6 26 19 12 58
7 Lens 38 15 12 11 55 54 19 7 7 5 28 26 19 8 5 6 27 28 1 57
8 Montpellier 38 14 12 12 60 62 19 7 4 8 34 35 19 7 8 4 26 27 -2 54
9 Nice 38 15 7 16 50 53 19 7 3 9 25 30 19 8 4 7 25 23 -3 52
10 Metz 38 12 11 15 44 48 19 5 5 9 19 26 19 7 6 6 25 22 -4 47
11 Saint-Etienne 38 12 10 16 42 54 19 5 6 8 20 29 19 7 4 8 22 25 -12 46
12 Bordeaux 38 13 6 19 42 56 19 7 4 8 19 21 19 6 2 11 23 35 -14 45
13 Angers SCO 38 12 8 18 40 58 19 6 3 10 20 27 19 6 5 8 20 31 -18 44
14 Reims 38 9 15 14 42 50 19 4 8 7 16 21 19 5 7 7 26 29 -8 42
15 Strasbourg 38 11 9 18 49 58 19 4 5 10 21 29 19 7 4 8 28 29 -9 42
16 Lorient 38 11 9 18 50 68 19 10 2 7 31 29 19 1 7 11 19 39 -18 42
17 Brest 38 11 8 19 50 66 19 8 4 7 32 33 19 3 4 12 18 33 -16 41
18 Nantes 38 9 13 16 47 55 19 3 8 8 21 29 19 6 5 8 26 26 -8 40
19 Nimes 38 9 8 21 40 71 19 3 5 11 22 39 19 6 3 10 18 32 -31 35
20 Dijon 38 4 9 25 25 73 19 1 6 12 8 31 19 3 3 13 17 42 -48 21

Lille:
Nice:
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 Angers SCO 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Clermont 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
4 Paris Saint Germain 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Lille 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
6 Metz 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Brest 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Lens 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Lorient 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Monaco 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Nantes 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Olympique Lyonnais 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Rennes 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Saint-Etienne 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Nice 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Reims 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Montpellier 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Troyes 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Bordeaux 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Strasbourg 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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