The Lille & Nice managers C. Galtier and P. Vieira are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Ligue 1 league table.
Nice have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Lille form and stats
Lille are steadily winning Ligue 1 games and points here at Stade Pierre-Mauroy. 11 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 15 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stade Pierre-Mauroy.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mike Maignan not having conceded a league goal in 291 minutes.
A nice win for Lille last time playing, versus Olympique Lyonnais. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Loïc Rémy scoring for the victors. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Nantes.
Lille have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Pierre-Mauroy with 24 goals in 15 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 9 from 15 matches.
Nice form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nice so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-6 (win-draw-lose).
Impressive finishing from Kasper Dolberg (2) secured the home win 2-1 against Monaco in their previous game. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Bordeaux.
Late drama in the previous game, when Kasper Dolberg scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat Monaco.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Nice have scored 13 goals in 13 league games away. As opposed to that, Nice have seen the ball go into their own net 18 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-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Lille won one game, six matches ended with a draw and Nice has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  V. Osimhen 13 goals |   K. Dolberg 11 goals |  L. Rémy 7 goals |
Lille missing players
Nice missing players
| Lille | Nice | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 28 |
| 15 | 11 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 35 | 24 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 41 |
| 27 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 18 | 38 |
| 96% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 68% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 77% | 89% |
| 43% | 53% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 46% | 61% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 25% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 11% |
| 39% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 69% | 79% |
| 43% | 60% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 14% |
| 21% | 13% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 23% | 11% |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 6.3 | 5.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 348 | 198 | 38 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 134 | 338 |
| 132 | 76 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 51 | 128 |
| 27% | 32% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 25% | 32% |
- 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 at home.
- Nice has the fewest matches under the total-line (8)
| 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 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 75 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 51 | 68 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 56 |
| 3 | Rennes | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 50 |
| 4 | Lille | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 49 |
| 5 | Reims | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 41 |
| 6 | Nice | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 41 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 40 |
| 8 | Montpellier | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Monaco | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 40 |
| 10 | Angers SCO | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -5 | 39 |
| 11 | Strasbourg | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 38 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 37 |
| 13 | Nantes | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 37 |
| 14 | Brest | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -3 | 34 |
| 15 | Metz | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 34 |
| 16 | Dijon | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 22 | -10 | 30 |
| 17 | Saint-Étienne | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 27 | -16 | 30 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -15 | 27 |
| 19 | Amiens SC | 28 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -19 | 23 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 28 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 58 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 34 | -36 | 13 |