A look at the Ligue 1 table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but there's a lot more data available. Get our Lorient - Nice match guide!
- Lorient have the most points from losing position (8) in Ligue 1
- Nice have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Ligue 1
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.
The visiting Nice played their last game only three days ago, a Europa Conference League match.
Lorient form and stats
The overall Ligue 1 results playing at home this season for Lorient are 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Lorient drew their last game, 2-2 away at Troyes (placed 11th). The hometeam coach Bris made a successful contribution in the game against Troyes, bringing on Boisgard who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Midfielder Diarra was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.55 (out of ten) in that game. Diarra scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Reims.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Lorient have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 4 and lost 6.
If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 11 most recent league matches highlights that 9 of them had at least one goal from each team.
Early season league goal statistics from Lorient's 5 home games: {10 goals}, 5 conceded.
Nice form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Nice playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.
The fans enjoyed Nice's previous fixture versus Partizan, a Europa Conference League win (2-1) played at home. Pépé, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.14. Pépé scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 41 total).
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Nantes in the Ligue 1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Nice in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Nice, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Nice have another fixture away in just four sleeps, a Europa Conference League match vs Köln. A back-breaking diary for the visitors!
Nice have the goal stats of 6-6 (for/against) from 6 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lorient two wins, three draws and Nice five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Moffi 8 goals |   A. Delort 5 goals |  D. Faissal Ouattara 4 goals |
Lorient missing players
Nice missing players
| Lorient | Nice | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 23 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 92% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 58% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 3.6 | 1.6 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 5.6 | 6.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 1.3 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.2 | 12.8 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 9.2 | 11.7 |
| 5.2 | 6 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
| 37% | 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 38% | 26% |
| 14.3 | 12.8 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 10.5 | 11.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
- Lorient have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Lorient have not yet lost a game at home.
- Lorient have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lorient have scored more than double the goals of Nice.
- Lorient have the most points from losing position (8) in Ligue 1
- Lorient have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Nice have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Ligue 1
- Nice have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nice haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 27 | 32 |
| 2 | Lens | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 27 |
| 3 | Lorient | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Rennes | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 24 |
| 5 | Olympique Marseille | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | Lille | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Monaco | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Clermont | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 10 | Toulouse | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 11 | Troyes | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Nice | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 12 |
| 14 | Reims | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 15 | Nantes | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Strasbourg | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
| 17 | Brest | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -12 | 9 |
| 18 | Auxerre | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 9 |
| 19 | Ajaccio | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -11 | 8 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -15 | 8 |
