Ligue 1 match preview and statistics: Nice fight Lens

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 22.August
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Riviera (36178 seats)

It's the first game of the new season for Nice and Lens. The canvas is blank, the possibilities endless.

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

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Nice form and stats

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Nice friendly games in pre-season: Nice played six friendlies, won 2, drew 2 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Nice scored 11 goals and conceded 9 in these six games.

Last season, Nice's league statistics were 11 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Ligue 1. Over these 28 matches they scored 41 goals and conceded 38. Playing at home last season Nice managed 8-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 20 conceded.

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Lens form and stats

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Lens have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats from five fixtures.

A job perfectly done for Lens last season as they secured promotion from Ligue 2. With a grand total of 15 wins, 8 draws and 5 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 6 were in away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Nice won two games, four matches ended with a draw and Lens has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight

Nice missing players

Lens missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nice Lens
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Nice Last season Lens
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 15   Played P   14 28
11 8   Won W   6 15
8 4   Drew D   5 8
9 3   Lost L   3 5
41 28   Scored S   20 39
38 20   Conceded C   15 24
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 86%
89% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 68%
61% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 39%
25% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 21%
11% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 11%
79% 87%   BTTS BTTS   57% 43%
14% 13%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 50%
11% 0%   Failed to Score F T   29% 21%
 
4.7 5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 4.7
5.8 5.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 3.8
2.1 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 2
7 4   Red cards R C   2 4
 
338 204   Total Shots T S   139 283
128 77   Shots on Target S O   60 118
32% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 33%

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bordeaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Brest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dijon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Lens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Lille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Lorient 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Metz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Montpellier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nantes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Nimes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Olympique Lyonnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Olympique Marseille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 PSG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Reims 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Rennes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Saint-Étienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Strasbourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 PSG 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 Nimes 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
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 Lorient 28 17 3 8 45 25 14 9 1 4 22 12 14 8 2 4 23 13 20 54
2 Lens 28 15 8 5 39 24 14 9 3 2 19 9 14 6 5 3 20 15 15 53
3 Ajaccio 28 15 7 6 38 22 14 6 4 4 17 12 14 9 3 2 21 10 16 52
4 Troyes 28 16 3 9 34 25 14 8 1 5 20 17 14 8 2 4 14 8 9 51
5 Clermont 28 14 8 6 35 25 14 7 3 4 21 14 14 7 5 2 14 11 10 50
6 Le Havre 28 11 11 6 38 25 14 5 7 2 18 10 14 6 4 4 20 15 13 44
7 Valenciennes 28 11 9 8 24 20 14 7 5 2 14 7 14 4 4 6 10 13 4 42
8 Guingamp 28 10 9 9 40 33 14 5 6 3 20 14 14 5 3 6 20 19 7 39
9 Grenoble Foot 38 28 7 14 7 27 29 14 3 8 3 13 13 14 4 6 4 14 16 -2 35
10 Chambly 28 9 8 11 26 32 15 4 4 7 12 21 13 5 4 4 14 11 -6 35
11 Auxerre 28 8 10 10 31 30 14 5 7 2 19 12 14 3 3 8 12 18 1 34
12 Nancy 28 6 16 6 27 26 14 6 6 2 16 9 14 0 10 4 11 17 1 34
13 Caen 28 8 10 10 33 34 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 4 5 5 19 17 -1 34
14 Sochaux 28 8 10 10 28 30 14 6 5 3 17 11 14 2 5 7 11 19 -2 34
15 Châteauroux 28 9 7 12 22 38 14 3 4 7 11 23 14 6 3 5 11 15 -16 34
16 Rodez 28 8 8 12 31 34 14 6 3 5 22 18 14 2 5 7 9 16 -3 32
17 Paris 28 7 7 14 22 40 13 3 2 8 9 22 15 4 5 6 13 18 -18 28
18 Niort 28 6 8 14 30 41 14 4 5 5 16 16 14 2 3 9 14 25 -11 26
19 Le Mans 28 7 5 16 30 45 14 5 3 6 16 17 14 2 2 10 14 28 -15 26
20 Orleans 28 4 7 17 21 43 14 2 2 10 8 23 14 2 5 7 13 20 -22 19

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bordeaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Brest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dijon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Lens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Lille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Lorient 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Metz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Montpellier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nantes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Nimes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Olympique Lyonnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Olympique Marseille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 PSG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Reims 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Rennes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Saint-Étienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Strasbourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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