Ligue 1 prediction and guide: Nice odds-on expected to overwhelm Lille

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 14.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Riviera (36178 seats)

4th place in the Ligue 1 table for Nice right now, a fine performance. The home team supporters pray for more joy as 10th-placed Lille visit Allianz Riviera.

Insights:
  • Nice have the fewest conceded goals (31) in Ligue 1
  • Lille haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Lille is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

It's quite the trip for Lille when visiting Nice as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.

These are active days for the hometeam, as they were in action only three days ago in the Ligue 1. This match was also played here at Allianz Riviera. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Lille have had more rest.

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Nice form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Nice at their home stadium (Allianz Riviera) is 10 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Nice, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Nice's last game was hosting Saint-Étienne (placed 18th) and winning 4-2. An impressive turnaround for Nice in the match against Saint-Étienne as a 0-2 deficit was completely turned around to a 4-2 win. Boudaoui scored the final goal. Delort, an attacker, was the declared top player for the team in that game, earning a rating of 9.23 (out of 10). Delort scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

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

The Nice fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 26 in 18 matches.

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Lille form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Lille have produced an overall stat of 6-5-7 so far. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Lille have lost on their last two travels.

Lille's previous game was their home loss versus Monaco (1-2). The attacker Weah got a match rating of 7.22 in that game. Weah hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 24 successful passes (of 30 total).

Prior to that match, the Lille manager Gourvennec faced defeat when travelling to Troyes and losing 0-3.

Lille find the net regularly in their away games. 21 goals from 18 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Lille have seen the ball go into their own net 25 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: Lille - Nice 0-4. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Nice victories, four draws and two Lille wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NiceA. Delort
A. Delort
13 goals
LilleJ. David
J. David
13 goals
NiceA. Gouiri
A. Gouiri
10 goals

Nice missing players

Lille missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nice Lille
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 5 18 36
19 10 4 Won W 2 6 13
7 4 1 Drew D 2 5 12
10 4 1 Lost L 1 7 11
48 26 9 Scored S 8 21 43
31 18 6 Conceded C 7 25 45
89% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
61% 61% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 72% 72%
47% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 50% 50%
14% 22% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 17% 19%
6% 11% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 8%
36% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 61% 58%
39% 28% 17% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 28%
36% 28% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 25%
 
5 5.2 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 5 5.3
4.5 3.2 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 5.5 4.8
2 1.7 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.1 2.6
6 0 0 Red cards R C 1 4 6
 
11.5 13.3 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 12.3 12.7
3.9 4.7 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.2 4.2
34% 31% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 28% 28%
 
11.6 9.4 8 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 13.1 11.6
3.9 3.1 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.7 4.1
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lille haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Nice have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nice have the fewest conceded goals (31) in Ligue 1
  • Nice have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Ligue 1
  • Nice have the fewest scored goals in the first half (13) 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 PSG 36 24 8 4 81 36 18 15 3 0 44 12 18 9 5 4 37 24 45 80
2 Olympique Marseille 36 20 8 8 59 36 18 8 5 5 29 22 18 12 3 3 30 14 23 68
3 Monaco 36 19 8 9 59 36 18 11 4 3 34 14 18 8 4 6 25 22 23 65
4 Nice 36 19 7 10 48 31 18 10 4 4 26 18 18 9 3 6 22 13 17 63
5 Rennes 36 19 5 12 78 38 18 13 1 4 48 13 18 6 4 8 30 25 40 62
6 Strasbourg 36 16 12 8 59 39 18 10 5 3 35 18 18 6 7 5 24 21 20 60
7 Lens 36 16 10 10 57 45 18 9 6 3 33 18 18 7 4 7 24 27 12 58
8 Olympique Lyonnais 36 15 11 10 61 48 18 10 5 3 39 23 18 5 6 7 22 25 13 55
9 Nantes 36 15 9 12 52 44 18 11 3 4 32 19 18 4 6 8 20 25 8 54
10 Lille 36 13 12 11 43 45 18 7 7 4 22 20 18 6 5 7 21 25 -2 51
11 Brest 36 13 9 14 45 49 18 7 4 7 26 25 18 6 5 7 19 24 -4 48
12 Reims 36 10 13 13 39 40 18 5 6 7 23 20 18 5 7 6 16 20 -1 43
13 Montpellier 36 12 7 17 49 55 18 7 5 6 27 22 18 5 2 11 22 33 -6 43
14 Angers SCO 36 9 11 16 42 54 18 7 2 9 21 23 18 2 9 7 21 31 -12 38
15 Troyes 36 9 10 17 35 49 18 5 7 6 18 16 18 4 3 11 17 33 -14 37
16 Clermont 36 9 9 18 37 66 18 4 6 8 21 31 18 5 3 10 16 35 -29 36
17 Lorient 36 8 10 18 34 62 18 6 5 7 19 21 18 2 5 11 15 41 -28 34
18 Saint-Étienne 36 7 10 19 40 74 18 4 6 8 23 36 18 3 4 11 17 38 -34 31
19 Metz 36 5 13 18 34 64 18 2 7 9 20 31 18 3 6 9 14 33 -30 28
20 Bordeaux 36 5 12 19 48 89 18 3 6 9 25 33 18 2 6 10 23 56 -41 27

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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 PSG 36 24 8 4 81 36 18 15 3 0 44 12 18 9 5 4 37 24 45 80
2 Olympique Marseille 36 20 8 8 59 36 18 8 5 5 29 22 18 12 3 3 30 14 23 68
3 Monaco 36 19 8 9 59 36 18 11 4 3 34 14 18 8 4 6 25 22 23 65
4 Nice 36 19 7 10 48 31 18 10 4 4 26 18 18 9 3 6 22 13 17 63
5 Rennes 36 19 5 12 78 38 18 13 1 4 48 13 18 6 4 8 30 25 40 62
6 Strasbourg 36 16 12 8 59 39 18 10 5 3 35 18 18 6 7 5 24 21 20 60
7 Lens 36 16 10 10 57 45 18 9 6 3 33 18 18 7 4 7 24 27 12 58
8 Olympique Lyonnais 36 15 11 10 61 48 18 10 5 3 39 23 18 5 6 7 22 25 13 55
9 Nantes 36 15 9 12 52 44 18 11 3 4 32 19 18 4 6 8 20 25 8 54
10 Lille 36 13 12 11 43 45 18 7 7 4 22 20 18 6 5 7 21 25 -2 51
11 Brest 36 13 9 14 45 49 18 7 4 7 26 25 18 6 5 7 19 24 -4 48
12 Reims 36 10 13 13 39 40 18 5 6 7 23 20 18 5 7 6 16 20 -1 43
13 Montpellier 36 12 7 17 49 55 18 7 5 6 27 22 18 5 2 11 22 33 -6 43
14 Angers SCO 36 9 11 16 42 54 18 7 2 9 21 23 18 2 9 7 21 31 -12 38
15 Troyes 36 9 10 17 35 49 18 5 7 6 18 16 18 4 3 11 17 33 -14 37
16 Clermont 36 9 9 18 37 66 18 4 6 8 21 31 18 5 3 10 16 35 -29 36
17 Lorient 36 8 10 18 34 62 18 6 5 7 19 21 18 2 5 11 15 41 -28 34
18 Saint-Étienne 36 7 10 19 40 74 18 4 6 8 23 36 18 3 4 11 17 38 -34 31
19 Metz 36 5 13 18 34 64 18 2 7 9 20 31 18 3 6 9 14 33 -30 28
20 Bordeaux 36 5 12 19 48 89 18 3 6 9 25 33 18 2 6 10 23 56 -41 27

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