The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Nice are in the 13th position while the guesting Lorient worry at 19th.
- Nice have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lorient has the fewest points (4) away in Ligue 1
It's no vacation for neither Nice nor Lorient as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Lorient's home stadium. The visitors last 39 games on grass have ended in 17 wins, 6 draws and 16 losses.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Lorient, who are travelling more than 1300 kilometers to play this game.
Nice form and stats
Nice's struggle is real here at Allianz Riviera with only 7 points collected from 8 Ligue 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-5. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Allianz Riviera, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Lille game.
The Nice crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Olympique Lyonnais here at Allianz Riviera in a Ligue 1 match. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Nîmes.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Nice have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won two times, drawn three and lost two.
Nice has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Nice are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (16 from 8 played). It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Lorient form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lorient, who have the fewest points (4) away in Ligue 1, so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-6 (win-draw-lose). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Lorient are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Y. Wissa was the last player to score for the away team. Lorient haven't scored a league goal in the last 180 minutes.
Lorient's previous game was their home loss versus Rennes (0-3). A 0-2 defeat away at Paris Saint Germain before that.
We have checked recent matches where Lorient have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were four victories, zero draws and two defeats.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Lorient, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Nice won four, Lorient won three and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Gouiri 5 goals |  Y. Wissa 5 goals | P. Hamel 4 goals |
Nice missing players
Lorient missing players
| Nice | Lorient | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 19 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 20 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | 29 |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 80% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 81% |
| 60% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 27% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 7% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 12% |
| 53% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 38% | 38% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 62% | 56% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.9 | 11.2 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 9.4 | 9.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
| 38% | 31% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | 33% |
- Lorient has the fewest points (4) away in Ligue 1
- Lorient has the the worst goal difference (-11) away in Ligue 1
- Lorient have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Nice have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Nice have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nice haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 33 |
| 2 | Olympique Lyonnais | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 33 |
| 3 | Paris Saint Germain | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 25 | 32 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Rennes | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Monaco | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Lens | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| 9 | Angers SCO | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Metz | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 11 | Brest | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 23 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| 13 | Nice | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | -1 | 21 |
| 14 | Saint-Étienne | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 17 |
| 15 | Nantes | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 16 | Strasbourg | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 14 | -6 | 14 |
| 17 | Reims | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -6 | 14 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -18 | 12 |
| 19 | Lorient | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 11 |
| 20 | Dijon | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -16 | 9 |