This might well be yet another absorbing contest at Allianz Riviera in the Ligue 1. Nice is in 10th place and host Olympique Lyonnais in 17th spot. Read about the fixture here!
This looks to be an appealing fixture with lots of action and energy as both contenders are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Nice form and stats
A Ligue 1 draw at home so far for Nice. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats from 19 matches.
Nice travelled for their previous game, a trip to Lorient that ended 1-1. Midfield player Thuram got a match rating of 8.21 in that game, the max score being 10. Thuram hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 61 successful passes (of 66 total).
Before that, Nice drew at home versus Lille.At Allianz Riviera, Nice has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Ligue 1 ended in defeat. Last season Olympique Lyonnais had these away match statistics: Played 19; won 8, drew 3 and lost 8.
Home advantage was not enough for Lyon in their previous game as they lost hosting Montpellier, 1-4. Midfielder Cherki was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.53. Cherki hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 6 of 9 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Strasbourg's place.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Olympique Lyonnais playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 1 Olympique Lyonnais win, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Olympique Lyonnais have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nice four wins, one draw and Olympique Lyonnais five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Laborde 1 goals |  E. Guessand 1 goals |   A. Lacazette 1 goals |
Nice missing players
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
| Nice | Olympique Lyonnais | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 1.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.5 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 23 | 23 | 15 |
| 5.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| 18% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 14% | 20% |
| 10.5 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 8 | 11 |
| 3.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Nice | Last season | Olympique Lyonnais | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 48 | 24 | Scored | S | 30 | 65 | ||
| 37 | 18 | Conceded | C | 28 | 47 | ||
| 89% | 84% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 92% | ||
| 66% | 63% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 39% | 37% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 68% | 63% | ||
| 16% | 16% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 37% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 16% | ||
| 53% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 74% | 68% | ||
| 29% | 32% | Clean Sheets | C S | 16% | 21% | ||
| 29% | 37% | Failed to Score | F T | 16% | 18% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 13.8 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 13.9 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 24% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| 11.8 | 11.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Monaco | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Brest | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Rennes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Montpellier | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Lille | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Olympique Marseille | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Toulouse | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Reims | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Strasbourg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Nice | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Lorient | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | PSG | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Lens | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Le Havre | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Metz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Nantes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 17 | Olympique Lyonnais | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 18 | Clermont | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 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 | 38 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 89 | 40 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 15 | 49 | 85 |
| 2 | Lens | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 68 | 29 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 39 | 84 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 67 | 40 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 27 | 73 |
| 4 | Rennes | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 69 | 39 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 30 | 68 |
| 5 | Lille | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 65 | 44 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 67 |
| 6 | Monaco | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 70 | 58 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 25 | 12 | 65 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 65 | 47 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 18 | 62 |
| 8 | Clermont | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 49 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 21 | -4 | 59 |
| 9 | Nice | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 48 | 37 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 58 |
| 10 | Lorient | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 53 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 32 | -1 | 55 |
| 11 | Reims | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 45 | 45 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 51 |
| 12 | Montpellier | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 65 | 62 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 50 |
| 13 | Toulouse | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 51 | 57 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 30 | -6 | 48 |
| 14 | Brest | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 44 | 54 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 28 | -10 | 44 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 51 | 59 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 33 | -8 | 40 |
| 16 | Nantes | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 37 | 55 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 29 | -18 | 36 |
| 17 | Auxerre | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 63 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 35 | -28 | 35 |
| 18 | Ajaccio | 38 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 74 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 44 | -51 | 26 |
| 19 | Troyes | 38 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 45 | 81 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 26 | 51 | -36 | 24 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 38 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 33 | 81 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 36 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 45 | -48 | 18 |
