Nice vs PSG: Match guide and preview

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Fri 18.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Riviera (35624 seats)

Nice will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind PSG.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

It's quite the trip for PSG when visiting Nice as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

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Nice form and stats

2-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Nice, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ligue 1, so far this season.

In their previous game, the manager P. Vieira led his Nice to a defeat in the Ligue 1 match away at Nantes. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Allianz Riviera. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Lille that ended 1-1.

A decent goal production from Nice in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. On the other hand, Nice have conceded 5 goals.

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PSG form and stats

Playing away, PSG, who have the most scored goals (17) in Ligue 1, have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Ligue 1 this season. It’s been three wins in a row for PSG on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

PSG are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the Ligue 1 against Angers SCO (placed 3rd). Prior to that result PSG won their away game at Galatasaray in the Champions League. The scoreline was 1-0.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Champions League trip to Club Brugge.

PSG have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. PSG's manager T. Tuchel has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Nice won 1 game, 2 matches ended with a draw and PSG has 7 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 8 / 2

Top Goalscorers

Neymar
4 goals
W. Cyprien
3 goals / 1 assists
E. Choupo-Moting
3 goals / 1 assists

Nice missing players

PSG missing players

Nice PSG
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 1 4 9
4 2 0 Won W 0 3 7
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
4 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
12 6 1 Scored S 1 5 17
13 5 1 Conceded C 2 2 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 67%
78% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 25% 44%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
89% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 25% 11%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 75% 78%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 11%
 
4.3 5.8 6 Corners For (avg) C F 7 8.5 7.2
4.8 3.5 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 2.5 2.9
2.6 2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 5 2.2 1.9
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Nice's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Nice have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Nice have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Nice have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Nice haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • PSG have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • PSG have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • PSG have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • PSG haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Nice
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
14-09-19 L1 Montpellier 2 - 1 Nice
21-09-19 L1 Nice 2 - 1 Dijon
24-09-19 L1 Monaco 3 - 1 Nice
28-09-19 L1 Nice 1 - 1 Lille
05-10-19 L1 Nantes 1 - 0 Nice
18-10-19 L1 Nice 18:45 PSG
26-10-19 L1 Strasbourg 18:00 Nice
30-10-19 Co Le Mans 17:45 Nice
03-11-19 L1 Nice 16:00 Reims
09-11-19 L1 Nice - Bordeaux
PSG
All Champions League Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France International Champions Cup Super Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
22-09-19 L1 Olympique Lyonnais 0 - 1 PSG
25-09-19 L1 PSG 0 - 2 Reims
28-09-19 L1 Bordeaux 0 - 1 PSG
01-10-19 CL Galatasaray 0 - 1 PSG
05-10-19 L1 PSG 4 - 0 Angers SCO
18-10-19 L1 Nice 18:45 PSG
22-10-19 CL Club Brugge 19:00 PSG
27-10-19 L1 PSG 20:00 Olympique Marseille
01-11-19 L1 Dijon 19:45 PSG
06-11-19 CL PSG 20:00 Club Brugge

  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 9 7 0 2 17 4 5 4 0 1 12 2 4 3 0 1 5 2 13 21
2 Nantes 9 6 1 2 9 5 5 4 1 0 4 0 4 2 0 2 5 5 4 19
3 Angers SCO 9 5 1 3 16 15 5 4 1 0 13 3 4 1 0 3 3 12 1 16
4 Bordeaux 9 4 3 2 15 10 4 1 2 1 5 4 5 3 1 1 10 6 5 15
5 Lille 9 4 3 2 13 9 5 4 1 0 11 4 4 0 2 2 2 5 4 15
6 Reims 9 4 2 3 8 4 4 1 2 1 3 2 5 3 0 2 5 2 4 14
7 Montpellier 9 4 2 3 9 7 5 4 0 1 7 3 4 0 2 2 2 4 2 14
8 Nice 9 4 1 4 12 13 4 2 1 1 6 5 5 2 0 3 6 8 -1 13
9 Olympique Marseille 9 3 4 2 10 11 4 1 2 1 3 4 5 2 2 1 7 7 -1 13
10 Rennes 9 3 3 3 8 7 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 2 2 1 4 2 1 12
11 Amiens SC 9 3 2 4 12 14 5 2 1 2 8 8 4 1 1 2 4 6 -2 11
12 Brest 9 2 5 2 10 13 5 2 3 0 6 3 4 0 2 2 4 10 -3 11
13 Saint-Étienne 9 3 2 4 8 13 4 1 2 1 4 4 5 2 0 3 4 9 -5 11
14 Olympique Lyonnais 9 2 3 4 14 9 4 1 1 2 7 3 5 1 2 2 7 6 5 9
15 Nîmes 9 2 3 4 9 11 4 2 0 2 5 3 5 0 3 2 4 8 -2 9
16 Monaco 9 2 3 4 15 19 5 2 1 2 12 11 4 0 2 2 3 8 -4 9
17 Strasbourg 9 2 3 4 6 10 5 2 2 1 6 6 4 0 1 3 0 4 -4 9
18 Toulouse 9 2 3 4 9 15 4 2 0 2 4 5 5 0 3 2 5 10 -6 9
19 Dijon 9 2 2 5 5 10 5 1 2 2 2 4 4 1 0 3 3 6 -5 8
20 Metz 9 2 2 5 8 14 4 1 1 2 6 6 5 1 1 3 2 8 -6 8

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