Delightful dogfight as daring Nice duels with determined Reims

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 08.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Riviera (36178 seats)

This match has been long awaited by fans of both sides, as it's the first Ligue 1 game of the season. Both Nice and Reims are looking for a positive start to their campaigns.

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

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Nice form and stats

Last season, Nice's league statistics were 15 wins, 7 draws and 16 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Ligue 1. Over these 38 matches they scored 50 goals and conceded 53. Playing at home last season Nice managed 7-3-9 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 30 conceded.

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 nine games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost three.

Nice have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and six practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Nice scored 4 goals and let in 9 goals during these six games.

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Reims form and stats

Let's have a look at how Reims performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 15 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded 50 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 7 and lost 7 with 26/29 goals scored/conceded.

We have checked recent matches where Reims have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were three victories, six draws and three defeats.

Just as the home team, Reims have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 4 Reims wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Nice victories, six draws and one Reims win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, ten matches with two goals or less.

Nice missing players

Reims missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nice Reims
Total Home vs low 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 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Nice Last season Reims
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
15 7   Won W   5 9
7 3   Drew D   7 15
16 9   Lost L   7 14
50 25   Scored S   26 42
53 30   Conceded C   29 50
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 84%
84% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 63%
61% 74%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   63% 50%
24% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   37% 32%
11% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 5%
55% 58%   BTTS BTTS   58% 53%
24% 16%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 26%
29% 32%   Failed to Score F T   26% 37%
 
4.4 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 3.8
5.7 5.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 4.8
1.9 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
4 2   Red cards R C   4 8
 
10.7 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   8.8 9.4
3.7 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.2
35% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 34%

  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 Clermont 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 Olympique Lyonnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Olympique Marseille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Paris Saint Germain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Reims 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Rennes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Saint-Étienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Strasbourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Troyes 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 Lille 38 24 11 3 64 23 19 10 7 2 28 11 19 14 4 1 36 12 41 83
2 Paris Saint Germain 38 26 4 8 86 28 19 13 1 5 44 14 19 13 3 3 42 14 58 82
3 Monaco 38 24 6 8 76 42 19 12 5 2 43 21 19 12 1 6 33 21 34 78
4 Olympique Lyonnais 38 22 10 6 81 43 19 11 3 5 42 23 19 11 7 1 39 20 38 76
5 Olympique Marseille 38 16 12 10 54 47 19 10 5 4 32 23 19 6 7 6 22 24 7 60
6 Rennes 38 16 10 12 52 40 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 7 6 6 26 19 12 58
7 Lens 38 15 12 11 55 54 19 7 7 5 28 26 19 8 5 6 27 28 1 57
8 Montpellier 38 14 12 12 60 62 19 7 4 8 34 35 19 7 8 4 26 27 -2 54
9 Nice 38 15 7 16 50 53 19 7 3 9 25 30 19 8 4 7 25 23 -3 52
10 Metz 38 12 11 15 44 48 19 5 5 9 19 26 19 7 6 6 25 22 -4 47
11 Saint-Étienne 38 12 10 16 42 54 19 5 6 8 20 29 19 7 4 8 22 25 -12 46
12 Bordeaux 38 13 6 19 42 56 19 7 4 8 19 21 19 6 2 11 23 35 -14 45
13 Angers SCO 38 12 8 18 40 58 19 6 3 10 20 27 19 6 5 8 20 31 -18 44
14 Reims 38 9 15 14 42 50 19 4 8 7 16 21 19 5 7 7 26 29 -8 42
15 Strasbourg 38 11 9 18 49 58 19 4 5 10 21 29 19 7 4 8 28 29 -9 42
16 Lorient 38 11 9 18 50 68 19 10 2 7 31 29 19 1 7 11 19 39 -18 42
17 Brest 38 11 8 19 50 66 19 8 4 7 32 33 19 3 4 12 18 33 -16 41
18 Nantes 38 9 13 16 47 55 19 3 8 8 21 29 19 6 5 8 26 26 -8 40
19 Nîmes 38 9 8 21 40 71 19 3 5 11 22 39 19 6 3 10 18 32 -31 35
20 Dijon 38 4 9 25 25 73 19 1 6 12 8 31 19 3 3 13 17 42 -48 21

Nice:
Reims:
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 Clermont 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 Olympique Lyonnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Olympique Marseille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Paris Saint Germain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Reims 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Rennes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Saint-Étienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Strasbourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Troyes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.