Allianz Rivera: Nice vs Toulouse Ligue 1 preview

Toulouse could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Coupe de la Ligue game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Olympique Lyonnais. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

Nice form and stats

Overall Ligue 1 stats at home this season for Nice are 5-2-2 (wins-draw-losses). Two home wins in a row for Nice bring valid hopes of a third.

Nice manager P. Vieira and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Brest (placed 15th) in the Ligue 1. Ahead of that match, Nice won a home game hosting Metz (4-1).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Nice's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won 5 matches, drawn 0 and lost 0.

The Nice fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. Nice's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Toulouse form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Toulouse, who have the most conceded goals (36) in Ligue 1, so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-6 (win-draw-lose). Toulouse are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost eight in a row. It's been 9 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The Lille game.) It's all red in the travel logs of Toulouse, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Toulouse, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-4 versus Olympique Lyonnais (placed 8th). A loss against Reims was the result prior to that, in a Ligue 1 home game.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Toulouse playing away, we found seven games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 6 home wins.

Toulouse are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). The Toulouse manager A. Kombouare has some worries about the defense as 22 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 3 - 4 (Nice wins - draws - Toulouse wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

W. Cyprien 6 goals

K. Dolberg 5 goals

E. Koulouris 4 goals

Nice missing players

Toulouse missing players