Can Nîmes beat Nice in Stade des Costières clash?

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Costières (18482 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Ligue 1 game of the season. Nîmes look forward to welcoming Nice in front of their home support.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Nîmes form and stats

Nîmes lost their last game at PSG after a 0-3 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Nîmes lost 2-3 at home to Olympique Lyonnais.

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 Nîmes have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Last season, Nîmes's league statistics were 15 wins, 8 draws and 15 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Ligue 2. Over these 38 matches they scored 57 goals and conceded 58. Playing at home last season Nîmes managed 9-5-5 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 20 conceded.

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Nice form and stats

Nice won their last game, 2-1 versus Amiens SC played at home. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Monaco.

We have checked recent matches where Nice have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were W1-D2-L3.

Let's have a look at how Nice performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 11 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 7 and lost 7 with 11/21 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: 0 wins for Nîmes, 0 draws and 2 wins for Nice. Over 2,5 goals: 0 times; under 2,5 goals: 2 games.

Top Goalscorers

Dante
1 goals
C. Hérelle
1 goals

Nîmes missing players

Nice missing players

Nîmes Nice
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 2
3 0 0 Conceded 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 7
2 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 3
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Nîmes Last season Nice
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
38 19   Played   19 38
15 9   Won   5 15
8 5   Drew   7 11
15 5   Lost   7 12
57 30   Scored   11 30
58 20   Conceded   21 35
95% 89%   Over 0.5   89% 92%
79% 68%   Over 1.5   53% 53%
61% 47%   Over 2.5   21% 21%
37% 37%   Over 3.5   5% 5%
18% 16%   Over 4.5   0% 0%
50% 53%   BTTS   32% 26%
26% 37%   Clean Sheets   32% 42%
29% 21%   Failed To Score   47% 39%
 
5.3 5.8   Corners For (avg)   4.2 4.5
4.4 3.9   Corners Against (avg)   5.6 5.3
1.9 1.8   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.9 1.9
5 4   Red Cards   2 5
Key stats last season:
  • Nîmes have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nice have scored away.

Nîmes
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Ligue 2 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
24-05-19 L1 Nîmes 2 - 3 Olympique Lyonnais
05-07-19 CF Beziers 0 - 0 Nîmes
12-07-19 CF Nîmes 3 - 2 Rodez
19-07-19 CF Nîmes 2 - 2 Ajaccio
11-08-19 L1 PSG 3 - 0 Nîmes
17-08-19 L1 Nîmes 18:00 Nice
25-08-19 L1 Monaco 13:00 Nîmes
31-08-19 L1 Nîmes 18:00 Brest
14-09-19 L1 Dijon - Nîmes
21-09-19 L1 Nîmes - Toulouse
Nice
All Champions League Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
21-07-19 CF Standard Liege 2 - 1 Nice
27-07-19 CF Cardiff City 1 - 0 Nice
30-07-19 CF Burnley 6 - 1 Nice
03-08-19 CF Leicester City 8 - 1 Nice
10-08-19 L1 Nice 2 - 1 Amiens SC
17-08-19 L1 Nîmes 18:00 Nice
28-08-19 L1 Nice 19:00 Olympique Marseille
01-09-19 L1 Rennes 13:00 Nice
14-09-19 L1 Montpellier - Nice
21-09-19 L1 Nice - Dijon

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Olympique Lyonnais 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 PSG 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Angers SCO 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Reims 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Lille 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Nice 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Rennes 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Saint-Étienne 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Brest 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Metz 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Strasbourg 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Toulouse 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Amiens SC 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Dijon 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Montpellier 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Nantes 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Bordeaux 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
18 Olympique Marseille 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Monaco 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Nîmes 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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