Catching up with the top sides is at stake when these mid-table sides meet. Both are trying to strenghten their league table standing, Olympique Lyonnais in 8th and Nice in 9th place.
- Olympique Lyonnais have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Nice have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Ligue 1
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.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 7 Ligue 1 games here at Parc Olympique Lyonnais for Olympique Lyonnais. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Olympique Lyonnais are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Olympique Marseille. Midfield player Mendes got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, the max score being 10. Mendes hit one key pass and had 51 successful passes (of 61 total).
Ahead of that match, Lyon won a home game hosting Lille (1-0).The Olympique Lyonnais manager Blanc has got the team scoring with 15 from 7 home games in the league. From these home matches, Olympique Lyonnais have conceded only 5 goals.
Nice form and stats
As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Nice have produced an overall stat of 3-2-2 so far.
Laborde scored in Nice's previous match, the home game against Brest that ended 1-0. Which player has bagged at least one goal three games in a row for the away side? The answer is Laborde and that is quite the accomplishment! Ramsey got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, top player of the team. Ramsey hit two key passes and had 63 successful passes (of 69 total).
Before that match, 2-2 away against FC Köln in the Europa Conference League.
Nice are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
Olympique Lyonnais-Nice H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Olympique Lyonnais five wins, Nice five wins, zero draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these sides have sometimes been "violent", having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Lacazette 8 goals |  M. Lemos Martins 5 goals |   A. Delort 5 goals |
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
Nice missing players
| Olympique Lyonnais | Nice | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 22 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 64% |
| 57% | 57% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | 36% |
| 29% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 21% | 29% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 64% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 71% | 57% |
| 14% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 14% | 29% |
| 5.3 | 5.7 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| 3.9 | 4.6 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 14.3 | 15 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.3 | 12.3 |
| 6 | 6.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| 26% | 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 35% | 24% |
| 10.3 | 8.9 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 11.1 | 12 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | 3.9 |
- Nice have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nice have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Ligue 1
- Nice have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Ligue 1
- Nice have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nice haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Olympique Lyonnais have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Olympique Lyonnais haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 29 | 38 |
| 2 | Lens | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 33 |
| 3 | Rennes | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 28 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 27 |
| 5 | Monaco | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 27 |
| 6 | Lorient | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Lille | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 20 |
| 9 | Nice | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 | Clermont | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | Reims | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 16 |
| 13 | Troyes | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -4 | 14 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -5 | 13 |
| 15 | Auxerre | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -12 | 13 |
| 16 | Nantes | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 12 |
| 17 | Ajaccio | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -10 | 11 |
| 18 | Strasbourg | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 19 | Brest | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -13 | 10 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -18 | 8 |
