One-sided contest expected as Olympique Lyonnais welcomes Nice

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 23.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Groupama OL Academy Décines-Charpieu (40494 seats)

Olympique Lyonnais have performed better than Nice so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Insights:
  • Olympique Lyonnais have the most scored goals in the first half (41) in Ligue 1

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!

Olympique Lyonnais are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Nice is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

Olympique Lyonnais have performed here at Groupama OL Academy Décines-Charpieu this season with 11 wins from 18 Ligue 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 4.

A good away victory last time out for Olympique Lyonnais, who won 5-2 against Nîmes (placed 19th). Sensational by Olympique last match, beating Nîmes away as big underdogs. Midfield player Lucas Paquetá got a match rating of 9.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Paquetá scored two goals, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times. A goal frenzy last time out for Olympique, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Nîmes. Fun stuff to watch!

Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Lorient.

Goals decide football matches and Olympique are scoring many of them at home; 40 on target from 18 league matches. Olympique Lyonnais have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Nice form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 7 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Nice are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

The manager A. Ursea was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 1 match played at their home ground Allianz Riviera. Nice suffered a 0-2 loss to Strasbourg (placed 15th). Defender Jean-Clair Todibo was the best team player with a rating of 7.65. Todibo won 8 of 11 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Brest.

With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Nice as the away team, we found one results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, one draw and zero defeats. The outsiders lost zero of these games by at least two goals.

Nice find the net regularly in their away games. 22 goals from 18 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Nice have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Nice - Olympique Lyonnais 1-4, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Olympique wins - draws - Nice wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

OlympiqueM. Depay
M. Depay
20 goals
Olympique LyonnaisK. Toko Ekambi
K. Toko Ekambi
12 goals
NiceA. Gouiri
A. Gouiri
12 goals

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Nice missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Olympique Lyonnais Nice
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 37
22 11 4 Won W 1 7 14
10 3 0 Drew D 0 4 7
5 4 2 Lost L 4 7 16
79 40 10 Scored S 5 22 47
40 20 4 Conceded C 9 21 51
95% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 92%
81% 83% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 83% 84%
65% 78% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 44% 59%
41% 39% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 17% 22%
32% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 8%
68% 61% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 54%
30% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 33% 24%
8% 11% 17% Failed to Score F T 20% 28% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.3 1.9
10 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
15.4 16.6 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.4 10.1 10.6
5.5 5.7 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.6 3.6
39% 39% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 34% 35%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Olympique Lyonnais have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have the most scored goals in the first half (41) in Ligue 1

  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 37 23 11 3 62 22 19 10 7 2 28 11 18 13 4 1 34 11 40 80
2 Paris Saint Germain 37 25 4 8 84 28 19 13 1 5 44 14 18 12 3 3 40 14 56 79
3 Monaco 37 24 5 8 76 42 19 12 5 2 43 21 18 12 0 6 33 21 34 77
4 Olympique Lyonnais 37 22 10 5 79 40 18 11 3 4 40 20 19 11 7 1 39 20 39 76
5 Olympique Marseille 37 16 11 10 53 46 19 10 5 4 32 23 18 6 6 6 21 23 7 59
6 Lens 37 15 11 11 55 54 18 7 6 5 28 26 19 8 5 6 27 28 1 56
7 Rennes 37 15 10 12 50 40 18 8 4 6 24 21 19 7 6 6 26 19 10 55
8 Montpellier 37 13 12 12 58 61 19 7 4 8 34 35 18 6 8 4 24 26 -3 51
9 Nice 37 14 7 16 47 51 19 7 3 9 25 30 18 7 4 7 22 21 -4 49
10 Metz 37 12 10 15 43 47 18 5 4 9 18 25 19 7 6 6 25 22 -4 46
11 Saint-Étienne 37 12 10 15 42 53 18 5 6 7 20 28 19 7 4 8 22 25 -11 46
12 Angers SCO 37 12 8 17 39 56 18 6 3 9 19 25 19 6 5 8 20 31 -17 44
13 Reims 37 9 15 13 41 48 18 4 8 6 15 19 19 5 7 7 26 29 -7 42
14 Bordeaux 37 12 6 19 40 55 19 7 4 8 19 21 18 5 2 11 21 34 -15 42
15 Strasbourg 37 11 8 18 48 57 18 4 4 10 20 28 19 7 4 8 28 29 -9 41
16 Brest 37 11 8 18 50 64 18 8 4 6 32 31 19 3 4 12 18 33 -14 41
17 Lorient 37 11 8 18 49 67 19 10 2 7 31 29 18 1 6 11 18 38 -18 41
18 Nantes 37 9 13 15 46 53 18 3 8 7 20 27 19 6 5 8 26 26 -7 40
19 Nîmes 37 9 8 20 40 69 19 3 5 11 22 39 18 6 3 9 18 30 -29 35
20 Dijon 37 3 9 25 24 73 19 1 6 12 8 31 18 2 3 13 16 42 -49 18

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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 Lille 37 23 11 3 62 22 19 10 7 2 28 11 18 13 4 1 34 11 40 80
2 Paris Saint Germain 37 25 4 8 84 28 19 13 1 5 44 14 18 12 3 3 40 14 56 79
3 Monaco 37 24 5 8 76 42 19 12 5 2 43 21 18 12 0 6 33 21 34 77
4 Olympique Lyonnais 37 22 10 5 79 40 18 11 3 4 40 20 19 11 7 1 39 20 39 76
5 Olympique Marseille 37 16 11 10 53 46 19 10 5 4 32 23 18 6 6 6 21 23 7 59
6 Lens 37 15 11 11 55 54 18 7 6 5 28 26 19 8 5 6 27 28 1 56
7 Rennes 37 15 10 12 50 40 18 8 4 6 24 21 19 7 6 6 26 19 10 55
8 Montpellier 37 13 12 12 58 61 19 7 4 8 34 35 18 6 8 4 24 26 -3 51
9 Nice 37 14 7 16 47 51 19 7 3 9 25 30 18 7 4 7 22 21 -4 49
10 Metz 37 12 10 15 43 47 18 5 4 9 18 25 19 7 6 6 25 22 -4 46
11 Saint-Étienne 37 12 10 15 42 53 18 5 6 7 20 28 19 7 4 8 22 25 -11 46
12 Angers SCO 37 12 8 17 39 56 18 6 3 9 19 25 19 6 5 8 20 31 -17 44
13 Reims 37 9 15 13 41 48 18 4 8 6 15 19 19 5 7 7 26 29 -7 42
14 Bordeaux 37 12 6 19 40 55 19 7 4 8 19 21 18 5 2 11 21 34 -15 42
15 Strasbourg 37 11 8 18 48 57 18 4 4 10 20 28 19 7 4 8 28 29 -9 41
16 Brest 37 11 8 18 50 64 18 8 4 6 32 31 19 3 4 12 18 33 -14 41
17 Lorient 37 11 8 18 49 67 19 10 2 7 31 29 18 1 6 11 18 38 -18 41
18 Nantes 37 9 13 15 46 53 18 3 8 7 20 27 19 6 5 8 26 26 -7 40
19 Nîmes 37 9 8 20 40 69 19 3 5 11 22 39 18 6 3 9 18 30 -29 35
20 Dijon 37 3 9 25 24 73 19 1 6 12 8 31 18 2 3 13 16 42 -49 18

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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.