📏 Form Guide

Nice

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Nice head into this fixture coming off the back of a 0-0 Ligue 1 drawn result versus Reims.

In that game, Nice managed 48% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Reims got 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

Three or more goals per game have been seen in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Nice have played. Opposition teams scored 10 times in this period whereas Nice managed to get a total of 7.

FC Lorient

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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Montpellier in Ligue 1 competition, FC Lorient will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, FC Lorient had 55% possession and 18 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Montpellier got 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Téji Savanier (55') and Yann Karamoh (90') scored for Montpellier.

The stats don’t lie, and FC Lorient have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 9 goals in all. Defensively, FC Lorient have clearly had some problems. That kind of pattern won’t necessarily be continued into this game, though.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 14/03/2021 shows that Nice have won 2 of these and FC Lorient 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.

In all, 13 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 7 for Les Aiglons and 6 netted by Les Merlus. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.

The last league match featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 2 on 20/08/2023 and the score finished FC Lorient 1-1 Nice.

On that day, FC Lorient managed 40% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Their only player to score was Siriné Doucouré (77').

Nice got 21 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Evann Guessand (64') scored.

The referee was Hakim Ben El Hadj.

🗞️ Team News: Nice

There’s just a single fitness concern for the Nice manager Francesco Farioli to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed group. Alexis Beka Beka (depression) is out of contention.

In all likelihood, Les Aiglons may well line up in a 4-3-3 formation and select Marcin Bulka, Jordan Lotomba, Jean-Clair Todibo, Dante, Melvin Bard, Hichem Boudaoui, Pablo Rosario, K. Thuram-Ulien, Mohamed-Ali Cho, Terem Moffi and Gaetan Laborde.

📰 Team News: FC Lorient

Thanks to a largely healthy group of players, there is just the one fitness worry for the FC Lorient gaffer Régis Le Bris to be concerned about. Quentin Boisgard (Metatarsal fracture) misses out for this game.

We’re of the thinking that Les Merlus appear most likely to play in a 3-4-3 system, choosing Yvon Mvogo, Formose Mendy, Nathaniel Adjei, Souleymane Toure, Panos Katseris, Imran Louza, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Darline Yongwa, Ayman Kari, Mohamed Bamba and Julien Ponceau.

⚡ Prediction

It looks to us that Nice will more than likely get amongst the goals when they meet FC Lorient, who might well find it a difficult task scoring.

We’re therefore anticipating a 2-0 win for Nice at the conclusion of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 18:02 19/04/2024