📏 Form Guide

Nice

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Nice, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-3 Ligue 1 triumph against Paris Saint-Germain.

In that game, Nice had 24% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For Nice, the goals were scored by Morgan Sanson (34', 46') and Youssouf Ndayishimiye (70'). At the other end, Paris Saint-Germain got 31 attempts on goal with 12 on target. Fabián Ruiz (41') was the scorer for Paris Saint-Germain.

Nice haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, hitting the target in each and every one of their last 6 matches.

They’ve totted up the amount of 10 during that period while also conceding a total of 9. Let’s see if that trend will be continued on in this game.

Going into this encounter, Nice haven't been beaten in the league by Reims in their last 12 games. A long run without a loss.

Reims

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In their last fixture, Reims drew 0-0 in the Ligue 1 match with Montpellier.

In that match, Reims had 46% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Montpellier had 12 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

A series of steadfast showings from the Reims defensive unit has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 3 from their last 6 fixtures combined. Over that same period of time, their own attack force has managed to score 8.

Their previous form shows that Reims:

• have left without a victory over Nice in away games against them for the last 5 matches in the league. Not good.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head meetings going back to 21/05/2022 shows that Nice have won 3 of them & Reims 0, with the tally of draws being 3.

14 goals were produced between them in this period, with 9 for Les Aiglons and 5 being from Les rouges et blancs. The average goals per game has been 2.33.

The last league clash featuring these clubs was Ligue 1 match day 17 on 11/01/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Reims 2-4 Nice.

In that game, Reims managed 55% possession and 12 shots at goal with 3 on target. The goals were scored by Junya Ito (34') and Mamadou Diakhon (71').

Nice had 15 attempts at goal with 10 of them on target. Evann Guessand (28'), Gaëtan Laborde (44', 64') and Ali Abdi (86') scored.

The match was refereed by Willy Delajod.

📰 Team News: Nice

Youssouf Ndayishimiye (Cruciate ligament injury), Tanguy Ndombélé (Pelvic injury) and Mohamed Abdelmonem (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be able to play for Nice gaffer Franck Haise.

We think that Les Aiglons will probably use the 3-5-2 formation for this game, utilising Marcin Bulka, Antoine Mendy, Moise Bombito, Melvin Bard, Jonathan Clauss, Hicham Boudaoui, Pablo Rosario, Morgan Sanson, Ali Abdi, Badredine Bouanani and Gaetan Laborde.

📰 Team News: Reims

Reims manager Samba Diawara has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Reda Khadra (Cruciate ligament tear) and Mohamed Daramy (Knee injury) are those who can’t be considered.

We reckon that Les rouges et blancs appear most likely to elect for a 3-2-4-1 system, going with Yehvann Diouf, Joseph Okumu, Mory Gbane, Cedric Kipre, Aurelio Buta, Sergio Akieme, Ange Martial Tia, V. Atangana Edoa, Amadou Kone, Keito Nakamura and Jordan Pefok.

✨ Prediction

In this match, Reims should have enough to score against this Nice team, however that probably won’t be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re tipping a close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Nice at the end of the 90 minutes. It should be a decent one.

Peter Guest, 18:07 02/05/2025