📊 Form Guide

Lyon

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Lyon will be looking for a repeat result of the 1-4 Europa League triumph versus Qarabağ.

In that game, Lyon managed 43% possession and 16 shots on goal with 10 on target. For Lyon, the goals were scored by Georges Mikautadze (15', 80'), Corentin Tolisso (63') and Malick Fofana (68'). At the other end, Qarabag got 16 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Juninho (88') was the scorer for Qarabağ.

Lyon have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, hitting the target in each and every one of their last 6 matches.

They’ve claimed a sum of 8 during that time while also conceding a total of 6.

Analysis of their past results shows that Lyon:

• are unbeaten in the league by Nice in their previous 2 games.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 home league matches.

Nice

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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Rangers in Europa League action, Nice will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Nice had 54% possession and 19 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. The scorer for Nice was Badredine Bouanani (83'). Rangers got 15 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Václav Černý (35'), Mohamed Diomande (38') and Hamza Igamane (45', 54') scored for Rangers.

The stats don’t lie, and Nice have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 7 goals in total. Defensively, Nice seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. We will have to find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained here.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Nice:

• have not registered a win against Lyon when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league games.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels dating back to 24/10/2021, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Lyon winning 2 of those games, Nice 2 and 2 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

An aggregate of 14 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 7 from Lyon and 7 netted by Les Aiglons. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The previous league game featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 22 on 16/02/2024 which ended up with the score at Lyon 1-0 Nice.

On that occasion, Lyon managed 48% possession and 9 shots on goal with 1 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Orel Mangala (22').

Nice had 20 shots on goal with 6 on target.

The match was refereed by Clément Turpin.

📰 Team News: Lyon

It’s our opinion that Lyon look set to kick off with a 4-3-3 formation for this game, utilising Lucas Perri, A. Maitland-Niles, Duje Caleta-Car, Moussa Niakhate, Nicolas Tagliafico, Jordan Veretout, Nemanja Matic, Corentin Tolisso, Rayan Cherki, Alexandre Lacazette and Malick Fofana.

🗞️ Team News: Nice

Nice manager Franck Haise has multiple availability issues to deal with. Morgan Sanson (Injury to the ankle), Tanguy Ndombélé (Hip injury) and Terem Moffi (Cruciate ligament tear) can’t be considered.

We are inclined to think that Les Aiglons will likely elect for a 4-3-3 lineup, settling for Marcin Bulka, Tom Louchet, Moise Bombito, Mohamed Abdelmonem, Yael Nandjou, Hicham Boudaoui, Pablo Rosario, Tanguy Ndombele, Evann Guessand, Mohamed-Ali Cho and Sofiane Diop.

🧠 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Nice will need to push hard to find the net against this Lyon team who we think will likely win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.

We’ve gone for a narrow 1-0 victory for Lyon when the referee blows for full-time.

Let’s see how this one goes.

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

Lucas Pereira, 15:02 01/12/2024