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Lens v Nice : Ligue 1 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 14th Dec, 16:15 BST, Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Nice are away from home on Sunday afternoon, as manager Franck Haise takes his side to visit Lens and Pierre Sage at the Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis in the Ligue 1. You'll find stats supporting our top of Lens to win below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other markets we're covering too. We aim to deliver as full a picture as possible, with Ligue 1 performances and head-to-heads included, so that you can make a smart bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.


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Best Tip: Lens to win

As the stadium fills and the Lens players prepare themselves for this clash, the bookmakers have predicted a victory for them. The odds and our pre-match statistics below suggest the same, as does the historical head-to-head (H2H) information we take advantage of in our predictive algorithms. The Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis hasn't been a happy hunting ground for for Nice in the past, and we we think that will be the case again on Sunday afternoon. A win / draw / win home win is the way to go.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Lens are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 64% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.62.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Lens
64%
8/13-
Draw
20%
31/10-
Nice
16%
4/1-
Lens 2-0
10%
17/2-
Lens 2-1
10%
15/2-
Lens 1-0
10%
17/2-
Draw 1-1
9%
7/1-
Lens 3-0
7%
12/1-
Lens 3-1
7%
11/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
12/1-
Draw 0-0
5%
16/1-
Nice 2-1
4%
14/1-
Nice 1-0
4%
16/1-
Lens 4-0
4%
22/1-
Lens 4-1
4%
20/1-
Lens 3-2
3%
20/1-
Nice 2-0
2%
28/1-
Lens 4-2
2%
33/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
60%
4/7-
Under 2.5 Goals
40%
11/8-
Home 1st Goal
58%
8/15-
Away 1st Goal
40%
6/4-
No 1st Goal
3%
16/1-
BTTS - Yes
54%
4/7-
BTTS - No
46%
5/4-
BTTS - Home Win
30%
2/1-
BTTS - Draw
15%
15/4-
BTTS - Away Win
9%
13/2-
Home/draw
84%
1/6-
Away/draw
36%
5/4-
Home/away
80%
2/9-
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
1/6-
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
4/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
37%
11/8-
Under 3.5 Goals
63%
4/7-
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
10/3-
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
2/9-
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
7/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
1/12-
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/40-
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
14/1-
Home DNB
78%
1/4-
Away DNB
30%
11/4-
Lens win to nil
34%
9/4-
Nice win to nil
7%
9/1-
Lens / Lens
33%
6/4-
Lens / Nice
2%
33/1-
Lens / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Lens
18%
15/4-
Draw / Nice
8%
10/1-
Draw / Draw
12%
6/1-
Nice / Lens
4%
18/1-
Nice / Nice
10%
7/1-
Nice / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Lens have played 15 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the Ligue 1 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below in the table, having won 11, drawn 1 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Lens have outscored their opponents by 26 goals to 19 goals.

Home League Performance

Lens have played 7 games at home winning 6, drawing 0 and losing 1 game. They have scored 14 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 4 goals at home.

Nice are in 11th position in the Ligue 1 on 17 points having played 14 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 16 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 8 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

8 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 1 and won 3. Nice have conceded 16 goals, scored 11, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Lens
Nice
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Lens1511131334 
-
-
May 3
Dec 14
2
PSG1510322033 
Apr 12
l
 
2-0A
Mar 22
l
 
1-0A
3
Marseille159242029 
w
 
2-1A
Jan 24
l
 
1-5A
Apr 26
4
Lille159241229 
w
 
3-0F
Apr 5
w
 
2-0F
Apr 19
5
Lyon14734624 
l
 
0-1A
May 16
w
 
3-2F
Feb 15
6
Rennes15663124 
Feb 8
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 8
w
 
1-2F
7
Monaco15726023 
Feb 22
w
 
1-4F
Feb 8
d
 
2-2F
8
Strasbourg15717522 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 28
Jan 3
Apr 5
9
Toulouse15555220 
Apr 19
Jan 2
l
 
0-1A
Jan 17
10
Brest15546-419 
w
 
3-1A
Apr 26
Feb 1
l
 
4-1A
11
Nice14527-717 
Dec 14
May 3
-
-
12
Angers14446-516 
Mar 22
w
 
1-2F
Dec 7
Mar 15
13
Paris FC14437-515 
w
 
2-1F
Feb 15
d
 
1-1F
Mar 1
14
Le Havre14356-814 
Jan 30
w
 
1-2F
Apr 12
l
 
3-1A
15
Lorient14356-1014 
w
 
3-0F
Mar 15
Feb 22
l
 
3-1F
16
Nantes15258-1111 
May 9
w
 
1-2F
w
 
1-0F
Jan 25
17
Metz14329-1711 
Mar 8
l
 
2-0A
May 16
l
 
2-1F
18
Auxerre14239-129 
Jan 17
w
 
1-2F
w
 
3-1F
May 9
Win / draw / win form
6
Lens have won 6 consecutive home league games
3
Nice have lost 3 consecutive away league games
6
Lens have not lost in 6 consecutive home league games
Lens 1ST
20 league games
Home
6
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
12
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lens1 - 0Strasbourg
Lens3 - 0Lorient
Lens2 - 1Marseille
Lens2 - 1Paris FC
Lens3 - 0Lille
Lens3 - 1Brest
Lens0 - 1Lyon
Lens4 - 0Monaco
Lens0 - 4Auxerre
Lens0 - 2Reims
Lens1 - 0St Etienne
Lens1 - 0Rennes
Lens3 - 4Le Havre
Lens0 - 2Strasbourg
Lens1 - 0Angers
Lens1 - 2PSG
Lens0 - 1Toulouse
Lens2 - 0Montpellier
Lens1 - 3Marseille
Lens3 - 2Nantes
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
14
D
2
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ALens2 - 1Nantes
ALens2 - 1Angers
HLens1 - 0Strasbourg
ALens4 - 1Monaco
HLens3 - 0Lorient
ALens0 - 2Metz
HLens2 - 1Marseille
HLens2 - 1Paris FC
ALens2 - 1Auxerre
ALens0 - 0Rennes
HLens3 - 0Lille
ALens0 - 2PSG
HLens3 - 1Brest
ALens2 - 1Le Havre
HLens0 - 1Lyon
HLens4 - 0Monaco
ALens1 - 1Toulouse
ALens2 - 1Lyon
HLens0 - 4Auxerre
ALens3 - 1Brest
Nice 11TH
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lorient3 - 1Nice
Metz2 - 1Nice
PSG1 - 0Nice
Rennes1 - 2Nice
Monaco2 - 2Nice
Brest4 - 1Nice
Le Havre3 - 1Nice
Rennes2 - 0Nice
PSG1 - 3Nice
Strasbourg2 - 2Nice
Monaco2 - 1Nice
St Etienne1 - 3Nice
Le Havre1 - 3Nice
Toulouse1 - 1Nice
Lille2 - 1Nice
Reims2 - 4Nice
Montpellier2 - 2Nice
Lyon4 - 1Nice
Brest0 - 1Nice
Nantes1 - 1Nice
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANice1 - 3Lorient
HNice1 - 5Marseille
ANice1 - 2Metz
ANice0 - 1PSG
HNice2 - 0Lille
ANice2 - 1Rennes
HNice3 - 2Lyon
ANice2 - 2Monaco
HNice1 - 1Paris FC
ANice1 - 4Brest
HNice1 - 0Nantes
ANice1 - 3Le Havre
HNice3 - 1Auxerre
HNice0 - 1Toulouse
HNice6 - 0Brest
ANice0 - 2Rennes
HNice1 - 0Reims
ANice3 - 1PSG
HNice2 - 1Angers
ANice2 - 2Strasbourg
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Nice have not lost to Lens in 6 consecutive league meetings
League games at Lens since 2014
Lens
Nice
Goals: Scored
6
5
Games: Scored
3 / 6
3 / 6
Clean sheets
3 / 6
3 / 6
LEN
2
D
1
NIC
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lens
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 3Nice
0 - 1Nice
Lens3 - 0
0 - 1Nice
Lens2 - 0
League games at Nice since 2015
Nice
Lens
Goals: Scored
10
3
Games: Scored
5 / 6
3 / 6
Clean sheets
3 / 6
1 / 6
D
1
NIC
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nice
Nice2 - 0
Nice2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Nice2 - 1
Nice2 - 1
Nice2 - 1
Goal Statistics

Nice have been abject at the back of late, conceding 2 or more goals in 7 consecutive Ligue 1 outings. This run could continue, with Lens's PG an impressive 2.1.

Goals have been a problem for Nice of late. It has been 11 Ligue 1 games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.0 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Sunday afternoon against Lens.

Lens 1st Nice 11th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.1
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
12%
1
25%
2
27%
3
19%
4+
17%
There is a 63% probability that Lens will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
38%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 75% probability of Nice scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-3
Lens’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+8
Nice’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2025/2026 season
Lens
PG (predicted goals)
Nice
2.1
1
Attack rating
LEN
NIC
5%
better
view stats
Games scored10
12
Failed to score4
2
Scored first8
9
Goals scored24
19
Avg. goals scored1.6
1.4
Avg. shots per game10
8
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for17
17
Avg. XG for1.9
1.2
KickOff rating
+5%
Defence rating
32%
better
LEN
NIC
view stats
Games conceded10
12
Clean sheets4
2
Conceded first5
5
Goals conceded12
26
Avg. goals conceded0.8
1.9
Avg. shots/game conceded8
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded10
6
Conversion rate against10%
16%
Avg. XG against1.6
2
KickOff rating
+32%

Lens v Nice Ligue 1 lLine ups will show here when available.

Lens Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15655
R RisserW Saïd A ThomassonA Thomasson
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Risser GLK15
1
-
R Aguilar DEF151
3
-
M Udol DEF153
1
-
F Thauvin FWD1552
3
-
W Saïd  FWD1562
-
M Sarr DEF14
2
-
S Baidoo DEF1421
2
-
M Sangaré MID1411
1
-
A Thomasson MID1415
5
-
M Guilavogui FWD131
2
1
O Edouard FWD1252
1
-
R. Fofana FWD122
-
J Gradit DEF10
2
1
S Abdulhamid DEF101
-
F Sotoca FWD10
1
-
A Sima FWD71
2
-
D Machado DEF5
1
-
A. Bulatović MID51
-
P Ganiou DEF41
1
1
A. Bermont FWD4
-
F. Sylla MID2
-
Nice Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
14624
Y DioufS DiopS DiopA Mendy
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Y Diouf GLK14
-
K Oppong DEF141
1
-
M Bard DEF141
2
-
S Diop FWD1462
3
-
J Boga FWD1422
-
A Mendy DEF12
4
-
M Sanson MID121
-
A. Juma Bah DEF11
4
-
J Clauss  DEF1112
-
S Samed MID11
1
-
T Louchet MID112
1
-
H Boudaoui MID1112
3
-
C Vanhoutte MID102
4
-
I Jansson FWD101
2
-
T Moffi FWD102
-
T Gouveia FWD8
1
-
K Carlos FWD8
1
-
A Abdi DEF7
2
1
M Cho FWD722
-
B. Nguene FWD4
1
-
M Bombito DEF2
1
-
Dante DEF2
-