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

Sat 2nd May, 20:05 BST, Allianz Riviera, Nice

Claude Puel and Pierre Sage clash in the Ligue 1 on Saturday night, as Nice face Lens at the Allianz Riviera. Stats for our tip of are shown below, including head-to-head history. Changing the market using the tabs below changes all stats and the odds, making it easier than ever to find the right bet for you.


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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
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Nice
26%
--
Draw
23%
--
Lens
51%
--
Draw 1-1
10%
--
Lens 2-1
10%
--
Lens 1-0
8%
--
Lens 2-0
8%
--
Nice 2-1
7%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Lens 3-1
6%
--
Nice 1-0
6%
--
Lens 3-0
5%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Lens 3-2
4%
--
Nice 2-0
4%
--
Lens 4-1
3%
--
Nice 3-1
3%
--
Nice 3-2
3%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
60%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
40%
--
Home 1st Goal
45%
--
Away 1st Goal
53%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
60%
--
BTTS - No
40%
--
BTTS - Home Win
15%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
27%
--
Home/draw
49%
--
Away/draw
74%
--
Home/away
77%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
37%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
63%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
--
Home DNB
42%
--
Away DNB
67%
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Nice win to nil
11%
--
Lens win to nil
24%
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Nice have played 29 matches so far this season and are in 15th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

25 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 14 games, drawn 7 and won 4. Nice have conceded 52 goals, scored 25, failed to score in 9 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Nice have played 15 games at home, winning 4, drawing 6 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 18 goals, conceded 26 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

Lens lay in 2nd place on 62 points in the Ligue 1 league table having played 29 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 28 games against teams below them in the table, winning 20, drawing 2 and losing 6 games. They have scored 57 goals and kept 10 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Lens have conceded 27 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Lens have played 14 away games, winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 1.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Nice
Lens
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSG2720343863 
l
 
0-4A
l
 
1-0A
May 13
l
 
2-0A
2
Lens2920272862 
May 2
l
 
2-0A
-
-
3
Lille2916581553 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 18
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-0A
4
Marseille30164101852 
l
 
1-5A
Apr 26
w
 
2-1A
l
 
3-1A
5
Lyon2915681451 
w
 
3-2F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-1A
May 16
6
Rennes291487850 
l
 
0-4A
w
 
1-2F
w
 
3-1A
d
 
0-00-0
7
Monaco2915410749 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-3F
w
 
1-4F
8
Strasbourg2812791243 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-1A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
9
Lorient3010119-441 
d
 
3-3F
l
 
3-1F
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-1A
10
Toulouse3010713-137 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
5-1A
w
 
3-2A
w
 
0-3F
11
Brest2810612-636 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
4-1A
w
 
3-1A
Apr 24
12
Paris FC2981110-835 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-5F
13
Angers299614-1433 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
5-1F
w
 
1-2F
14
Le Havre2961112-1329 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-1A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
15
Nice297715-2228 
-
-
w
 
2-0F
May 2
16
Auxerre295915-1424 
w
 
3-1F
May 9
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
17
Nantes284717-2119 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-4F
May 9
w
 
1-2F
18
Metz293620-3715 
May 16
l
 
2-1F
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
Win / draw / win form
9
Nice have not won in 9 consecutive home league games
Nice 15TH
20 league games
Home
9
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Nice1 - 1Le Havre
Nice0 - 4PSG
Nice0 - 4Rennes
Nice3 - 3Lorient
Nice0 - 0Monaco
Nice2 - 2Brest
Nice1 - 1Strasbourg
Nice0 - 1Angers
Nice1 - 5Marseille
Nice2 - 0Lille
Nice3 - 2Lyon
Nice1 - 1Paris FC
Nice1 - 0Nantes
Nice3 - 1Auxerre
Nice0 - 1Toulouse
Nice6 - 0Brest
Nice1 - 0Reims
Nice2 - 1Angers
Nice1 - 2Nantes
Nice1 - 1Auxerre
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
41
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
3
Draw
5
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNice1 - 1Le Havre
ANice1 - 3Strasbourg
HNice0 - 4PSG
ANice2 - 0Angers
HNice0 - 4Rennes
ANice0 - 1Paris FC
HNice3 - 3Lorient
ANice0 - 2Lyon
HNice0 - 0Monaco
HNice2 - 2Brest
ANice4 - 1Nantes
ANice1 - 5Toulouse
HNice1 - 1Strasbourg
ANice0 - 2Lens
HNice0 - 1Angers
ANice1 - 3Lorient
HNice1 - 5Marseille
ANice1 - 2Metz
ANice0 - 1PSG
HNice2 - 0Lille
Lens 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
10
D
3
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lille3 - 0Lens
Lorient2 - 1Lens
Strasbourg1 - 1Lens
Paris FC0 - 5Lens
Marseille3 - 1Lens
Toulouse0 - 3Lens
Nantes1 - 2Lens
Angers1 - 2Lens
Monaco1 - 4Lens
Metz2 - 0Lens
Auxerre1 - 2Lens
Rennes0 - 0Lens
PSG2 - 0Lens
Le Havre1 - 2Lens
Toulouse1 - 1Lens
Lyon1 - 2Lens
Brest1 - 3Lens
Lille1 - 0Lens
Marseille0 - 1Lens
Nantes3 - 1Lens
Goals: Scored
43
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
14
D
1
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HLens3 - 2Toulouse
ALens0 - 3Lille
HLens5 - 1Angers
ALens1 - 2Lorient
HLens3 - 0Metz
ALens1 - 1Strasbourg
HLens2 - 3Monaco
ALens5 - 0Paris FC
HLens3 - 1Rennes
HLens1 - 0Le Havre
ALens1 - 3Marseille
HLens1 - 0Auxerre
ALens3 - 0Toulouse
HLens2 - 0Nice
ALens2 - 1Nantes
ALens2 - 1Angers
HLens1 - 0Strasbourg
ALens4 - 1Monaco
HLens3 - 0Lorient
ALens0 - 2Metz
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Nice since 2015
Nice
Lens
Goals: Scored
10
3
Games: Scored
5 / 6
3 / 6
Clean sheets
3 / 6
1 / 6
NIC
5
D
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nice
Nice2 - 0
Nice2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Nice2 - 1
Nice2 - 1
Nice2 - 1
League games at Lens since 2014
Lens
Nice
Goals: Scored
8
5
Games: Scored
4 / 7
3 / 7
Clean sheets
4 / 7
3 / 7
NIC
3
D
1
LEN
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lens
Lens2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 3Nice
0 - 1Nice
Lens3 - 0
0 - 1Nice
Lens2 - 0
Goal Statistics

Lens's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday night, not least because Nice have conceded in each of their last 17 Ligue 1 matches. A PG of 1.8 for P. Sage's side suggests that run should continue.

Nice 15th Lens 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Nice will score no more than 1 goal
0
16%
1
29%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
12%
There is a 84% probability that Lens will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-12
Nice have scored 12% fewer goals at home than predicted
+9
Lens’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.5
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2025/2026 season
Nice
PG (predicted goals)
Lens
1.3
1.8
Attack rating
%
better
NIC
LEN
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
NIC
LEN
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

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

Nice Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24767
J Clauss S DiopJ Clauss C Vanhoutte
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Diop FWD2873
5
-
M Sanson MID272
4
-
J Clauss  DEF2616
-
M Bard DEF2521
3
-
K Oppong DEF241
3
-
C Vanhoutte MID232
7
-
T Louchet MID2332
1
1
A. Juma Bah DEF22
6
-
Y Diouf GLK21
1
-
H Boudaoui MID2112
4
-
A Mendy DEF201
5
-
K Carlos FWD19
3
-
M Cho FWD1943
1
-
A Abdi DEF182
3
1
I Jansson FWD181
2
-
S Samed MID15
3
-
T Gouveia FWD14
2
-
J Boga FWD1422
-
Dante DEF111
1
-
T Moffi FWD102
-
M Dupé GLK8
-
T Ndombélé MID71
-
B. Nguene FWD6
1
-
G. Bernardeau MID4
-
Y Ndayishimiye DEF2
1
M Bombito DEF2
1
-
D. Coulibaly MID1
-
Lens Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
291299
R RisserO EdouardA ThomassonA Thomasson
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Risser GLK291
2
-
M Udol DEF2917
2
-
F Thauvin FWD2995
5
-
M Sarr DEF281
2
-
A Thomasson MID2839
9
-
M Sangaré MID2633
3
-
O Edouard FWD25123
1
-
W Saïd  FWD25102
2
-
R. Fofana FWD245
-
S Abdulhamid DEF2223
3
-
F Sotoca FWD22
1
-
R Aguilar DEF2122
4
1
S Baidoo DEF1921
2
-
P Ganiou DEF183
3
1
A. Bulatović MID162
1
-
A Sima FWD1612
2
-
M Guilavogui FWD161
3
1
J Gradit DEF10
2
1
A. Bermont FWD9
-
N. Čelik DEF7
1
-
D Machado DEF5
1
-
F. Sylla MID3
-
K. Antonio DEF2
1
-