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

Sun 15th Feb, 19:45 BST, Groupama Stadium, Lyon

It's an away match for Claude Puel's Nice side on Sunday evening, as they head to the Groupama Stadium for a Ligue 1 clash with Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca's Lyon. Team form, head-to-head statistics, predictions and odds from leading bookmakers are all laid out below. Helping our users place smart bets is what we do best. We've backed Lyon to win, but why not flip through the tabs and find the one you like best?


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Best Tip: Lyon to win

There looks like a strong favourite for this game, and it's Lyon. Their recent form statistics show what they've got in their locker on home turf, and historical head-to-head (H2H) data proves they know how to beat Nice too. The odds point towards Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca's side winning in the win / draw / win market, and that's what we're predicting for Sunday evening too.

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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
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Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Lyon are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 62% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.55.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Lyon
62%
-11/20
Draw
20%
-10/3
Nice
18%
-9/2
Lyon 2-1
10%
-13/2
Lyon 2-0
9%
-13/2
Draw 1-1
9%
-13/2
Lyon 1-0
9%
-13/2
Lyon 3-1
7%
-9/1
Lyon 3-0
7%
-9/1
Draw 2-2
5%
-12/1
Nice 2-1
5%
-14/1
Nice 1-0
4%
-12/1
Draw 0-0
4%
-11/1
Lyon 4-1
4%
-16/1
Lyon 3-2
4%
-16/1
Lyon 4-0
4%
-16/1
Nice 2-0
2%
-22/1
Lyon 4-2
2%
-25/1
Over 2.5 Goals
62%
-8/13
Under 2.5 Goals
38%
-6/5
Home 1st Goal
56%
-4/9
Away 1st Goal
41%
-2/1
No 1st Goal
3%
-11/1
BTTS - Yes
57%
-8/11
BTTS - No
43%
-1/1
BTTS - Home Win
31%
-2/1
BTTS - Draw
16%
-4/1
BTTS - Away Win
10%
-15/2
Home/draw
82%
-1/7
Away/draw
38%
-7/5
Home/away
80%
-1/5
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
-1/5
Under 1.5 Goals
17%
-10/3
Over 3.5 Goals
39%
-6/4
Under 3.5 Goals
61%
-10/21
Over 4.5 Goals
22%
-10/3
Under 4.5 Goals
78%
-2/11
Over 5.5 Goals
10%
-7/1
Under 5.5 Goals
90%
-1/18
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
-1/40
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
-11/1
Home DNB
76%
-1/5
Away DNB
32%
-3/1
Lyon win to nil
31%
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Nice win to nil
8%
--
Lyon / Lyon
34%
-5/4
Lyon / Nice
3%
-28/1
Lyon / Draw
6%
-12/1
Draw / Lyon
17%
-17/5
Draw / Nice
7%
-10/1
Draw / Draw
13%
-5/1
Nice / Lyon
5%
-16/1
Nice / Nice
10%
-7/1
Nice / Draw
6%
-12/1
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Lyon have played 20 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the Ligue 1 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below in the table, having won 10, drawn 3 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Lyon have outscored their opponents by 33 goals to 27 goals.

Home League Performance

Lyon have played 10 games at home winning 8, drawing 0 and losing 2 games. They have scored 17 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 7 goals at home.

Nice are in 13th position in the Ligue 1 on 22 points having played 20 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 24 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 13 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 3 and won 3. Nice have conceded 30 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Lyon
Nice
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSG2015322748 
l
 
2-3A
Apr 19
Mar 22
l
 
1-0A
2
Lens2015141846 
May 16
w
 
0-1F
May 3
l
 
2-0A
3
Marseille2012352439 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 1
l
 
1-5A
Apr 26
4
Lyon2012351339 
-
-
w
 
3-2F
Feb 15
5
Lille201028432 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-0F
Apr 19
6
Rennes20875-131 
May 3
l
 
3-1F
Mar 8
w
 
1-2F
7
Strasbourg20938830 
w
 
2-1A
Feb 22
d
 
1-1A
Apr 5
8
Toulouse20866830 
l
 
1-2F
May 9
l
 
0-1A
l
 
5-1A
9
Lorient20776-428 
Apr 12
l
 
1-0A
Feb 22
l
 
3-1F
10
Monaco20839-127 
Mar 22
w
 
1-3F
Feb 8
d
 
2-2F
11
Angers20758-426 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 5
l
 
0-1A
Mar 15
12
Brest20659-723 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2A
l
 
4-1A
13
Nice206410-1122 
Feb 15
l
 
3-2A
-
-
14
Paris FC20569-821 
Mar 8
d
 
3-3F
d
 
1-1F
Mar 1
15
Le Havre20488-920 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 15
Apr 12
l
 
3-1A
16
Nantes203512-1714 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 7
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-4F
17
Auxerre203413-1513 
Apr 26
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
3-1F
May 9
18
Metz203314-2512 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
2-5F
May 16
l
 
2-1F
Win / draw / win form
Lyon 5TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
42
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
15
D
1
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lyon2 - 1Brest
Lyon1 - 0Le Havre
Lyon3 - 0Nantes
Lyon2 - 3PSG
Lyon2 - 1Strasbourg
Lyon1 - 2Toulouse
Lyon1 - 0Angers
Lyon1 - 0Marseille
Lyon3 - 0Metz
Lyon2 - 0Angers
Lyon1 - 2Lens
Lyon4 - 1Rennes
Lyon2 - 1Lille
Lyon4 - 2Le Havre
Lyon2 - 1Brest
Lyon2 - 3PSG
Lyon4 - 0Reims
Lyon0 - 0Toulouse
Lyon1 - 0Montpellier
Lyon4 - 1Nice
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
12
D
3
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ALyon5 - 2Metz
HLyon2 - 1Brest
ALyon3 - 1Monaco
HLyon1 - 0Le Havre
ALyon0 - 1Lorient
HLyon3 - 0Nantes
ALyon0 - 0Auxerre
HLyon2 - 3PSG
ALyon0 - 0Brest
ALyon3 - 3Paris FC
HLyon2 - 1Strasbourg
ALyon2 - 3Nice
HLyon1 - 2Toulouse
ALyon1 - 0Lille
HLyon1 - 0Angers
ALyon1 - 3Rennes
HLyon1 - 0Marseille
HLyon3 - 0Metz
ALyon1 - 0Lens
HLyon2 - 0Angers
Nice 13TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
40
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
20 / 20
Clean sheets
0 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Nantes1 - 4Nice
Toulouse5 - 1Nice
Lens2 - 0Nice
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
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
D
3
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANice4 - 1Nantes
ANice1 - 5Toulouse
HNice1 - 1Strasbourg
ANice0 - 2Lens
HNice0 - 1Angers
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
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Lyon since 2013
Lyon
Nice
Goals: Scored
24
15
Games: Scored
11 / 12
9 / 12
Clean sheets
3 / 12
1 / 12
LYN
6
D
3
NIC
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lyon
Lyon4 - 1
Lyon1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Lyon2 - 0
2 - 3Nice
Lyon2 - 1
0 - 1Nice
Lyon3 - 2
Draw3 - 3Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Nice
Lyon4 - 0
League games at Nice since 2014
Nice
Lyon
Goals: Scored
19
21
Games: Scored
9 / 13
9 / 13
Clean sheets
4 / 13
4 / 13
LYN
5
D
1
NIC
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nice
Nice3 - 2
0 - 2Lyon
Draw0 - 0Draw
Nice3 - 1
Nice3 - 2
1 - 4Lyon
Nice2 - 1
Nice1 - 0
0 - 5Lyon
Nice2 - 0
Nice3 - 0
1 - 3Lyon
0 - 1Lyon
Goal Statistics

Lyon's forwards have been excellent of late, scoring 2 goals or more in 3 consecutive Ligue 1 matches. A PG of 2.1 suggests that run should continue on Sunday evening.

Lyon 5th Nice 13th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.1
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
12%
1
25%
2
27%
3
19%
4+
17%
There is a 63% probability that Lyon will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
35%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 72% probability that Nice will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+15
Lyon have scored 15% more goals at home than predicted
+16
Nice have scored 16% more goals when away than predicted
2.1
average goals scored
1.7
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
2.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2025/2026 season
Lyon
PG (predicted goals)
Nice
2.1
1.1
Attack rating
%
better
LYN
NIC
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
LYN
NIC
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%

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

Lyon Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18855
C MataP SulcA MoreiraC Tolisso
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Maitland-Niles DEF1813
3
1
C Mata DEF18
4
-
C Tolisso MID1831
5
-
M Niakhaté DEF172
3
-
T Morton MID1722
3
1
P Sulc MID1782
2
-
T Tessmann MID171
-
A Moreira FWD1725
2
-
A Karabec MID161
2
-
D Greif GLK151
-
N Tagliafico DEF143
3
1
K. Merah MID131
2
-
Abner DEF123
3
1
M Satriano FWD1121
1
-
M. de Carvalho MID10
1
-
R Kluivert DEF911
1
-
M Fofana FWD921
1
-
H Hateboer DEF7
1
R Ghezzal  FWD7
-
R Descamps GLK4
-
O Mangala MID3
-
E. Honoré Molébé FWD1
-
Nice Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16736
M BardS DiopJ Clauss C Vanhoutte
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Bard DEF1811
2
-
S Diop FWD1872
3
-
K Oppong DEF171
2
-
M Sanson MID172
2
-
Y Diouf GLK16
-
J Clauss  DEF1613
-
A. Juma Bah DEF15
5
-
A Mendy DEF14
5
-
T Louchet MID1412
1
1
C Vanhoutte MID142
6
-
S Samed MID14
2
-
J Boga FWD1422
-
H Boudaoui MID1312
3
-
I Jansson FWD131
2
-
T Gouveia FWD12
1
-
M Cho FWD1242
-
A Abdi DEF11
3
1
K Carlos FWD11
1
-
T Moffi FWD102
-
B. Nguene FWD6
1
-
T Ndombélé MID51
-
M Dupé GLK3
-
Dante DEF3
-
M Bombito DEF2
1
-
G. Bernardeau MID1
-