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

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

Home advantage can be vital in the Ligue 1, and Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca’s Lyon will have the joy of it on Sunday evening. Claude Puel’s Nice are their opponents at the Groupama Stadium. Team form, head-to-head stats, predictions and odds from leading bookmakers are all published below. Helping our users place smart bets is what we do best. We're tipping Lyon to win, but why not take a look and see if there's another bet you prefer?


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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
Draw No Bet
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 1.60.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Lyon
62%
-3/5
2%
Draw
20%
-10/3
3%
Nice
18%
-4/1
13%
Lyon 2-1
10%
-13/2
Draw 1-1
9%
-13/2
7%
Lyon 2-0
9%
-13/2
Lyon 1-0
9%
-13/2
7%
Lyon 3-1
7%
-9/1
Lyon 3-0
7%
-9/1
Draw 2-2
5%
-12/1
Nice 2-1
5%
-12/1
13%
Nice 1-0
4%
-12/1
Draw 0-0
4%
-12/1
18%
Lyon 3-2
4%
-16/1
Lyon 4-1
4%
-16/1
Lyon 4-0
3%
-16/1
Nice 2-0
2%
-20/1
9%
Lyon 4-2
2%
-25/1
Over 2.5 Goals
62%
-3/5
4%
Under 2.5 Goals
38%
-6/5
5%
Home 1st Goal
56%
-10/21
3%
Away 1st Goal
42%
-15/8
4%
No 1st Goal
3%
-12/1
18%
BTTS - Yes
58%
-8/11
1%
BTTS - No
42%
-21/20
5%
BTTS - Home Win
31%
-2/1
3%
BTTS - Draw
16%
-4/1
BTTS - Away Win
10%
-7/1
6%
Home/draw
82%
-1/6
4%
Away/draw
38%
-13/10
3%
Home/away
80%
-1/5
2%
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
-2/11
2%
Under 1.5 Goals
17%
-10/3
8%
Over 3.5 Goals
39%
-6/4
4%
Under 3.5 Goals
61%
-10/21
3%
Over 4.5 Goals
22%
-10/3
6%
Under 4.5 Goals
78%
-2/11
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
10%
-7/1
6%
Under 5.5 Goals
90%
-1/18
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
-1/40
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
-12/1
18%
Home DNB
76%
-2/9
2%
Away DNB
32%
-11/4
11%
Lyon win to nil
30%
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Nice win to nil
8%
--
Lyon / Lyon
34%
-13/10
Lyon / Nice
3%
-28/1
15%
Lyon / Draw
6%
-12/1
Draw / Lyon
17%
-18/5
5%
Draw / Nice
8%
-9/1
9%
Draw / Draw
12%
-11/2
13%
Nice / Lyon
5%
-16/1
Nice / Nice
10%
-13/2
6%
Nice / Draw
6%
-12/1
13%
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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
Lille211038433 
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
Metz213414-2513 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
2-5F
May 16
l
 
2-1F
Win / draw / win form
4
Lyon have won 4 consecutive home league games
Lyon 5TH
20 league games
Home
4
Overall
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
15
D
1
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lyon1 - 0Lille
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
Goals: Scored
33
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
HLyon1 - 0Lille
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
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
27
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNice2 - 2Brest
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
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 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
20%
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
+6
Lyon’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+16
Nice have scored 16% more goals when away than predicted
2.0
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
13%
better
LYN
NIC
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Games scored17
16
Failed to score3
4
Scored first14
10
Goals scored33
27
Avg. goals scored1.7
1.4
Avg. shots per game9
9
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for18
16
Avg. XG for1.9
1.3
KickOff rating
+13%
Defence rating
44%
better
LYN
NIC
view stats
Games conceded10
18
Clean sheets10
2
Conceded first4
10
Goals conceded20
38
Avg. goals conceded1
1.9
Avg. shots/game conceded8
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
6
Conversion rate against13%
17%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.9
KickOff rating
+44%

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
19855
C MataP SulcA MoreiraA Maitland-Niles
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Maitland-Niles DEF1913
4
1
C Mata DEF19
4
-
M Niakhaté DEF182
3
-
P Sulc MID1882
2
-
C Tolisso MID1831
5
-
T Tessmann MID181
-
A Moreira FWD1825
2
-
A Karabec MID171
2
-
T Morton MID1722
3
1
D Greif GLK161
-
N Tagliafico DEF143
3
1
Abner DEF133
3
1
K. Merah MID131
2
-
M Satriano FWD1121
1
-
R Kluivert DEF1012
1
-
M. de Carvalho MID10
1
-
M Fofana FWD921
1
-
H Hateboer DEF8
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
17747
K OppongS DiopJ Clauss C Vanhoutte
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Diop FWD1973
3
-
M Bard DEF1811
2
-
K Oppong DEF181
3
-
M Sanson MID182
2
-
J Clauss  DEF1714
-
Y Diouf GLK16
-
A. Juma Bah DEF15
5
-
C Vanhoutte MID152
7
-
S Samed MID15
3
-
T Louchet MID1512
1
1
A Mendy DEF14
5
-
H Boudaoui MID1412
4
-
I Jansson FWD141
2
-
J Boga FWD1422
-
M Cho FWD1342
-
A Abdi DEF121
3
1
T Gouveia FWD12
1
-
K Carlos FWD12
1
-
T Moffi FWD102
-
B. Nguene FWD6
1
-
T Ndombélé MID51
-
M Dupé GLK4
-
Dante DEF4
-
M Bombito DEF2
1
-
G. Bernardeau MID1
-