Lyon vs Nice prediction for Friday’s Ligue 1 round 15 fixture at Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Lyon. The kickoff signal for this match will be given at 20:00 UK time. Follow on for our free prediction betting tips and preview.
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction One: Lyon to Win and BTTS Yes – 2.10
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Two: Under 3.5 Goals – 1.40
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Three: Score During the Match 1-0 – 1.53
Lyon to Win and BTTS Yes
Lyon won five of their seven home games making them favorites by 71% to win this game. In addition, the statistics are showing a 64% chance that both teams will score in this match.
Under 3.5 Goals
The goal statistics are showing an 85% chance that this match will produce under 3.5 goals. In detail, 13 of Nice’s 14 games ended with three or fewer goals, and Lyon’s ten fixtures also saw the same number of goals.
Score During the Match 1-0
Lyon to the initiative and scored first to take a 1-0 lead in six of their seven home games. Meanwhile, Nice’s five of seven away games saw them going down by a goal. Lyon scored the first goal in the last five h2h meetings.
Lyon
After two wins, Lyon suffered their sixth defeat of the season at the hands of Marseille in the previous round. The Gones are now eighth in the Ligue 1 table with 20 points from six wins and two draws. Lyon lost five of their last eight matches.
Lyon have scored an average of 1.57 goals per game since the beginning of the season in the league. As for Lyon’s current form, the form statistics indicate an average number of goals scored per game of 0.88 in the last 8 league matches, which is 43.9% lower than their current season’s average.
Nice
Nice registered their second win in a row in the last round by beating Brest 1-0 at home. With that Nice’s points tally is now 19 and are in the ninth position. Nice have won four of their eight matches in Ligue 1 and scored in six of their seven previous games.
Nice performances improved as the season progressed. To illustrate, the average points picked up by Nice during the season is 1.36. However, the last eight matches saw an increase of 28.7% to 1.75. Moreover, Nice are undefeated in their last five games winning three and drawing two.
Two teams that are very close in form as we can see in through their positions in the table. Lyon’s ambition is to play in Europe and for that, they have to go all out and win this match to climb up the table. For our prediction, we will choose Lyon to win combined with both teams scoring.
Lyon games produced 9.21 corners per game since the start of the Ligue 1 season. On the other side, Nice’s games usually see 8.79 corners per game. Hence, with odds of 1.47 at 1XBet, we predict this game to produce under 10.5 corners and consider it as our safe bet.
Corentin Tolisso is out with a thigh injury for Lyon.
Nice’s Marcin Bulka is injured and won’t play.
Goalkeeper: Lopes;
Defenders: Boateng, Lukeba, Lepenant;
Midfielders: Gusto, Aouar, Caqueret, Mendes, Tagliafico;
Forwards: Dembele, Lacazette;
Goalkeeper: Schmeichel;
Defenders: Atal, Todibo, Dante, Bard;
Midfielders: Boudaoui, Ramsey, Lemina, Brahimi;
Forwards: Laborde, Pepe;
Who won the last meeting between these clubs?
Lyon beat Nice 2-0 on 12/02/22 in Lyon.
Where will this match be played?
Friday’s game will be played at Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Lyon.
Which bookmaker has the best odds for this fixture?
We recommend checking out the odds at 1XBet for Lyon vs Nice.