Ligue 1 will return to the fold this Friday when Lyon welcomes Nice to Groupama Stadium in the 15th round of the competition. Kickoffs at 23:00 EAT.
The home team is eighth in the table with 20 points, one point above Friday’s hosts. Lyon has had a rough ride, in their last six matches wining only twice. Lyon has already suffered six defeats domestically in 2022-2023, which is more than half of their total from a season ago when they lost 10 league fixtures and finished eighth.
Lyon will be hoping to bounce back after 1-0 Ligue 1 losing efforts to Marseille in their last outing. In that match, Lyon managed 54% possession and 11 shots with four of them on target. Marseille got six shots with two of them on target and a goal scored by Samuel Gigot (44′).
Meanwhile Nice are in a better form, however it is still well off the pace they set in the 2021-2022 campaign under Christophe Galtier having lost five matches in 2022-2023, two more than a season ago, and accumulating six fewer points so far this season. Nice has not lost in their last five matches and will want to keep it that way.
Nice will enter trhis meeting off the back of 1-0 Ligue 1 success to beat Brest in their previous game. In that match, Nice had 57% possession, 14 shots with nine of them on target and a goal scored Gaëtan Laborde (54′). Brest got 12 shots with two of them on target.
Lyon vs Nice head to head
Lyon boasts the upper hand in the head to head history of this game having won 27 times from the 51 encounters since 1994; Nice won 13 times while 11 matches ended in draws.
- Lyon 2-0 Nice 12/02/22
- Nice 3-2 Lyon 24/10/21
- Lyon 2-3 Nice 23/05/21
- Nice 1-4 Lyon19/12/20
- Lyon 1-0 Nice04/07/20
Home
- Marseille 1-0 Lyon
- Lyon 1-0 Lille
- Montpellier 1-2 Lyon
- Stade Rennes 3-2 Lyon
- Lyon 1-1 Toulouse
Away
- Nice 1-0 Stade Brest 29
- FC Cologne 2-2 Nice
- Lorient 1-2 Nice
- Nice 2-1 Partizan Belgrade
- Nice 1-1 Nantes
Lyon team news
Julian Pollersbeck will sit out of match due to injury as confirmed by Lyon manager Laurent Blanc.
Nice team news
Nice manager Lucien Favre has confirmed Marcin Bulka will be out in this match because of health fitness.
Prediction and odds
- Lyon win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
