Ligue 1 · Matchday 7 Match report

Lyon 2-1 Nice: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Lyon

2-1Full time

Nice

Sunday 18 October 2026, 18:45 UTC Groupama Stadium, Décines-Charpieu

Our picks against the result

9 of 12 right

Result Lyon win57% 2-1
Double chance Lyon or draw (1X)81% 2-1
Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.556% 3 goals
More corners Lyon65% Nice (1-9)
Yellow cards Around average 4 yellow cards · league 3.2
Yellow cards 4 yellow cards 3.5 Under57% 4.5 Under76% 5.5 Under88%
Corners Around average 10 corners · league 9.7
Corners 10 corners 8.5 Over64% 9.5 Over53% 10.5 Under57%

Match stats

Lyon Nice

2 Goals 1
0 Yellow cards 4
1 Red cards 0
1 Corners 9

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Lyon vs Nice in Ligue 1 comes to the Groupama Stadium on Sunday 18 October 2026 for Matchday 7, and our pick is a Lyon win, with Lyon win or draw as the double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model leans on the gap between the two sides in our strength ratings: Lyon sit above the Ligue 1 average at both ends, Nice below it, and home advantage at the Groupama Stadium adds to that. The one note of caution is that Lyon have been conceding big chances more often than the league average across their last five matches, and they come into this three days after a Europa League tie. Even so, the recent record between the clubs supports the call, with four Lyon wins in the last five meetings. So the verdict is moderate rather than clear.

Form guide

Lyon

W 3-2 vs Crystal Palace (H) Europa League · 15 Oct
L 1-2 at Lens (A) Ligue 1 · 9 Oct
W 4-0 vs Rennes (H) Ligue 1 · 19 Sep
W 2-1 at Anderlecht (A) Europa League · 16 Sep
D 0-0 at Paris FC (A) Ligue 1 · 12 Sep

Nice

W 2-1 vs Strasbourg (H) Ligue 1 · 11 Oct
W 2-1 vs Lille (H) Ligue 1 · 20 Sep
L 0-1 at Auxerre (A) Ligue 1 · 12 Sep
D 1-1 vs Le Mans (H) Ligue 1 · 5 Sep
L 0-3 at Paris FC (A) Ligue 1 · 30 Aug

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

LyonNice

Attack 88 24 1.8 goals per match this season0.8 goals per match this season

Defence 82 24 0.7 conceded per match this season1.2 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Ligue 1 clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.