Ligue 1 Round 7 2026-10-18 · 18:45 UTC finished
Lyon (home)
VS Groupama Stadium, Lyon
Nice (away)
Prediction
62% Lyon (home) Model favorite
24% Draw
14% Nice (away)
Expected goals 1.92 — 1.0 Over 2.5 goals: 56% Both teams to score: 54%

Model: history/v2-w1460-r150. Probabilities are produced by our own model from public match data. They are not odds and not betting advice.

Why — recent form

"—" means the number is not available in our data; we never fill gaps with zeros. Recent form covers only matches with expected-goals data, which may be fewer than the team's actual recent fixtures.

Metric Lyon Nice
Recent xG (attack, per-match avg) 1.361.14
Recent xGA (defence, per-match avg) 1.171.52
Sample size (matches with xG data) 55
Rest days since last match 37
Season pressing (PPDA, lower = more intense) 11.9 12.8
Matches in the last 7 days 21
Matches in the next 7 days 32
Travel to this match (km) 0288

What could go against this prediction

The model's top probability is below 70%; in backtests matches in this band end as predicted about 65.0% of the time.

Injuries & suspensions

Latest pre-match snapshot from our data source; availability varies by league.

Lyon

  • injured Loïs Openda return: Mid November 2026
  • injured Mohamed Ouédraogo return: Late June 2027
  • injured Nicolás Tagliafico return: A few weeks

Nice

  • injured Ali Abdi return: About 1-2 weeks
  • injured Antoine Mendy return: Late May 2027
  • injured Laurent Abergel return: Late April 2027
  • injured Moïse Bombito return: Early November 2026

Head to head

All-time (per our source): Lyon 17 · 6 6 draws · 13 Nice

DateHome ScoreAway
2026-02-15Lyon 2 - 0Nice
2025-10-18Nice 3 - 2Lyon
2025-03-09Nice 0 - 2Lyon
2024-12-01Lyon 4 - 1Nice
2024-02-16Lyon 1 - 0Nice
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How predictions are made

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Data coverage

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