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Sunday, 18/10/2026 at 20:45

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Match preview · Ligue 1

Olympique Lyonnais – Nice

Olympique Lyonnais 2nd in Ligue 1 Home 1.62 projected goals by the model
Nice 14th in Ligue 1 Away 0.99 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.62 0.99
Olympique Lyonnais Nice
Olympique Lyonnais
51%
Draw
29%
Nice
20%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Olympique Lyonnais Draw Nice
Fair odds 1.96 3.47 4.97
Total goals
2.60
Over 2.5 goals
49%
Both teams to score
56%
Data coverage · full

Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans Olympique Lyonnais

51% Olympique Lyonnais to win

Attack
8th vs 15th
Olympique Lyonnais attack v Nice defence
Defence
6th vs 15th
Olympique Lyonnais defence v Nice attack
Recent xG form
+0.58 vs -0.43
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.62 – 0.99
Olympique Lyonnais v Nice
How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Olympique Lyonnais and Nice compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Olympique Lyonnais Nice
xG / match (better) 1.79 · 6th 1.08 · 18th
xGA / match (better) 1.17 · 3rd 1.75 · joint 10th
xGD / match (better) +0.62 · 4th -0.67 · 16th
xPts / match (better) 1.81 · 3rd 0.94 · 17th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) +0.58 -0.43

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 36% of the model's distribution.

Olympique Lyonnais clean sheet
35%
Olympique Lyonnais 2+ goals
50%
Under 2.5 goals
51%
Both teams to score: no
44%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
14.8%
2:1
11.3%
2:0
9.8%
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Model details

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the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Olympique Lyonnais sample
20 matches
Nice sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Olympique Lyonnais
3 matches
Away xG sample · Nice
2 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.