Nice vs Lille - prediction, team news, lineups

In a first-versus-worst gathering successful Ligue 1 this weekend, Lille volition question to the southbound of France to look Nice astatine Allianz Riviera connected Sunday.

Heading into this outing, Le Gym beryllium bottommost of the array with 2 points, losing 1-0 astatine Auxerre the past clip out, portion Lille are starring the mode aft 4 matchdays, shutting retired Troyes past play 2-0.

Match preview

Many matches stay this season, but Nice are not doing themselves immoderate favours domestically truthful acold successful 2026-27.

Having narrowly escaped via the relegation playoffs past season, this squad are 1 of 3 successful the contention close present that person yet to assertion a triumph, with Le Havre and Toulouse being the others heading into matchday five.

Olivier Pantaloni has seen his squad amusement small to nary prime successful the attacking 3rd truthful far, with Nice netting conscionable erstwhile successful the league truthful far, the fewest successful Ligue 1.

Dating backmost to past season, this squad person dropped points successful 12 successive Ligue 1 fixtures and connected Sunday they could spell winless successful their archetypal 5 matches to footwear disconnected a apical formation run for the archetypal clip since 2011-12.

If determination is simply a metallic lining close now, it whitethorn beryllium that they tin agelong their unbeaten tally astatine location successful this contention to 5 matches connected Sunday, with Nice conceding a extremity oregon less successful each of those instances.

Les Aiglons are unbeaten successful their past 4 location meetings against Lille, including a 2-0 triumph successful this nonstop fixture past season.

From a broadside that cannot look to bargain a goal, we person 1 successful Lille who cannot halt scoring, with this broadside netting successful each 1 of their competitory games truthful acold this season.

Davide Ancelotti’s men rapidly erased the disappointment of their Europa League illness versus Real Betis (3-2 loss) with a beardown show past Sunday, holding Troyes to conscionable 2 efforts connected people and a specified 36% possession.

As things basal heading into matchday five, they beryllium supra Monaco for archetypal connected extremity quality and, connected Sunday, tin gain points successful their archetypal 5 league contests for the archetypal clip since winning this contention successful 2020-21.

Lille person been astir impenetrable defensively extracurricular Stade Pierre Mauroy, collecting 8 consecutive distant wins successful Ligue 1 dating backmost to past season, without conceding a extremity successful 5 of those instances.

They person a accidental connected Sunday to triumph their archetypal 3 league matches successful this contention arsenic visitors for the archetypal clip successful the 21st century.

Not since 2022 person Les Dogues travel distant with maximum points from a Ligue 1 fixture successful Nice, failing to people successful their 2 meetings against them past season.

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Team News

For this encounter, Nice are expected to beryllium without Laurent Abergel, who has a genu problem, Moise Bombito is recovering from a little limb contented and Antonie Mendy has a cruciate ligament injury.

Morgan Sanson and Salis Abdul Samed are some questionable for this 1 arsenic they anticipation to retrieve from their knocks.

At Lille, determination is conscionable 1 large wounded to study arsenic Hamza Igamane is our for this game, recovering from a cruciate ligament tear

Tiago Santos and Ethan Mbappe Lottin recovered the backmost of the nett for them connected matchday four, portion Berke Ozer collected his 3rd cleanable expanse of the Ligue 1 campaign, tied with Paris FC’s Kevin Trapp for 2nd among goalkeepers frankincense far.

Nice imaginable starting lineup:

Diouf; Abdelmonem, Ndayishimiye, Mandza; Clauss, Coulibaly, Witsel, Abdi; Diop, Wahi; Amoura

Lille imaginable starting lineup:

Ozer; Santos, Ngoy, Alexsandro, Perraud; Mukau, Bentaleb; Mbappe Lottin, Haraldsson, Andre; Giroud

We say: Nice 0-2 Lille

Nice person picked up wherever they near disconnected past play and person been arsenic arsenic mediocre successful 2026-27, whereas Lille person truthful galore ways they tin bushed you and their extent astatine each presumption should beryllium much than capable to decision their upcoming opponents, who are suffering from a immense situation of confidence.

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