Matchday

Ligue 1 25/26 · 15 Feb 2026

Olympique Lyonnais 2–0 Nice

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jan 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
2.4 – 0.9
Actual xG
1.5 – 1.5
Goals
2 – 0

Footybot made Olympique Lyonnais favourites at 71%.

Olympique Lyonnais won a close one on the chances: 1.5 xG to 1.5.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Sofiane Diop, 64.0 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Sofiane Diop +17.4, Tom Louchet +13.2, Moussa Niakhaté +9.0.

Well below it: Pavel Šulc −13.1, Clinton Mata −10.7.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Olympique Lyonnais

7 Feb 2026W 1–0at Nantes Ligue 1
1 Feb 2026W 1–0v Lille Ligue 1
29 Jan 2026W 4–2v PAOK Europa League
25 Jan 2026W 5–2at Metz Ligue 1
22 Jan 2026W 1–0at BSC Young Boys Europa League

Nice

8 Feb 2026D 0–0v AS Monaco Ligue 1
1 Feb 2026D 2–2v Stade Brestois Ligue 1
29 Jan 2026L 0–1at Ludogorets Europa League
25 Jan 2026W 4–1at Nantes Ligue 1
22 Jan 2026W 3–1v Go Ahead Eagles Europa League

Head to head

18 Oct 2025Nice 3–2 Olympique Lyonnais Ligue 1

Olympique Lyonnais

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Noham Kamara Defender100–100.0–
Dominik Greif Goalkeeper9000–61.3+8.0
Moussa Niakhaté Defender90000.0259.3+9.0
Noah Nartey Midfielder90100.4252.1−1.9
Tanner Tessmann Midfielder9000–49.8+4.1
Corentin Tolisso Midfielder66100.4045.7−7.8
Tyler Morton Midfielder90000.0544.8−5.1
Ainsley Maitland-Niles Defender8900–43.6−1.7
Hans Hateboer Defender9000–43.6+5.7
Khalis Merah Midfielder2400–42.7–
Roman Yaremchuk Forward900–42.3–
Clinton Mata Defender9000–40.5−10.7
Abner Vinícius Defender9000–40.2−3.7
Pavel Šulc Forward81010.6438.7−13.1

Nice

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Abdulai Juma Bah Defender1500–66.3–
Sofiane Diop Midfielder90000.2864.0+17.4
Tom Louchet Midfielder75000.2359.2+13.2
Mohamed Ali Cho Forward74000.2057.1+7.5
Kaïl Boudache Forward84000.7156.1–
Jonathan Clauss Midfielder9000–55.2−1.5
Kojo Peprah Oppong Defender9000–52.3−0.7
Isak Jansson Forward13000.0444.9–
Ali Abdi Defender9000–44.2−3.1
Morgan Sanson Midfielder8300–44.1−1.1
Dante Defender7500–43.6−4.6
Charles Vanhoutte Midfielder9000–43.5−3.7
Maxime Dupé Goalkeeper9000–40.2−7.1
Kevin Carlos Omoruyi Forward1600–37.7–
Hicham Boudaoui Midfielder1500–37.1–
Elye Wahi Forward600–36.8–