Nice vs Lille Prediction: Ancelotti's Side to Capitalise on Nice's Woes
OGC Nice host Lille OSC at the Allianz Riviera on 20 September 2026, with Nice sitting 17th on two points from four games and winless across five matches overall, while Lille occupy second place with ten points from four outings…
Nice vs. Lille in week 5 of the 2026-2027 Ligue 1 kicks off at 16:15 GMT on 2026-09-20.
Expect 3-4 yellow cards and 0 red cards, and 22 fouls this match from Referee W. Delajod based on their last 10 games.
With the data available to us, O. Pantaloni and Davide Ancelotti have not met as managers before.
Nice are 18th in the standings with 2 points, followed by Lille in 2nd on 10 points.
Nice are missing 4 players: L. Abergel (Knee Injury), M. Bombito (Leg Injury), A. Mendy (Knee Injury), M. Sanson (Surgery) whereas Lille is missing 1 player: H. Igamane (Knee Injury).
Our model projects Nice in a 3-defender setup (3-4-2-1), with Lille anticipated to match that in 4-2-3-1.
Last time out, A. Witsel registered the best mark for Nice - 6.5 - and Alexsandro did likewise for Lille with an 8.3 score.
Nice were beaten 0-1 by Auxerre, whereas Lille secured a win 2-0 against Troyes.
Momentum favors Lille (3-1-1) after Nice managed only 0-3-2 from 5 matches.
Dominance for Nice: across 45 clashes, they've won 13 games and only lost 11 games to Lille, with 21 stalemates.
1-2 leads the pack at 14.4% of all our users' guesses, with 2-1 next on 14.4%.
Expect Lille to edge a 0-2 win: their 2-0-0 record on the road and 2.00 goals per away match tip the balance.
Nice is going head to head with Lille on 20/9/2026 15:15 GMT for the France Ligue 1. Our users most predicted score for this game is 2 - 1. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Nice v Lille H2H statistics!