Home side Lyon meet Nice at Groupama Stadium on 2026-02-15 (kick-off 19:45 GMT), contesting week 22 of the 2025-2026 Ligue 1.
In their last 2 matches, Referee T. Leonard averaged 5-6 yellow cards and 0 red cards, and 26 fouls.
There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between Paulo Fonseca and Claude Puel.
Lyon sit 3rd with 42 points while Nice occupy 14th on 23 points.
Lyon have 7 players out: Endrick (Red Card), M. Fofana (Ankle Injury), R. Kluivert (Muscle Injury), O. Mangala (Injury), A. Moreira (Injury), E. Nuamah (Knee Injury), N. Tagliafico (Ankle Injury) but Nice have 6 players missing: M. Abdelmonem (Knee Injury), M. Bombito (Leg Injury), Y. Ndayishimiye (Knee Injury), Kevin (Ankle Injury), A. Mendy (Inactive), M. Sanson (Injury).
We're predicting Lyon to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-3-3, and Nice are expected to line up in 4-2-3-1.
Last time out, M. Niakhaté registered the best mark for Lyon - 7.3 - and A. Mendy did likewise for Nice with an 6.3 score.
Mixed fortunes: Lyon prevailed 1-0 against Nantes, whereas Nice were held to a 0-0 draw vs. Monaco.
Lyon (5-0-0) and Nice (2-2-1) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
Dominance for Lyon: across 47 clashes, they've won 22 games and only lost 14 games to Nice, with 11 stalemates.
2-1 leads the pack at 17.5% of all our users' guesses, with 2-0 next on 16.5%.
Our model forecasts 2-1 for Lyon, bolstered by their 8-0-2 home record and an average of 1.70 goals per game.
Lyon is going head to head with Nice on 15/2/2026 19:45 GMT at Groupama Stadium for the France Ligue 1. Our users most predicted score for this game is 2 - 0. 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 Lyon v Nice H2H statistics!