On the weekend before the kick-off of the World Cup 2022, the Ligue 1 goes into the break with the 15th matchday. Here, the classic Olympique Lyon vs. OGC Nice will take place on Friday at 21:00. Thus, the eighth in the Ligue 1 table will receive the ninth. The Gones and the Aiglons took 20 and 19 points respectively.
What speaks for Olympique Lyon?
- Won nine of its last eleven home matches in the championship
What speaks for OGC Nice?
- From a 1-2 away defeat to Paris Saint-Germain on the ninth matchday, always scored at least one goal
Our betting prediction:
- Prediction: Both teams to score – Yes
- Odds: 1.76
Expert analysis Olympique Lyon
Olympique Lyon suffered on Sunday a 0-1 away defeat against fourth-placed Olympique Marseille. This represented the fifth loss in six Ligue 1 appearances away from home for the squad that Laurent Blanc has been coaching since the previous month.
Consequently, the Gones took only four points away from home in the 2022/2023 Ligue 1 season. However, a 1-0 over seventh-placed OSC Lille on 30 October marked their fifth victory in seven matches at the Groupama Stadium. Here, a 0-1 against leaders Paris Saint-Germain and a 1-1 against twelfth-placed Toulouse constituted the point losses. Additionally, the match against the Lila-Whites represented the ninth time in eleven home appearances for Olympique Lyon, in which goals both teams scored. The first exception was a 5-0 against last-placed SCO Angers on 3 September.
Expert analysis OGC Nice
OGC Nice celebrated on Sunday in front of their crowd a 1-0 against penultimate-placed Stade Brest. It was the third win in five unbeaten league matches for the Aiglons that are coached by Lucien Favre. Furthermore, the Côte d’Azur side snapped a series of five appearances in which both sides scored.
The previous month began for OGC Nice with a 1-2 away defeat to PSG and a 3-2 domestic win over 13th-placed ES Troyes. Then, the Aiglons recorded two 1-1 at 15th AJ Auxerre as well as at home against 16th Nantes, and a 2-1 at sixth Lorient on 30 October.
Head-to-head comparison Olympique Lyon – OGC Nice
The last clash Olympique Lyon – OGC Nice ended in a 2-0 home win for the Gones. However, between December 2020 and October 2021, both teams scored in three matches. Here, Olympique Lyon experienced against OGC Nice a 4-1 at the Côte d’Azur, plus two 2-3 at home and away.
Our betting prediction and the best odds
In all the games of the visitors in the fixture Olympique Lyon vs. OGC Nice from the ninth to the 13th matchday, both teams scored goals. This event exemplarily applied to both a 1-2 away defeat to leaders Paris Saint-Germain and a 1-1 at 15th-placed AJ Auxerre.
The home side achieved the latter result against twelfth-placed Toulouse on 30 October. That marked the ninth time in eleven championship home matches of the Gones, in which both sides netted. The exceptions came against last-placed SCO Angers and PSG.
Olympique Lyon vs. OGC Nice – betting prediction: Both teams to score – Yes, odds 1.76
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