OGC Nice vs Racing Club de Lens, Ligue 1 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
OGC Nice vs Racing Club de Lens — Ligue 1 at Allianz Riviera.
- OGC Nice 34 games · 32 pts (2025/26)
- Racing Club de Lens 34 games · 70 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Thomas Leonard
- Assistant 1 Husseyin Ocak (France)
- Assistant 2 Christophe Mouysset
18 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 4.0 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Paris Saint-Germain FC 34 76 2 Racing Club de Lens 34 70 3 Lille OSC 34 61 4 Olympique Lyonnais 34 60 5 Olympique de Marseille 34 59 6 Stade Rennais FC 1901 34 59 7 AS Monaco FC 34 54 8 RC Strasbourg Alsace 34 53 9 FC Lorient 34 45 10 Toulouse FC 33 44 11 Paris FC 34 44 12 Stade Brestois 29 34 39 13 Angers SCO 34 36 14 Le Havre AC 34 35 15 AJ Auxerre 34 34 16 OGC Nice 34 32 17 FC Nantes 33 23 18 FC Metz 34 17 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May Racing Club de Lens H 1–1 D 26 Apr Olympique de Marseille A 1–1 D 18 Apr Lille OSC A 0–0 D 12 Apr Le Havre AC H 1–1 D 04 Apr RC Strasbourg Alsace A 1–3 L 21 Mar Paris Saint-Germain FC H 0–4 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May OGC Nice A 1–1 D 24 Apr Stade Brestois 29 A 3–3 D 17 Apr Toulouse FC H 3–2 W 04 Apr Lille OSC A 0–3 L 20 Mar Angers SCO H 5–1 W 14 Mar FC Lorient A 1–2 L Season Stats
OGC Nice Racing Club de Lens #16 Position #2 32 Points 70 34 Played 34 7 / 11 / 16 W / D / L 22 / 4 / 8 37 Scored 66 60 Conceded 35 -23 GD +31 0.94 PPG 2.06 21% Win % 65% Key Stats
33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history18% Clean Sheets
OGC Nice this season36% Clean Sheets
Racing Club de Lens this seasonOGC Nice are 16th (32 pts). Racing Club de Lens are 2nd (70 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
OGC Nice0-151/–16-30–/231-45–/346-601/161-75–/276+3/–■ Scored ■ ConcededRacing Club de Lens0-15–/316-301/231-452/246-603/261-753/–76+3/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for OGC Nice to score. At the same time, Racing Club de Lens does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' Racing Club de Lens is showing some good football. However, Racing Club de Lens are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' It looks surprising OGC Nice does not make any changes. Malang Sarr has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 15' It’s high time Claude Puel made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 25' Morgan Sanson has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 39 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 27' Racing Club de Lens player sees a card in front of him.
- 32' OGC Nice started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 32.
- 37' The travelling Racing Club de Lens supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 42' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Racing Club de Lens winning 100% of all matches.
- 44' Florian Thauvin is having his name booked by the referee on 44.
- 45' That looks like a foul for a card for Abdulay Bah.
- 50' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 50 minutes.
- 55' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Adrien Thomasson made 351 appearances and scored 37 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 60' Allan Saint-Maximin puts Racing Club de Lens on the lead.
- 65' OGC Nice seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 70' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Kail Boudache suffering a number of foals already.
- 75' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 80' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 81' That looks like a foul for a card for Saud Abdulhamid.
- 82' The referee calls foul for Adrien Thomasson. He receives a card.
- 84' What a strike from Ali El Abdi! The score is 1-1.
- 89' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering OGC Nice that had 432 games and scored 291 goals.
- 90' That looks like a foul for a card for Melvin Bard.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.
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Lineups
OGC Nice Lineups
5-4-1Starting XI
- 10
- 80
- 8
- 6
- 26
- 33
- 37
- 25
- 20
- 28
- 32
Bench
- 22
- 4
- 31
- 24
- 2
- 99
- 21
- 90
- 23
Coach Claude PuelRacing Club de Lens Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 14
- 28
- 20
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 23
- 6
- 40
- 8
- 25
Bench
- 2
- 16
- 22
- 21
- 7
- 19
- 18
- 38
- 5
Coach Pierre Sage -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Terem Moffi 4 Arnaud Kalimuendo 3 Gaetan Laborde 3 Youcef Attal 2 Amine Gouiri 2 Gael Kakuta 1 Ali El Abdi 1 Allan Saint-Maximin 1 Head to Head
OGC Nice Form
Racing Club de Lens Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.17 OGC Nice xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.81 Racing Club de Lens xGI would bet for: OGC Nice or Racing Club de Lens 74% + Both teams to score 58%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.98Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 80% 20% ± 2.5 56% 44% ± 3.5 35% 65% ± 4.5 19% 81% Double Chance
OGC Nice or Draw 56%Draw or Racing Club de Lens 70%OGC Nice or Racing Club de Lens 74%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual1 – 2 9.4%0 – 1 8.5%0 – 2 8.2%0 – 0 6.8%2 – 1 6%1 – 3 5.6%2 – 2 5.5%1 – 0 5.1%0 – 3 4.9%2 – 0 3.5%2 – 3 3.4%Asian Handicap — OGC Nice
Handicap OGC Nice covers Push Racing Club de Lens covers -2.5 3% — 97% -2 3% 7% 90% -1.5 10% — 90% -1 10% 14% 77% -0.5 23% — 77% +0.5 49% — 51% +1 49% 22% 29% +1.5 71% — 29% +2 71% 16% 13% +2.5 87% — 13% Clean Sheet
OGC Nice keeps clean sheet 17% ✓Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet 32% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.