OGC Nice vs Racing Club de Lens, Ligue 1 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Ligue 1 · 2025-26

OGC Nice

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Racing Club de Lens

Sat 2 May 2026 · 19:05 UTC Allianz Riviera HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 60' Allan Saint-Maximin

Ali El Abdi 84' 1–1

Y 27' Malang Sarr

Y 44' Florian Thauvin

Abdulay Bah 45' Y

R 81' Saud Abdulhamid

Y 82' Adrien Thomasson

Melvin Bard 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

OGC Nice vs Racing Club de Lens — Ligue 1 at Allianz Riviera.

OGC Nice 10 games · 17 pts (2026/27)
Racing Club de Lens 10 games · 13 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Thomas Leonard
Assistant 1 Husseyin Ocak (France)
Assistant 2 Christophe Mouysset

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Paris Saint-Germain FC	10	23
2	Lille OSC	10	21
3	Paris FC	10	20
4	Olympique de Marseille	10	18
5	Olympique Lyonnais	10	17
6	OGC Nice	10	17
7	AS Monaco FC	10	16
8	Stade Rennais FC 1901	10	16
9	Stade Brestois 29	10	15
10	FC Lorient	10	15
11	Racing Club de Lens	10	13
12	Toulouse FC	10	13
13	RC Strasbourg Alsace	10	10
14	AJ Auxerre	10	10
15	Le Mans FC	10	8
16	Angers SCO	10	8
17	ES Troyes AC	10	8
18	Le Havre AC	10	2

Head-to-Head

OGC Nice 12 games · Avg 1.9 goals Racing Club de Lens

Last 5 meetings

2026-05-02 OGC Nice 1–1 Racing Club de Lens 2025-12-14 Racing Club de Lens 2–0 OGC Nice 2025-02-08 OGC Nice 2–0 Racing Club de Lens 2024-09-28 Racing Club de Lens 0–0 OGC Nice 2024-03-16 Racing Club de Lens 1–3 OGC Nice

Recent Form

OGC Nice

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

Racing Club de Lens

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
#6	Position	#11
17	Points	13
10	Played	10
5 / 2 / 3	W / D / L	4 / 1 / 5
15	Scored	17
12	Conceded	15
+3	GD	+2
1.70	PPG	1.30
50%	Win %	40%

Key Stats

33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
OGC Nice this season

0% Clean Sheets
Racing Club de Lens this season

OGC Nice are 6th (17 pts). Racing Club de Lens are 11th (13 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

OGC Nice

0-15

2/3

16-30

1/1

31-45

3/3

46-60

1/2

61-75

3/1

76+

3/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Racing Club de Lens

0-15

1/1

16-30

1/1

31-45

4/4

46-60

5/2

61-75

2/2

76+

3/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

OGC Nice

Sepe Elye Wahi	6 G	2 A
Jonathan Clauss	3 G	1 A
Mohammed Amoura	2 G	2 A

Racing Club de Lens

Florian Thauvin	5 G	8 A
Matthieu Udol	2 G
Franjo Ivanovic	2 G
Saud Abdulhamid	1 G
Pierre Ganiou	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and OGC Nice launch into their encounter with Racing Club de Lens.
5' Tom Louchet has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
10' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
20' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both OGC Nice and Racing Club de Lens are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
25' OGC Nice currently sit 15 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
27' Malang Sarr catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 27.
32' It is a cagey affair so far. OGC Nice in their 5-4-1 trying to find a way past Racing Club de Lens's compact 3-4-2-1.
37' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering OGC Nice that had 450 games and scored 376 goals.
42' Racing Club de Lens are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
44' Florian Thauvin picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
45' That is a card for OGC Nice. Abdulay Bah will be fuming at that decision.
50' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His OGC Nice side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
55' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
60' Racing Club de Lens is taking the lead after the goal scored by Allan Saint-Maximin on 60.
65' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
70' 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.
75' The home supporters are growing impatient. OGC Nice must find a spark to ignite this game.
80' It looks surprising OGC Nice does not make any changes. Abdulay Bah has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
81' Poor challenge from Saud Abdulhamid. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
82' That is a card for Racing Club de Lens. Adrien Thomasson will be fuming at that decision.
84' GOAL! Ali El Abdi fires home to make it 1-1!
89' The travelling Racing Club de Lens supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
90' Melvin Bard catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 90.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from to claim maximum points.

Lineups

OGC Nice Lineups

5-4-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Claude Puel

Racing Club de Lens Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pierre Sage

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Terem Moffi	4
Arnaud Kalimuendo	3
Gaetan Laborde	3
Amine Gouiri	2
Youcef Attal	2
Cheick Doucoure	1
Khephren Thuram-Ulie	1
Sepe Elye Wahi	1

Head to Head

OGC Nice Form

2026-05-02 OGC Nice 1–1 Racing Club de Lens D 2026-04-26 Olympique de Marseille 1–1 OGC Nice D 2026-04-18 Lille OSC 0–0 OGC Nice D 2026-04-12 OGC Nice 1–1 Le Havre AC D 2026-04-04 RC Strasbourg Alsace 3–1 OGC Nice L 2026-03-21 OGC Nice 0–4 Paris Saint-Germain FC L

Racing Club de Lens Form

2026-05-02 OGC Nice 1–1 Racing Club de Lens D 2026-04-24 Stade Brestois 29 3–3 Racing Club de Lens D 2026-04-17 Racing Club de Lens 3–2 Toulouse FC W 2026-04-04 Lille OSC 3–0 Racing Club de Lens L 2026-03-20 Racing Club de Lens 5–1 Angers SCO W 2026-03-14 FC Lorient 2–1 Racing Club de Lens L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.59 OGC Nice xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.31 Racing Club de Lens xG

I would bet for: OGC Nice or Racing Club de Lens 73% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

OGC Nice43% Draw27% Racing Club de Lens30%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.9

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

OGC Nice or Draw

70%

Draw or Racing Club de Lens

57%

OGC Nice or Racing Club de Lens

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

OGC Nice31% Draw45% Racing Club de Lens24%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

8.8%

1 – 0

7.9%

0 – 0

7.3%

1 – 2

7.2%

2 – 0

6.9%

0 – 1

6.3%

2 – 2

5.7%

0 – 2

4.7%

3 – 1

4.6%

3 – 0

3.6%

1 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — OGC Nice

Handicap	OGC Nice covers	Push	Racing Club de Lens covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	13%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	20%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	17%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

OGC Nice keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.