Ligue 1 · 2024

Nice 0–2 Olympique Lyonnais · Ligue 1

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0–2Historical match

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Olympique Lyonnais won 0–2.

Shots
188
Shots on target
45
Expected goals
1.441.07
Possession
37%63%

Full time

What the match recorded

Olympique Lyonnais beat Nice 2–0. Recorded in this match (Nice – Olympique Lyonnais): shots 18–8, shots on target 4–5, expected goals 1.44–1.07, possession 37%–63%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Olympique Lyonnais's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Olympique Lyonnais's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

2.8 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.84 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for2.8 goals/match1.84 goals/match1.42 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

The teams have contrasting possession records

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Olympique Lyonnais have recorded the higher season possession share.

46.8%PossessionNice · Olympique Lyonnais● 55.8%
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 9.0 percentage points.

Window: season

MetricNiceOlympique LyonnaisBaseline
Possession46.8%55.8%47.5%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots18 shots8 shotsNice 18 shots, Olympique Lyonnais 8 shots
  • Shots on target4 shots5 shotsNice 4 shots, Olympique Lyonnais 5 shots
  • Expected goals1.44 xG1.07 xGNice 1.44 xG, Olympique Lyonnais 1.07 xG
  • Possession37%63%Nice 37%, Olympique Lyonnais 63%
  • Corners9 corners2 cornersNice 9 corners, Olympique Lyonnais 2 corners
  • Fouls12 fouls11 foulsNice 12 fouls, Olympique Lyonnais 11 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

Melvin Bard · Nice · 21′ · 0.01 xG · off target or blockedHicham Boudaoui · Nice · 31′ · 0.01 xG · off target or blockedMoise Bombito · Nice · 5′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedBaptiste Santamaria · Nice · 48′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedNicolás Tagliafico · Olympique Lyonnais · 58′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedDante · Nice · 80′ · 0.02 xG · on targetNicolás Tagliafico · Olympique Lyonnais · 36′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedGaëtan Laborde · Nice · 42′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedGaëtan Laborde · Nice · 43′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedThiago Almada · Olympique Lyonnais · 47′ · 0.03 xG · on targetSofiane Diop · Nice · 73′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedJonathan Clauss · Nice · 6′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedJérémie Boga · Nice · 90′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedEvann Guessand · Nice · 60′ · 0.05 xG · off target or blockedThiago Almada · Olympique Lyonnais · 73′ · 0.05 xG · on targetErnest Nuamah · Olympique Lyonnais · 83′ · 0.05 xG · goalHicham Boudaoui · Nice · 5′ · 0.06 xG · off target or blockedGeorges Mikautadze · Olympique Lyonnais · 87′ · 0.06 xG · on targetGaëtan Laborde · Nice · 5′ · 0.08 xG · off target or blockedEvann Guessand · Nice · 80′ · 0.10 xG · on targetGaëtan Laborde · Nice · 5′ · 0.13 xG · off target or blockedMohamed Ali Cho · Nice · 33′ · 0.18 xG · off target or blockedMohamed Ali Cho · Nice · 18′ · 0.28 xG · on targetGaëtan Laborde · Nice · 32′ · 0.33 xG · on targetCorentin Tolisso · Olympique Lyonnais · 59′ · 0.34 xG · off target or blockedRayan Cherki · Olympique Lyonnais · 78′ · 0.53 xG · goal
  • off target
  • on target
  • goal
  • penalty
  • size = xG

Nice: 18 shots, 4 on target, 1.46 xG. Olympique Lyonnais: 8 shots, 5 on target, 1.11 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

00.751.50′HT90′Rayan Cherki · Olympique Lyonnais · 78′Ernest Nuamah · Olympique Lyonnais · 83′

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Nice 1.46 xG · Olympique Lyonnais 1.11 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Nice
2Draws
2Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais — Nice · Ligue 14–1
Olympique Lyonnais — Nice · Ligue 11–0
Nice — Olympique Lyonnais · Ligue 10–0
Nice — Olympique Lyonnais · Ligue 13–1
Olympique Lyonnais — Nice · Ligue 11–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Nice favored in 5 of 11 directional metrics · Olympique Lyonnais in 2 · 4 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Nice25 matchesOlympique Lyonnais25 matches
1.96 goals/match ▲Goals scored25/251.84 goals/match
1.2 goals/matchGoals allowed25/251.24 goals/match
1.79 xG/match ▲Expected goals25/251.7 xG/match
14 shots/match ▲Shots25/2512.5 shots/match
5.64 shots/matchShots on target25/255.36 shots/match
46.8%Possession25/25● 55.8%
4.8 corners/matchCorners25/25● 5.4 corners/match
11.4 fouls/matchFouls25/2511.5 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited
Season samples25 / 25home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • The fixture is outside the configured active season.
  • Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
  • The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.
Analysis cutoff: Sun, 9 Mar 2025, 23:45 UTC · analysis-v4

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