Nice 1–0 Nantes — Ligue 1 2025/26 Match Stats

Ligue 1 · 2025Sat, 13 Sept 2025, 15:00 UTCAllianz Riviera

Nice

LWL

1–0Historical match

Nantes

LLW

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

Match at a glance

Nice won 1–0.

Shots: 1914
Shots on target: 83
Expected goals: 1.750.75
Possession: 59%41%

Full time

What the match recorded

Nice beat Nantes 1–0. Recorded in this match (Nice – Nantes): shots 19–14, shots on target 8–3, expected goals 1.75–0.75, possession 59%–41%. 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.

Nice show a distinct attacking-volume record

weak

Nice's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines.

13.8 shots/match ▲ShotsNice · Nantes8 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Nice	Nantes	Baseline
Shots	13.8 shots/match	8 shots/match	12.5 shots/match
Shots against	12 shots/match	16.5 shots/match	11.8 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

The teams have contrasting possession records

weak

Nice have recorded the higher season possession share.

57.5% ●PossessionNice · Nantes41%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 16.5 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Nice	Nantes	Baseline
Possession	57.5%	41%	50.3%

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

Nice have a visible home split

weak

Nice's home-only shot average is above their full-season average.

16 shots/match ▲ShotsHome only · Season13.8 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Venue-only shot volume is compared with the same team's season record.

Window: home

Metric	Home only	Season	Baseline
Shots	16 shots/match	13.8 shots/match	12.5 shots/match

Caveat: Venue splits can reflect opponent mix and should be read with the listed sample.

This match

Match statistics

Shots19 shots14 shotsNice 19 shots, Nantes 14 shots
Shots on target8 shots3 shotsNice 8 shots, Nantes 3 shots
Expected goals1.75 xG0.75 xGNice 1.75 xG, Nantes 0.75 xG
Possession59%41%Nice 59%, Nantes 41%
Corners7 corners4 cornersNice 7 corners, Nantes 4 corners
Fouls16 fouls14 foulsNice 16 fouls, Nantes 14 fouls
Yellow cards2 cards0 cardsNice 2 cards, Nantes 0 cards

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.

off target
on target
goal
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Nice: 19 shots, 8 on target, 1.75 xG. Nantes: 14 shots, 3 on target, 0.78 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

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

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Nice 1.75 xG · Nantes 0.78 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0Nice

2Draws

3Nantes

4 Apr 2025Nice — Nantes · Ligue 11–2

20 Oct 2024Nantes — Nice · Ligue 11–1

31 Mar 2024Nice — Nantes · Ligue 11–2

2 Dec 2023Nantes — Nice · Ligue 11–0

12 Mar 2023Nantes — Nice · Ligue 12–2

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 0 of 11 directional metrics · Nantes in 0 · 11 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Nice4 matchesNantes4 matches

1.25 goals/match ▲Goals scored4/40.25 goals/match

1.25 goals/matchGoals allowed4/4▲ 0.75 goals/match

1.28 xG/match ▲Expected goals4/40.45 xG/match

13.8 shots/match ▲Shots4/48 shots/match

4.75 shots/match ▲Shots on target4/42 shots/match

57.5% ●Possession4/441%

6.5 corners/match ●Corners4/43.75 corners/match

2.5 cards/matchCards4/41 card/match

13.5 fouls/matchFouls4/410.5 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples4 / 4home / away teams

Recent samples4 / 4last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 13 Sept 2025, 19:00 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Ligue 1

Goals per match ranking xG per match ranking Shots per match ranking

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Match at a glance

What the match recorded

Nice show a distinct attacking-volume record