Nice — Lille 2:1, 20 September: match result

match finished Ligue 1 · Matchday 5 Sunday 20 September · 15:15 UTC

Nice 14th · 5 pts WWLWW

2 : 1 1st half 1:0

Lille 4th · 10 pts WDDWL

Allianz Riviera · referee W. Delajod

Match predictionValue

No show from Lille: under three

88% · Lille games average 2.4 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “No show from Lille: under three”, and the match finished 2:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Nice 27% draw 27% Lille 46%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Lille win, and the match finished 2:1. Fans backed Lille win — they got it wrong.

fans 54 votes

Nice 28% draw 15% Lille 57%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

M. Abdelmonem 5'

N. Ngoy own goal 1-0 22'

X. Mandza Tsiendi 45+1'

D. Bakwa for E. Mbappe 55'

M. Amoura 57'

A. Seidu for Y. Ndayishimiye 58'

O. Sahraoui for B. Onal 64'

O. Giroud for H. Haraldsson 64'

M. Kjaergaard for B. Andre 64'

M. Amoura assist: G. Hein 2-0 67'

E. Pereira for D. Coulibaly 73'

S. Diop for E. Wahi 74'

N. Ngoumou for M. Amoura 77'

N. Mukau for N. Bentaleb 77'

A. Abdi for N. Nkounkou 78'

A. Ueda assist: M. Kjaergaard 2-1 79'

M. Kjaergaard 90+1'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Nice 3-4-2-1 · Olivier Pantaloni 4-2-3-1 · Davide Ancelotti Lille

Yehvann Diouf  
Mohamed Abdelmonem  55 Youssouf Ndayishimiye  35 Xavier Mandza  
Jonathan Clauss  39 Djibril Coulibaly  28 Axel Witsel  27 Niels Nkounkou  
Gauthier Hein  9 Mohamed Amoura  
Elye Wahi  

Ayase Ueda  
Ethan Mbappé  10 Hakon Arnar Haraldsson  19 Başar Önal  
Benjamin André  6 Nabil Bentaleb  
Tiago Santos  3 Nathan Ngoy  4 Alexsandro Ribeiro  15 Romain Perraud  
Berke Özer  

Nice bench

2Ali Abdi
36Alidu Seidu
87Everton Pereira
84Hamza Koutoune
6Hicham Boudaoui
21Isak Jansson
29Nathan N'Goumou
10Sofiane Diop
77Teddy Boulhendi

Lille bench

24Calvin Verdonk
7Dilane Bakwa
28Gaëtan Perrin
26Isaac Cossier
14Maurits Kjaergaard
17Ngal'ayel Mukau
9Olivier Giroud
12Orlando Gill
11Osame Sahraoui

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

41%Possession59%

10Shots20

4Shots on target8

6Shots off target5

0Blocked shots7

7Shots inside box14

3Shots outside box6

68Attacks120

30Dangerous attacks51

3Corners7

4Offsides1

16Fouls9

3Yellow cards1

7Saves3

394Passes539

337Accurate passes470

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Nice

LilleThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Nice and Lille met on matchday 5 of the Ligue 1 on 20 September at Allianz Riviera. Final score — 2:1.

Nice sit 14th on 5 points after 9 matches (4 wins, 2 draws, 3 losses), won 2 matches in a row. Lille sit 4th on 10 points after 9 matches (5 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss), unbeaten in 4 matches, 5 matches without conceding.

Of the last 2 meetings Nice won 1, Lille won 0, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 2:0.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Nice last five Lille

WWLWW form WDDWL

9 Matches 9

4 — 2 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 5 — 3 — 1

13 — 12 Scored — conceded 12 — 6

1.56 Points per game 2

1.44 Goals scored per game 1.33

1 Clean sheets 5

3 Failed to score 0

unbeaten in 2 Current streak unbeaten in 4

Nice at home: 5 matches, 3 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses, goals 10—5, 2.2 points per match.

Lille away: 4 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 5—3, 1.75 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Nice win 1 draw 0 Lille wins goals 2:0 Nice — Lille

18/04/2026	Lille — Nice	0:0	Ligue 1
29/10/2025	Nice — Lille	2:0	Ligue 1

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
2	Paris FC	10	6	2	2	17—10	20
3	Lille	9	5	3	1	12—6	18
4	Olympique Lyonnais	9	5	2	2	15—7	17
…
7	Monaco	9	4	3	2	12—10	15
8	Nice	9	4	2	3	13—12	14
9	Lens	9	4	1	4	16—13	13

Full Ligue 1 table

Nice — Lille, 20 September 2026, 15:15 UTC : score 2:1