Olympique Lyonnais — Nice 2:1, 18 October: match result

match finished Ligue 1 · Matchday 7 Sunday 18 October · 18:45 UTC

Olympique Lyonnais 3th · 14 pts WLWLW

2 : 1 1st half 2:1

Nice 9th · 11 pts WWLWW

Parc Olympique Lyonnais · referee F. Letexier

Match predictionValue

Olympique Lyonnais to avoid defeat

85% · Olympique Lyonnais sit 6 places higher in the table

Prediction landed. We predicted “Olympique Lyonnais to avoid defeat”, and the match finished 2:1.

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

Olympique Lyonnais 57% draw 23% Nice 20%

The model was right

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

fans 49 votes

Olympique Lyonnais 70% draw 14% Nice 16%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

N. Nkounkou 10'

E. Wahi assist: J. Clauss 0-1 18'

P. Sulc 1-1 32'

T. Tessmann assist: Z. Athekame 2-1 36'

M. Abdelmonem 48'

K. Nakamura for J. Duranville 61'

C. Tolisso for N. Nartey 61'

M. Amoura 65'

K. Nakamura 70'

F. Bacher for K. Boudache 75'

K. Merah for P. Sulc 81'

R. Kluivert for Abner Vinicius 81'

A. Seidu for M. Abdelmonem 81'

S. Diop for X. Mandza Tsiendi 87'

M. Sanson for A. Witsel 87'

I. Jansson for G. Hein 87'

E. Wahi 90+4'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Olympique Lyonnais 4-2-3-1 3-4-2-1 Nice

Rémy Descamps  
Zachary Athekame  22 Clinton Mata  19 Moussa Niakhaté  16 Abner Vinícius  
Tanner Tessmann  2 Mads Bidstrup  
Kaïl Boudache  99 Noah Nartey  24 Julien Duranville  
Pavel Šulc  

Elye Wahi  
Gauthier Hein  9 Mohamed Amoura  
Jonathan Clauss  28 Axel Witsel  6 Hicham Boudaoui  27 Niels Nkounkou  
Mohamed Abdelmonem  55 Youssouf Ndayishimiye  35 Xavier Mandza  
Yehvann Diouf  

Olympique Lyonnais bench

8Corentin Tolisso
1Dominik Greif
7Ernest Nuamah
20Felix Bacher
11Keito Nakamura
18Khalis Merah
21Ruben Kluivert
45Rémi Himbert
23Tyler Morton

Nice bench

36Alidu Seidu
41Djelan Morana
39Djibril Coulibaly
84Hamza Koutoune
21Isak Jansson
8Morgan Sanson
29Nathan N'Goumou
10Sofiane Diop
77Teddy Boulhendi

Match stats

21 metrics for the full match

48%Possession52%

8Shots12

4Shots on target5

3Shots off target5

1Blocked shots2

6Shots inside box7

2Shots outside box5

96Attacks95

53Dangerous attacks61

1Corners9

0Offsides3

6Fouls14

0Yellow cards4

1Red cards0

3Saves2

471Passes499

399Accurate passes435

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Olympique Lyonnais

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

How the match went

text generated from our data

Olympique Lyonnais and Nice met on matchday 7 of the Ligue 1 on 18 October at Parc Olympique Lyonnais. Final score — 2:1.

Olympique Lyonnais sit 3th on 14 points after 9 matches (5 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses), 4 matches without conceding. Nice sit 9th on 11 points after 9 matches (4 wins, 2 draws, 3 losses), won 2 matches in a row.

Of the last 2 meetings Olympique Lyonnais won 1, Nice won 1. Aggregate score — 4:3.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Olympique Lyonnais last five Nice

WLWLW form WWLWW

9 Matches 9

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

15 — 7 Scored — conceded 13 — 12

1.89 Points per game 1.56

1.67 Goals scored per game 1.44

4 Clean sheets 1

2 Failed to score 3

unbeaten in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 2

Olympique Lyonnais at home: 5 matches, 4 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses, goals 12—3, 2.6 points per match.

Nice away: 4 matches, 1 win, 0 draws, 3 losses, goals 3—7, 0.75 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Olympique Lyonnais win 0 draws 1 Nice win goals 4:3 Olympique Lyonnais — Nice

15/02/2026	Olympique Lyonnais — Nice	2:0	Ligue 1
18/10/2025	Nice — Olympique Lyonnais	3:2	Ligue 1

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
3	Lille	9	5	3	1	12—6	18
4	Olympique Lyonnais	9	5	2	2	15—7	17
5	Rennes	9	5	1	3	20—19	16
6	Olympique Marseille	9	5	0	4	20—13	15
7	Monaco	9	4	3	2	12—10	15
8	Nice	9	4	2	3	13—12	14

Full Ligue 1 table

Olympique Lyonnais — Nice, 18 October 2026, 18:45 UTC : score 2:1