Lens vs Nice prediction and preview

Ligue 1 · Saturday 17 April 2027, 00:00 UTC

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Lens vs Nice

Ligue 1 · Saturday 17 April 2027, 00:00 UTC · Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Lens · Nice · Ligue 1 predictions

Lens vs Nice preview

Lens welcome Nice at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens on Saturday 17 April 2027 (00:00 UTC) in Ligue 1. Lens are 9th in the table with 13 points from 9, while Nice are 8th in the table with 14 points from 9.

Recent form: Lens L-W-W-W-L, Nice W-W-L-W-W (most recent first). Over their last 6, Lens have scored 1.7 and conceded 1.3 goals per game, with 5 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 5. Nice average 2.0 scored and 1.3 conceded across their last 6, with 0 clean sheets.

The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Lens won 2, 3 games were drawn and Nice won 5. Those games averaged 1.9 goals, 3 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 3. The most recent meeting, on 2 May 2026, ended Nice 1-1 Lens.

At home this season Lens have 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat from 4 matches; on the road Nice have 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats from 4.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

  • LensLast five: L W W W L
  • NiceLast five: W W L W W
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8Nice94231312+114WWLWW
9Lens94141613+313LWWWL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Lens 2, draws 3, Nice 5.

Team news

Lens expected line-up (3-4-2-1)

Robin Risser, Ruben Aguilar, Jean-Clair Todibo, Samson Baidoo, Matthieu Udol, Michaël Cuisance, Amadou Haidara, Saud Abdulhamid, Florian Thauvin, Florian Sotoca

Nice expected line-up (3-4-2-1)

Yehvann Diouf, Mohamed Abdelmonem, Youssouf Ndayishimiye, Xavier Mandza, Niels Nkounkou, Jonathan Clauss, Axel Witsel, Hicham Boudaoui, Mohamed Amoura, Elye Wahi

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