Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 Nice: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 18 October 2026

Result

Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 Nice

Ligue 1 · Sunday 18 October 2026, 18:45 UTC · Groupama Stadium, Décines-Charpieu · half-time 2-1

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Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 Nice: match report

Olympique Lyonnais defeated Nice 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 18 October 2026 at Groupama Stadium. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Elye Wahi opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Olympique Lyonnais's goals came from Pavel Sulc (32') and Tanner Tessmann (36'). Nice scored through Elye Wahi (18').

Discipline: Olympique Lyonnais received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Nice received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Olympique Lyonnais were 6th on 11 points from 6 and Nice 13th on 8 points from 6. In the current table Olympique Lyonnais are 3rd on 17 points and Nice are 8th on 14 points.

Olympique Lyonnais lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nice in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Zachary Athekame of Olympique Lyonnais (7.8), ahead of Tanner Tessmann (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Olympique Lyonnais wins, 2 draws and 3 for Nice.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · Niels NkounkouNice
  • 18'Goal · Elye WahiNice · 0-1
  • 32'Goal · Pavel SulcOlympique Lyonnais · 1-1
  • 36'Goal · Tanner TessmannOlympique Lyonnais · 2-1
  • 48'Yellow card · Mohamed AbdelmonemNice
  • 65'Yellow card · Mohamed AmouraNice
  • 70'Red card · Keito NakamuraOlympique Lyonnais
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Elye WahiNice

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
3Olympique Lyonnais9522157+817WLWLW
8Nice94231312+114WWLWW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Olympique Lyonnais 5, draws 2, Nice 3.

Team news

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Olympique Lyonnais line-up (4-2-3-1)

Rémy Descamps, Zachary Athekame, Clinton Mata, Moussa Niakhaté, Abner, Tanner Tessmann, Mads Bidstrup, Kaïl Boudache, Noah Teye Nartey, Julien Duranville, Pavel Sulc

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

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

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