Match Report
The table gap was wide: 28 points between Olympique Lyonnais (4th, 60 pts) and Nice (16th, 32 pts). Per game in the league, Olympique Lyonnais were scoring 1.56 and conceding 1.18, Nice 1.09 and 1.76, against a competition average of 1.41 goals per team per game.
Olympique Lyonnais had won 12 straight, having scored in 12 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 15/15 points for Olympique Lyonnais, 8/15 for Nice.
GioScore's database holds 35 meetings between the two: 16 for Olympique Lyonnais, 13 for Nice and 6 drawn, at 3.17 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 57%.
Groupama Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 59,186. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Olympique Lyonnais led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-0.
Goal scorers
Olympique Lyonnais: Corentin Tolisso (45'), Noah Nartey (64')
Key stats
Possession: Olympique Lyonnais 57% · Nice 43% · Total shots: 9-10 · On target: 2-3 · Corners: 8-5