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Nice — Lille: 2:1, Ligue 1

Ligue 1
Nice D15 Aug · Away Hull City · 0:0D22 Aug · Home Lorient · 0:0L30 Aug · Away Paris FC · 0:3D5 Sep · Home Le Mans · 1:1L12 Sep · Away Auxerre · 0:1W20 Sep · Home Lille · 2:1
2:1
Finished

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Lille W23 Aug · Away Angers · 2:0D28 Aug · Home Paris Saint Germain · 2:2W3 Sep · Away Toulouse · 1:0L8 Sep · Home Real Betis · 2:3W13 Sep · Home Estac Troyes · 2:0L20 Sep · Away Nice · 1:2
Venue: Allianz Rivera City: Nice

In the Ligue 1 game on 20 September 2026, Nice beat Lille 2:1. Match numbers: shots on target 4:8, corners 3:7.

Match report

Nice beat Lille 2:1 at the Allianz Riviera in Ligue 1 on Sunday evening, a result that defied the standings. The hosts sat 17th with three points from five games while the visitors occupied fourth place with eleven. We had backed Lille at 42 per cent confidence, but the match took another course. The visitors' clean-sheet run came to an end in the most unfashionable of circumstances.

Nathan Ngoy turned against his own side in the 22nd minute, an own goal that gave Nice the lead. Lille responded with control, then Mohamed Amoura worked a short corner and got over the line in the 67th minute. Ayase Ueda added the winner in the 79th minute after the visitors had been chipping away. The draw brought them together early, but this was different.

Lille dominated possession at 59 per cent and attempted 341 passes in the opposition half, yet they could not find a route through. Nice held their shape with 43 clearances and seven saves from the goalkeeper. The visitors created three big chances but saw four shots blocked, while Nice managed three of their own. Expected goals sat at 1.56 for the away side against 1.5 for the hosts.

The result leaves Nice still rooted to 17th place with three points, though the goal difference tells a different story. Lille remain fourth on eleven points, but the margin to the leaders has not changed. The visitors cannot afford another slip if they want to stay in the mix. By then, the table will have shifted again.

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Key numbers

Possession, % 41 – 59
Shots on target 4 – 8
Shots off target 6 – 5
Expected goals 1.50 – 1.56

Match events

  1. 5' Nice Yellow card Mohamed Abdelmoneim
  2. 22' Nice Own goal Nathan Ngoy
  3. 45+1' Nice Yellow card Xavier Mandza
  4. 55' Lille Substitution Ethan Mbappe off: Dilane Bakwa
  5. 57' Nice Yellow card Mohamed Amoura
  6. 58' Nice Substitution Youssouf Ndayishimiye off: Alidu Seidu
  7. 64' Lille Substitution Basar Onal off: Osame Sahraoui
  8. 64' Lille Substitution Benjamin André off: Maurits Kjaergaard
  9. 64' Lille Substitution Hákon Arnar Haraldsson off: Olivier Giroud
  10. 65' Lille Substitution Hákon Arnar Haraldsson off: Olivier Giroud
  11. 67' Nice Goal Mohamed Amoura assist: Gauthier Hein
  12. 73' Nice Substitution Djibril Coulibaly off: Everton Pereira
  13. 74' Nice Substitution Sepe Elye Wahi off: Sofiane Diop
  14. 77' Lille Substitution Nabil Bentaleb off: Ngal'ayel Mukau
  15. 77' Nice Substitution Mohamed Amoura off: Nathan Ngoumou
  16. 78' Nice Substitution Niels Nkounkou off: Ali Abdi
  17. 79' Lille Goal Ayase Ueda assist: Maurits Kjaergaard
  18. 90+1' Lille Yellow card Maurits Kjaergaard

Statistics

41 Possession, % 59
4 Shots on target 8
6 Shots off target 5
1.50 Expected goals 1.56
3 Big chances 3
3 Corners 7
16 Fouls 9
9 Free kicks 16
4 Offsides 1
3 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
4 Goal kicks 8
10 Throw-ins 14
All statistics
3/1619% Aerial duels 13/1681%
68 Backward passes 49
0 Blocked shots 7
43 Clearances 19
1/714% Crosses 12/3139%
4/1331% Dribbles 7/1547%
0.66 Expected assists 1.90
57 Failed passes 69
7 Goalkeeper saves 3
10 Interceptions 5
9 Key passes 17
25/5050% Long passes 17/3450%
53 Passes into the final third 109
196 Passes in the opposition half 341
204 Passes in own half 227
0.40 Shot accuracy 0.40
3 Shots from outside the box 6
7 Shots inside the box 14
9/1464% Tackles 10/1377%
393 Total passes 537

Line-ups

Nice

Starting XI
# Player number
23 Yehvann Diouf 23
5 Mohamed Abdelmonem 5
35 Sh. Mandza Tsyendi 35
55 Youssouf Nyange Ndayishimiye 55
7 Gauthier Hein 7
9 Mohamed Amoura 9
27 Niels Patrick Nkounkou 27
28 Axel Laurent Angel Lambert Witsel 28
39 D. Coulibaly 39
92 Jonathan Clauss 92
11 Sepe Elye Wahi 11
Substitutes
# Player number
77 Teddy Boulhendi 77
2 Ali Abdi 2
36 Alidu Seidu 36
84 H. Kutun 84
6 Hicham Boudaoui 6
10 Sofiane Diop 10
87 Everton Pereira 87
21 Isak Alexander Jansson 21
29 Nathan N'Goumou 29
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Lille

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Berke Özer 1
3 Nathan Ngoy 3
4 Alexsandro Victor de Souza Ribeiro 4
15 Romain Paul Jean-Michel Perraud 15
22 T. Santos 22
6 Nabil Bentaleb 6
8 E. Mbappe 8
10 Hákon Arnar Haraldsson 10
19 Başar Önal 19
21 Benjamin Michel Édouard André 21
18 Ayase Ueda 18
Substitutes
# Player number
12 Orlando David Gill Noldin 12
24 Calvin Verdonk 24
26 Isaac Kosie 26
14 Maurits Kjærgaard 14
17 N. Mukau 17
7 Dilane Bakwa 7
9 Olivier Jonathan Giroud 9
11 Osame Sahraoui 11
28 Gaëtan Perrin 28
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Match prediction: Nice — Lille

Win: Lille

Confidence 42%

Reasoning

  • Ницца — 18. place, 2 points after 4 games (0 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses)
  • Лилль — 1. place, 10 points after 4 games (3 wins, 1 draws, 0 losses)
  • Ницца, last 5 games: 0 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses
  • Лилль, last 5 games: 3 wins, 1 draws, 1 losses
  • Head-to-head: 7 games, Ницца — 2, 4 draws, Лилль — 1
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