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Sunday 14 December 2025 · 16:15 · HT 1-0 · Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens · Referee Willy Delajod

RC Lens v Nice: stats, form and bet builder picks

In RC Lens's last 7 home games and Nice's last 7 away games in Ligue 1 before kick-off, both teams scored in 9 of 14, over 2.5 goals in 11 of 14, with 11.6 corners per match (league 9.6) and 4.9 cards (league 3.9).

Based on RC Lens' 15 Ligue 1 games and Nice's 15 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

RC Lens v Nice, full match

46%

Possession

54%

1.65

Expected goals (xG)

0.76

15

Shots

8

5

Shots on target

4

2

Corners

5

17

Fouls

13

0

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

10'

Yellow card

Charles Vanhoutte NIC

15'

Goal

Odsonne Édouard RCL

57'

Goal

Odsonne Édouard RCL

83'

Yellow card

Salis Abdul Samed NIC

At a glance

RC Lens

2nd in the table

W

Nice

16th in the table

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From RC Lens's home games and Nice's away games in Ligue 1 this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in RC Lens's last 7 home games and Nice's last 7 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

64%

9/14 games · League 51%

Over 1.5 goals

79%

11/14 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

79%

11/14 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 goals

36%

5/14 games · League 33%

Over 9.5 corners

71%

10/14 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 cards

93%

13/14 games · League 57%

RC Lens clean sheet

43%

3/7 games · League 28%

Nice clean sheet

0%

0/7 games · League 28%

RC Lens fail to score

14%

1/7 games · League 28%

Nice fail to score

14%

1/7 games · League 28%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.0

League 2.8

Corners

11.6

League 9.6

Cards

4.9

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

RC Lens

3-4-2-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

40

Robin Risser

DEFENDERS

2

6

14

20

25

MIDFIELDERS

8

Mamadou Sangare

28

Adrien Thomasson

FORWARDS

10

Florian Thauvin

11

Odsonne Édouard

22

Wesley Saïd

SUBSTITUTES

1

23

5

18

26

7

19

29

38

Nice

4-3-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

80

Yehvann Diouf

DEFENDERS

26

33

37

92

MIDFIELDERS

6

Hicham Boudaoui

8

Morgan Sanson

24

Charles Vanhoutte

FORWARDS

10

Sofiane Diop

21

Isak Jansson

25

Mohamed Ali Cho

SUBSTITUTES

31

2

28

22

99

44

47

49

90

Referee: Willy Delajod

17 games in Ligue 1 this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.1

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.0

Red cards per game

0.24

Fouls per game

24.8

League 24.1

Penalties per game

0.53

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

All Willy Delajod's stats ›

Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

RCL

NIC

Match

League

Goals per match

2.6

3.1

2.8

2.9

Over 0.5

93%

14/15

100%

15/15

97%

29/30

95%

Over 1.5

80%

12/15

73%

11/15

77%

23/30

69%

Over 2.5

67%

10/15

60%

9/15

63%

19/30

52%

Over 3.5

13%

2/15

47%

7/15

30%

9/30

34%

Over 4.5

7%

1/15

20%

3/15

13%

4/30

19%

Bet

RCL

NIC

Match

League

Yes

53%

8/15

67%

10/15

60%

18/30

49%

Yes and win

53%

8/15

20%

3/15

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

53%

8/15

60%

9/15

57%

17/30

41%

Yes and draw

0%

0/15

13%

2/15

7%

2/30

16%

Yes and loss

0%

0/15

33%

5/15

16%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/15

7%

1/15

3%

1/30

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Bet

RCL

NIC

Match

League

Corners per match

10.9

10.8

9.5

Over 7.5

67%

10/15

87%

13/15

77%

23/30

67%

Over 8.5

67%

10/15

87%

13/15

77%

23/30

56%

Over 9.5

60%

9/15

67%

10/15

63%

19/30

46%

Over 10.5

53%

8/15

47%

7/15

50%

15/30

36%

Over 11.5

53%

8/15

40%

6/15

47%

14/30

29%

Over 12.5

40%

6/15

33%

5/15

37%

11/30

22%

Referee Willy Delajod: 3.1 cards and 24.8 fouls per game in 17 games this season

Bet

RCL

NIC

Match

League

Cards per match

4.7

4.2

4.4

4.1

Over 2.5

87%

13/15

87%

13/15

87%

26/30

79%

Over 3.5

80%

12/15

67%

10/15

73%

22/30

61%

Over 4.5

47%

7/15

40%

6/15

43%

13/30

36%

Over 5.5

27%

4/15

20%

3/15

23%

7/30

21%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Odsonne Édouard

11 starts · 0.6 per 90

36%

4/11

45%

5/11

0%

0/11

0%

0/11

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

RC Lens

Last 5 games before this match

6 Dec

Nantes

(A)

2-1

W

30 Nov

Angers

(A)

2-1

W

22 Nov

RC Strasbourg

(H)

1-0

W

8 Nov

AS Monaco

(A)

4-1

W

2 Nov

Lorient

(H)

3-0

W

Nice

Last 5 games before this match

7 Dec

Angers

(H)

0-1

L

30 Nov

Lorient

(A)

1-3

L

21 Nov

Olympique de Marseille

(H)

1-5

L

9 Nov

Metz

(A)

1-2

L

1 Nov

Paris Saint-Germain

(A)

0-1

L

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

RC Lens and Nice haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

Ligue 1 table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

PSG

34

24

4

6

74

29

+45

76

L

W

D

W

2

RC Lens

34

22

4

8

66

35

+31

70

W

L

W

D

3

Lille

34

18

7

9

52

37

+15

61

L

W

D

W

D

4

Lyon

34

18

6

10

53

40

+13

60

L

W

5

Marseille

34

18

5

11

63

45

+18

59

W

L

D

L

6

Rennes

34

17

8

9

59

50

+9

59

L

W

L

W

7

AS Monaco

34

16

6

12

60

54

+6

54

L

W

D

8

Strasbourg

34

15

8

11

58

47

+11

53

W

D

L

W

9

Lorient

34

11

12

11

48

51

-3

45

L

W

D

L

W

10

Toulouse

33

12

8

13

47

46

+1

44

W

D

L

11

Paris FC

34

11

12

47

50

-3

44

W

L

W

L

W

12

Brest

34

10

9

15

43

55

-12

39

D

L

D

13

Angers

34

9

16

29

48

-19

36

D

L

D

14

Le Havre

34

7

14

13

32

44

-12

35

W

L

D

15

Auxerre

34

8

10

16

34

44

-10

34

W

L

D

16

Nice

34

7

11

16

37

60

-23

32

D

L

D

17

Nantes

33

5

8

20

29

52

-23

23

L

W

L

D

18

Metz

34

3

8

23

32

76

-44

17

D

L

D

L

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RC Lens v Nice: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

RC Lens

Nice

Referee: Willy Delajod

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

RC Lens

Nice

Head to head

Ligue 1 table