Lyon vs Nice

1 December 2024 · Ligue 1 · 2024/25 · Referee Bastien Dechepy

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 3–1

Alexandre Lacazette 4’, 41’, 69’ (pen)
Jordan Veretout 43’

Sofiane Diop 22’

Match summary

Lyon won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Nice. Lyon led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Alexandre Lacazette put Lyon ahead in the 4th minute, set up by Clinton Mata, Sofiane Diop equalised in the 22nd minute, set up by Mohamed Ali-Cho, Lacazette put Lyon back in front in the 41st minute, set up by Said Benrahma, and Jordan Veretout made it 3-1 in the 43rd minute. In the second half, Lacazette made it 4-1 from the penalty spot in the 69th minute.

The chances backed that up: Lyon created 2.89 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Nice's 2.04 from 16.

Match stats

16 Shots 16

8 Shots on Target 7

5 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.88 xG 2.04

2.12 Non-penalty xG 2.04

5 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Lyon Nice

Kick-off

Alexandre Lacazette
Assist: Clinton Mata

1-0

4’

22’

Sofiane Diop
Assist: Mohamed Ali-Cho

1-1

Alexandre Lacazette
Assist: Said Benrahma

2-1

41’

Jordan Veretout

3-1

43’

Half-time3-1

Alexandre Lacazette
Penalty

4-1

69’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Lyon

Nicolás Tagliafico

Nice

Tom Louchet
Hichem Boudaoui

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Lyon 2.89 xGNice 2.04 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Nice attacking Lyon attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lucas Perri	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Clinton Mata	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.59	2
Moussa Niakhate	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Duje Caleta-Car	DEF	78			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolás Tagliafico	DEF	90			2	0.04	0.00	0
Jordan Veretout	MID	90	1		1	0.05	0.13	1
Corentin Tolisso	MID	90			2	0.14	0.03	1
Nemanja Matic	MID	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Said Benrahma	FWD	53		1	1	0.03	0.49	2
Alexandre Lacazette	FWD	78	3		5	2.27	0.00	0
Malick Fofana	FWD	84			2	0.17	0.00	0
Mathis Cherki	Sub	37			2	0.12	0.53	2
Georges Mikautadze	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.06	1
Ainsley Maitland-Niles	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ernest Nuamah	Sub	6			1	0.06	0.00	0
Maxence Caqueret	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marcin Bulka	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tom Louchet	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.08	2
Moïse Bombito	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mohamed Abdelmonem	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yaël Nandjou	DEF	80			0	0.00	0.61	1
Hichem Boudaoui	MID	90			2	0.03	0.00	0
Pablo Rosario	MID	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Tanguy NDombele Alvaro	MID	80			2	0.63	0.00	0
Mohamed Ali-Cho	FWD	48		1	0	0.00	0.74	1
Evann Guessand	FWD	90			4	0.26	0.00	0
Sofiane Diop	FWD	90	1		2	0.76	0.02	1
Badredine Bouanani	Sub	42			2	0.13	0.18	3
Gaetan Laborde	Sub	10			2	0.15	0.00	0
Amidou Doumbouya	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rares Ilie	Sub	1			1	0.07	0.20	2
Issiaga Camara	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lyon win 56% Avg odds 1.72

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.16

Nice win 21% Avg odds 4.48

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Lyon W D D W D

Nice D W W D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Lyon 1-0 Nice, 16 Feb 24 Next meeting: Nice 0-2 Lyon, 09 Mar 25 All Lyon vs Nice meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.