Lyon vs Nice

31 August 2018 · Ligue 1 · 2018/19 · Referee François Letexier

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

Allan Saint-Maximin 50’

Match summary

Nice took a 1-0 win at Lyon. It was goalless at half-time.

Allan Saint-Maximin put Nice ahead from a corner in the 50th minute, set up by Wylan Cyprien.

Lyon can feel hard done by, creating 1.96 expected goals (xG) from 29 shots to Nice's 0.41 from 8.

Match stats

29 Shots 8

9 Shots on Target 1

10 Corners 5

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.94 xG 0.41

1.94 Non-penalty xG 0.41

11 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Lyon Nice

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

50’

Allan Saint-Maximin
Assist: Wylan Cyprien

0-1

Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Nice

Adrien Tameze
Mario Balotelli

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 1.96 xGNice 0.41 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	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Anthony Lopes	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Rafael	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.04	2
Jason Denayer	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcelo	DEF	90	1	0.02	0.00	0
Ferland Mendy	DEF	90	2	0.04	0.14	4
Tanguy NDombele Alvaro	MID	90	4	0.44	0.15	3
Lucas Tousart	MID	81	3	0.08	0.02	1
Bertrand Traoré	MID	86	2	0.06	0.00	0
Nabil Fekir	MID	90	9	0.79	0.00	0
Martin Terrier	MID	70	1	0.06	0.04	1
Memphis Depay	FWD	90	4	0.17	0.34	5
Maxwel Cornet	Sub	20	0	0.00	0.05	2
Pape Cheikh	Sub	9	0	0.00	0.00	0
Houssem Aouar	Sub	4	3	0.29	0.31	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Walter Benítez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christophe Jallet	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dante	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Malang Sarr	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christophe Herelle	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Olivier Boscagli	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.01	1
Pierre Lees-Melou	MID	90			1	0.06	0.04	1
Wylan Cyprien	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.14	3
Adrien Tameze	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Allan Saint-Maximin	FWD	87	1		3	0.23	0.00	0
Mario Balotelli	FWD	78			1	0.04	0.21	2
Myziane Maolida	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Racine Coly	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lyon win 72% Bet365 odds 1.33

Draw 18% Bet365 odds 5.25

Nice win 10% Bet365 odds 9.50

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Lyon W L W

Nice L D L

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Nice 1-0 Lyon, 10 Feb 19 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.