Nice vs Lyon

9 March 2025 · Ligue 1 · 2024/25 · Referee Benoît Bastien

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Mathis Cherki 78’
  • Ernest Nuamah 83’

Match summary

Lyon beat Nice 2-0 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Mathis Cherki put Lyon ahead in the 78th minute, set up by Thiago Almada and Ernest Nuamah made it 0-2 in the 83rd minute, set up by Thiago Almada.

Nice can feel hard done by, creating 1.51 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Lyon's 0.78 from 8.

Match stats

Nice Lyon
18 Shots 8
4 Shots on Target 5
9 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.51 xG 0.78
1.51 Non-penalty xG 0.78
6 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Nice Lyon
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
78’
Mathis Cherki
Assist: Thiago Almada0-1 (Lyon)
83’
Ernest Nuamah
Assist: Thiago Almada0-2 (Lyon)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Nice
  • Youssouf Ndayishimiye
Lyon
  • Sael Kumbedi
  • Corentin Tolisso

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.51 0.78 78’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), 0-1 78’ 83’ Ernest Nuamah (Lyon), 0-2 83’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.51 0.78 78’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), 0-1 Cherki 78’ 83’ Ernest Nuamah (Lyon), 0-2 Nuamah 83’
Nice 1.51 xGLyon 0.78 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lyon attacking Nice attacking 
32’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.66 xG, blocked 78’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 59’ Corentin Tolisso (Lyon), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 80’ Evann Guessand (Nice), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 18’ Mohamed Ali-Cho (Nice), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 5’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), set piece, 0.08 xG, blocked 33’ Mohamed Ali-Cho (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 43’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 87’ Georges Mikautadze (Lyon), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 60’ Evann Guessand (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 5’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 5’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 42’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 6’ Jonathan Clauss (Nice), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 73’ Thiago Almada (Lyon), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 80’ Dante (Nice), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 83’ Ernest Nuamah (Lyon), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 36’ Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 21’ Melvin Bard (Nice), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 48’ Baptiste Santamaria (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 5’ Moïse Bombito (Nice), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Thiago Almada (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 58’ Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 31’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+3’ Jeremie Boga (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Sofiane Diop (Nice), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 32’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), open play, 0.66 xG, blocked 78’ Mathis Cherki (Lyon), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 59’ Corentin Tolisso (Lyon), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 80’ Evann Guessand (Nice), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 18’ Mohamed Ali-Cho (Nice), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 5’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), set piece, 0.08 xG, blocked 33’ Mohamed Ali-Cho (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 87’ Georges Mikautadze (Lyon), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 43’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 60’ Evann Guessand (Nice), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 5’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 5’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 42’ Gaetan Laborde (Nice), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 6’ Jonathan Clauss (Nice), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 73’ Thiago Almada (Lyon), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 83’ Ernest Nuamah (Lyon), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 80’ Dante (Nice), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 36’ Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 21’ Melvin Bard (Nice), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 48’ Baptiste Santamaria (Nice), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 5’ Moïse Bombito (Nice), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Thiago Almada (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 58’ Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 31’ Hichem Boudaoui (Nice), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+3’ Jeremie Boga (Nice), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Sofiane Diop (Nice), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Marcin Bulka GK900 0.000.000
Dante DEF901 0.040.051
Youssouf Ndayishimiye DEF900 0.000.000
Moïse Bombito DEF841 0.020.000
Jonathan Clauss MID901 0.040.213
Melvin Bard MID841 0.030.661
Baptiste Santamaria MID901 0.030.032
Hichem Boudaoui MID772 0.070.071
Evann Guessand MID902 0.170.000
Mohamed Ali-Cho MID662 0.170.061
Gaetan Laborde FWD775 0.920.092
Sofiane Diop Sub241 0.010.021
Pablo Rosario Sub130 0.000.101
Jeremie Boga Sub131 0.020.000
Badredine Bouanani Sub60 0.000.000
Ali Abdi Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nice win 45% Avg odds 2.12
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.55
Lyon win 28% Avg odds 3.42

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

Form going into the game

Nice DWWWW
Lyon LWWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lyon 4-1 Nice, 01 Dec 24 Next meeting: Nice 3-2 Lyon, 18 Oct 25  All Nice vs Lyon 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.