Nice vs Lens Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 29th December 2022
Lens will go up against Nice this coming Thursday for a Ligue 1 meeting. Lens won 3-0 the last time, they faced Nice, who won the match before that, when Nice claimed a 2-1 win.
One spot behind the leader of the table, Lens have claimed 36 points after 15 rounds, while Nice have amassed 20 points and are now ranked as number 9 in the Ligue 1 standings.
Nice are chasing revenge after succumbing to a disappointing defeat in the latest encounter against Lens. However, judging by prices from the bookmakers, they could be in for more disappointment.
Nice scored 11 goals, conceded ten and fought their way to two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.
Lens are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 12 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.2 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of four goals, and while Lens claimed six clean sheets, they conceded an average of 0.4 goals per match.
Nice vs Lens Prediction
Nice Form
Nice go into their upcoming match unbeaten in their previous three matches, which started off with a 2-2 draw against FC Koln. They went on to beat Brest 1-0, before sharing the spoils with Lyon in a 1-1 draw. Nice only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Ligue 1 matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew one and lost three, as they scored five and conceded eight goals.
An optimal season could perhaps see Nice qualifying for Europe but so far, they look well underway to a nice mid-table finish.
Lens Form
Lens are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Toulouse got left behind in a 3-0 win, before Angers got hammered in a 1-2 victory. Clermont Foot was the most recent victim in a 2-1 win for Lens. In their last six Ligue 1 away matches, Lens have three wins, they've drawn two and lost one one. They scored eight while also conceding four times. They also experienced two draws and one defeat.
Hardly any people had Lens down as candidates for medals this season, but in current form nothing seems beyond them.
Nice don't score many goals but, they are equally tough to crack down. This makes for a low scoring match, when Lens come visiting on Thursday.
Nice have taken seven points from their last seven games against teams from the top half of the Ligue 1 table. They won two of these matches with a scoreline of six goals to ten. Lens took 18 points from their last seven games against teams from the top half of the Ligue 1 table. They won six, scored 15 goals and conceded six. Nice enjoy a record of five wins, five draws and five defeats in the Ligue 1 this season. Lens lost just once so far this season in the Ligue 1 and after 15 games played they recorded 11 wins and three draws.
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Nice vs Lens Stats
- In 10 of the last 11 matches Nice played, both teams scored
- Nice have scored in the last 13 matches in a row
- In 13 of the last 14 Nice home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Nice have conceded in 13 of the last 15 matches
- Nice have not lost 10 of the last 12 matches
- Lens have not lost 30 of the last 32 matches
- In the last 10 Lens matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Lens have not lost 13 of the last 15 away matches
- Lens have won the last 5 matches in a row
- Lens have won the last 5 matches in a row and the sum of goals was under 3.5
Nice vs Lens Team News
Nice have an almost full squad available against Lens at Allianz Riviera with only one player possibly missing.
Nice are unable to field Marcin Bulka this coming Thursday against Lens, as he is sidelined with an injury.
Lens face a list of four absentees from the squad ahead of their next match on Thursday against Nice. Brice Samba is suspended from the Lens squad with too many penalty points to his name.
Adam Buksa, Jimmy Cabot and Wuilker Farinez all face a spell on the sidelines for Lens due to various injuries.
Nice vs Lens H2H
Nice lost to 3-0 Lens in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 2-1 win, which Nice dished out the match before that. The previous ten matches were equally split between these two sides. Nice won four and Lens won four matches. However, Lens did manage a 3-0 win last time out, and the bookies best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 16/11.
Nice vs Lens Results
Both teams to score only came out three times in the previous ten games between Lens and Nice. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 10/11 with the bookies.
Nice vs Lens Betting Tips
Nice against Lens is also a battle between Nicolas Pepe and Wesley Said with both in decent form. The former scored three while the latter has three Ligue 1 goals in their last six games respectively.
Nice claimed all three points three times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in five of the games in this run. Lens won six of their last 10 games away, while drawing three and losing one in this series of matches. Lens arrives at Allianz Riviera feeling optimistic about scoring this coming Thursday, since Nice only managed a one clean sheet once in 10 home games. Lens kept three clean sheets in their previous 10 away games.
Over 2.5 goals happened four times in the past ten encounters between Nice and Lens, with Nice scoring 0.7 goals on average per game. Lens averaged 1.1 goals, while both teams scored three times. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Nice’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten outings for Lens, who managed to score 1.6 times in those matches.