Ligue 1 · Matchday 10 
Our pick Home win Missed
Angers seek a response as Nice arrive on a two-win run
The recent head-to-head record favours Nice, who have won three of the last five meetings. Angers, meanwhile, are without a win in four and sit six points behind their visitors.
📍 Stade Raymond Kopa
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Match report
Final result: Angers 0-2 Nice.
Match statistics (home team first). Shots: 12–16; Shots on target: 4–8; Corners: 6–4; Expected goals: 0.7–1.82.
Goals
- 2' Sofiane Diop · Mohamed Amoura · Nice
- 78' Jonathan Clauss · Gauthier Hein · Nice
Cards
- 30' Carlens Arcus · Angers
- 32' Ousmane Camara · Angers
- 70' Branco Van den Boomen · Angers
- 70' Sofiane Diop · Nice
Match stats
⭐ Top-rated player: J. Clauss (Nice) 8.2
Ratings and statistics: API-Football.
Confirmed lineups
Angers · 3-4-2-1
- 1Anthony LopesG
- 2C. ArcusD
- 4O. CamaraD
- 21J. LefortD
- 8B. van den BoomenM
- 14Y. BelkhdimM
- 93H. BelkeblaM
- 17J. KaluluM
- 18J. AllevinahM
- 10A. SbaïM
- 9P. PeterF
Coach: S. Gilli
Nice · 3-4-2-1
- 23Y. DioufG
- 36A. SeiduD
- 55Y. NdayishimiyeD
- 5Mohamed AbdelmonemD
- 92J. ClaussM
- 39D. CoulibalyM
- 6H. BoudaouiM
- 27N. NkounkouM
- 10S. DiopM
- 9M. AmouraM
- 11E. WahiF
Coach: O. Pantaloni
Match facts
Recent form
Last 5 league games, latest on the right
Goals per game
| · | Scored | Conceded |
|---|---|---|
| Angers | 1.0 | 1.9 |
| Nice | 1.4 | 1.3 |
League position
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Nice | 9 | +1 | 14 |
| 15 | Angers | 9 | -8 | 8 |
Last meetings
- 2026 Angers 0-2 Nice
- 2025 Nice 0-1 Angers
- 2025 Nice 2-1 Angers
- 2024 Angers 1-4 Nice
- 2023 Angers 1-1 Nice
PreviaXI model
Model confidence: Open game
- Expected goals (model)
- 1.33 – 1.30
- Double chance
- 12 · 73%1X 64% · X2 63%
- Over 2.5 goals
- 49%Over 1.5: 74% · Over 3.5: 27%
- Both teams score
- 54%
- Clean sheet
- 27% – 26%Angers–Nice
- Half-time result
- X · 43%1 29% · 2 28%
- Half-time / full-time
- 1/1 · 22%2/2 21% · X/X 16%
- Expected corners
- 10.25.1 – 5.1 · Over 9.5: 56%
- Expected cards
- 3.21.5 – 1.7 · Over 3.5: 39%
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG), results and match statistics from the last two seasons. For information only. How our model works →
Angers need a lift
Angers’ recent league form has been difficult: they have gone four matches without a win, with three defeats in their last five. They have scored five goals and conceded 12 across that five-game spell. Nice come to Stade Raymond Kopa on the back of two successive wins, having scored 12 times in their last five league matches.
The gap is clear in the Ligue 1 table. Nice are eighth on 14 points after nine matches, while Angers are 15th on eight. The visitors are six points and seven places above the hosts.
Recent form points to a contrast
Angers have managed two wins, two draws and five defeats in the league, conceding 17 goals. At home, their record stands at one win, one draw and three defeats from five matches, with nine goals conceded.
Nice have four wins, two draws and three defeats overall. Their recent scoring run is strong, but away results offer Angers some encouragement: Nice have won once and lost three times in four league trips, scoring three and conceding seven.
Nice have had the edge
The last five meetings have brought three Nice victories, one Angers win and one draw. Three of those games featured two goals or fewer, although the most recent encounter was a clear Nice success: they won 2-0 at Angers in March.
That history gives the visitors reason for confidence, but it is not an entirely one-sided sequence. Angers did win 1-0 away at Nice in December 2025, showing they can make this matchup uncomfortable for their higher-placed opponents.
Similar attacking expectations
The statistical model points to a closely balanced contest, with almost identical expected goal figures for the teams. Nice’s recent attacking output is the sharper of the two, while Angers’ home advantage and the visitors’ poor away record could help keep the game tight.
Angers will need a more secure defensive display than they have shown recently if they are to turn that home edge into points.
Our prediction
Nice’s recent form and advantage in the head-to-head record make them a threat, but their away results temper the case for a comfortable win. The model leans narrowly towards Angers, and a low-scoring home victory fits the expectation of a tight match.
Angers 1-0 Nice
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