📊 Form Guide

Nice

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Nice will play in this game following on from a 2-2 Ligue 1 drawn game versus Brest.

In that game, Nice had 60% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For Nice, the goalscorers were Ali Abdi (63') and Elye Wahi (71'). On the other side, Brest got 12 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Romain Del Castillo (15') and Kamory Doumbia (23') scored for Brest.

It has not been often in recent times that Nice haven’t conceded. In fact, Nice have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, leaking 10 goals in the process. Previous results aside, we will just have to wait and see whether that trend shall be sustained in this upcoming match or not.

Montpellier

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Montpellier head into the clash following a 3-1 Ligue 2 win over EA Guingamp in their previous game.

For Montpellier, the goals were scored by Everson (42') and Alexandre Mendy (45', 79'). Louis Mafouta (18') scored for EA Guingamp.

Throughout their six most recent matches, Zoumana Camara's Montpellier have had reason to celebrate scoring 11 times - yielding them the goals per game average of 1.83.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their past head to head clashes going back to 27/05/2023 shows that Nice have won 3 of them and Montpellier 1, with the tally of draws standing at 2.

19 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 12 of them from Les Aiglons and 7 belonging to La Paillade. That’s an average goals per game of 3.17.

The previous league clash between the two was Ligue 1 match day 23 on 23/02/2025 when the final score was Nice 2-0 Montpellier.

That time, Nice had 57% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The scorers were Jonathan Clauss (30') and Hicham Boudaoui (65').

Montpellier had 13 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Willy Delajod.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the view that Montpellier are likely to find the net against this Nice team, although it may not be enough to avoid defeat.

We reckon that it will be a 2-1 win for Nice at full-time.

Peter Guest, 02:01 04/02/2026