📏 Form Guide

FC Lorient

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FC Lorient go into this game following a 2-2 Ligue 1 drawn game vs AJ Auxerre.

In that game, FC Lorient managed 50% possession and 15 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for FC Lorient was Bamba Dieng (19', 29'). At the other end, Auxerre got 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Marvin Senaya (1') and Josué Casimir (24') scored for AJ Auxerre.

Olivier Pantaloni's FC Lorient have celebrated scoring a sum total of 11 times over their preceding six outings. The corresponding number of goals that have been scored against them in that time is 6.

Nice

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Paris FC in Ligue 1 competition, Nice will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Nice had 60% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. On the other side, Paris FC got 16 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Marshall Munetsi (26') scored for Paris FC.

Looking at their form, and Nice have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 10 goals in all. At the back, Nice certainly have room for improvement.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their past head to head meetings going back to 30/10/2022 shows that FC Lorient have won 1 of them and Nice 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 3.

A sum of 20 goals were scored between them in these games, with 9 of them from Les Merlus and 11 netted by Les Aiglons. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.

The last league match featuring these clubs was Ligue 1 match day 23 on 22/02/2026 when it finished Nice 3-3 FC Lorient.

That time, Nice managed 40% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Goals were scored by Tom Louchet (12', 45') and Kaïl Boudache (59').

FC Lorient had 17 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Pablo Pagis (45'), Bamba Dieng (67') and Noah Cadiou (95') scored.

The match was refereed by Jérémy Stinat.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Lorient

In all likelihood, Les Merlus should use a 3-4-2-1 formation in the match, utilising Bingourou Kamara, Bamo Meite, Montassar Talbi, Darlin Yongwa, Theo Le Bris, Arthur Avom, Laurent Abergel, Arsene Kouassi, Jean-Victor Makengo, Pablo Pagis and Bamba Dieng.

📰 Team News: Nice

It’s our belief that Les Aiglons could decide to play in a 3-4-2-1 system using Yehvann Diouf, Kojo Peprah Oppong, Antoine Mendy, Dante, Jonathan Clauss, Charles Vanhoutte, Morgan Sanson, Melvin Bard, Tanguy Ndombele, Kail Boudache and Zoumana Diallo.

💡 Prediction

We’re envisaging that Nice will have a tough ask to put one past this FC Lorient team who we reckon will score at least once to put them ahead.

We’ve gone for a good battle with a 1-0 advantage for FC Lorient at the end of the 90 minutes.

We’ll see what happens.

Andre Moura, 19:01 04/03/2026