📏 Form Guide

Nantes

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Nantes will be looking for a repeat result of the 0-2 Ligue 1 triumph versus Marseille.

In that game, Nantes managed 45% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 9 on target. For Nantes, the scorers were Fabien Centonze (31') and Rémy Cabella (88'). For their opponents, Marseille got 11 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times that Nantes have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Nantes have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 13 goals during that time.

Nice

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In the game prior to this, Nice drew 1-1 in the Ligue 1 tie with Strasbourg.

In that game, Nice managed 45% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The only player to score for Nice was Elye Wahi (54'). For their opponents, Strasbourg got 8 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Joaquín Panichelli (13') scored for Strasbourg.

The forward players for Nice have been starved of goals over their last 6 encounters, netting the poor return of only 4. In those fixtures, Les Aiglons have also seen the overall goal tally of their opponents equal 9. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend can be continued on in this game.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings dating back to 12/03/2023 tells us that Nantes have won 3 of these games & Nice 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 2.

A combined total of 14 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 8 of them from Les Canaris and 6 netted by Les Aiglons. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.33.

The last league game between the two was Ligue 1 match day 4 on 13/09/2025 when the final score was Nice 1-0 Nantes.

In that match, Nice managed 59% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 8 on target. The scorer was Jérémie Boga (56').

At the other end, Nantes got 14 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Guillaume Paradis.

🔮 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Nantes could find themselves struggling to hit the back of the net against this Nice side who we think might score at least once to put them ahead.

We’re therefore anticipating a 0-1 win for Nice at full-time.

Let’s see how this one goes.

Andre Moura, 16:00 11/01/2026