Lyon vs Nice: preview, form, head-to-head and how to watch

Match overview

Lyon host Nice in Ligue 1 on Sunday, 18 October 2026, with kick-off scheduled for 18:45 UTC.

The venue for the game is Groupama Stadium, Lyon. All times on this page are shown in UTC; the match page converts the kick-off to your local time zone.

Where the teams stand

In the latest standings Lyon are 5th with 11 points from 6 matches, while Nice are 13th with 8 points from 6 matches. That leaves Nice 3 points behind Lyon.

Lyon currently sit in the Europa League places. Lyon have scored 11 goals and conceded 4 goals in the league, a goal difference of +7. Nice have scored 5 goals and conceded 7 goals in the league, a goal difference of -2.

Recent form

Over their last 5 games Lyon have 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. They scored 10 goals and let in 5 goals (D-W-W-L-W).

Over their last 5 games Nice have 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. They scored 5 goals and let in 7 goals (L-D-L-W-W).

Lyon arrive in better form, taking 10 of a possible 15 points from their recent matches, compared with 7 for Nice.

Head-to-head

Across 1 meeting in our records, the tally is 1 win for Lyon, 0 wins for Nice and 0 draws. The most recent meeting came on Sunday, 15 February 2026: Lyon 2-0 Nice.

Across 1 meeting, the sides have produced 2 goals, an average of 2 per game.

Key numbers to watch

In their recent matches Lyon averaged 2 goals scored and 1 conceded per game, while Nice averaged 1 scored and 1.4 conceded.

Lyon have the sharper recent attack, averaging 2 goals per game over their last 5 matches. Lyon have been harder to score against, conceding 1 goals per game over the same spell.

How to watch

Broadcast listings stored for this match: beIn Sports (United States) and FuboTV (United States).

Rights differ from country to country, so check your local listings before kick-off.

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