Nice vs Lille Ligue 1 Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Nice have lost only one of their last 15 Ligue1 games against Lille (W7 D7), losing in February 2019 (0-4).
At home, Nice are unbeaten in their last eight matches against Lille in Ligue 1 (W4 D4), with their last defeat at home against Losc arriving back in May 2012 (0-1).
Nice have won their last two Ligue1 games - they last won three consecutive matches in the same season in the top-flight between October-November 2018 (4).
Lille have picked up 17 points after seven games in Ligue 1 2020/21, their highest tally at this stage in the top-flight (with three points for a win) since 1952/53 (18, 4th in the end).
They stand at the top of the league table for the first time since September 2014 (8th in the end). Lille are unbeaten in their last 10 games in Ligue 1 (W8 D2), thejoint- longest current run alongside Renn es. They are the only team that have not been trailing in a game in the top-flight this season.
Nice have conceded in each of their last eight home games in Ligue 1, the longest current run. lnversely, Nice have scored in 20 of their last 21 home games In the top-flight, failing only to do so against Paris in September (0-3).
Lille have won five of their last six away games (01), after winning only one of their previous 14 (D5 L8). Lille have scored in each of their last 14 games in Ligue1 (24 goals), the best current run and the best such run for them since January-May 2012 (16). Lille have conceded only two goals in their first seven games in Ligue 1 2020/ 21 , their joint- lowest tally at this stage (alongside 2014/15).
They have kept eight clean sheets in their last 10 games in L1 (2 goals conceded), including in each of their last three, the longest current run. Walter Benitez could play his 100th game in Ligue 1, all with Nice.
Only Lionel Letizi (80.8%) and Hugo Lloris (77.6%) have a higher save percentage with Nice than the Argentine goalkeeper (74.2%) in the top- flight over the last 1 5 seasons. Jonathan Bamba has been involved in seven goals in seven games in Ligue 1 2020/21 (3 goals. 4 assists), more than the whole 2019/20 season (1 goal, 4 assists).
No one has been Involved In more goals than him in the top-flight this season, and he is the only player to score several goals from outside the box in 2020/21 (2).
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