France - Ligue 1StarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Nice and Lens, taking place on Wednesday, 28 December 2022, at Stade Allianz Riviera in Nice.
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Nice, Recent FormLast time out for Nice resulted in a perhaps unsurprising 1-1 draw against Lyon in a match they really wanted to win. In that game they had 37% possession and managed 13 attempts on goal, with 3 on target, compared to Lyon who had 9 attempts and 3 on target.
Manager Lucien Favre will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, with them having scored 9 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 6 goals conceded in the same period. Finding the net regularly has been an issue for them in their home stadium, with zero goals scored in 3 of their last 6 matches. Their defensive record does not make good reading so far this season as they have conceded at least 1 goal in 13 of their 15 league games.
They have been performing well recently, both home and away, and remain unbeaten in their last 6 games.
Having scored 3 goals in his last 6 league games for Nice, Andy Delort will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
Lens, Recent FormHaving taken all 3 points, with a crucial 2-1 home win over Clermont Foot in their last league game, Lens will undoubtedly be very satisfied with their work. They came away from that fixture with a 61% share of the possession and clocked up 16 attempts on goal with 3 on target, in comparison to Clermont Foot, who managed 5 attempts on goal, 2 of which were on target.
Manager Franck Haise will be pleased with his team's performances recently, having only conceded 3 in their last 6 games, while still managing to score a respectable 9 goals. With goals notched up in 5 of their past 6 matches, they are certainly showing some goal-scoring consistency of late. With 7 clean sheets so far this season, they have one of the best shut out records in the league.
They've had a good run of form recently, with 5 straight wins in a row, and are on an unbeaten run of 5 games.
On an individual basis, Loïs Openda will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 3 goals in Lens' last 6 league games.
Nice will be looking to forget their last league encounter with Lens, when a slew of goals ended in a heavy 3-0 defeat.
Les Artésiens have scored in each of their past 3 encounters away from home in the league against Nice.
Lens have lost the last 3 times they've have visited Nice in the league and have failed to win any of their last 6 encounters at Stade Allianz Riviera.
With only Marcin Bułka (Shoulder) and Andy Delort (Knee) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Lucien Favre will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Franck Haise has a number of injury concerns in his Lens squad to contend with: Adam Buksa (Ankle), Jimmy Cabot (Knee) and Wuilker Faríñez (Cruciate ligament)
Nice Playing at home | Lens Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 0.9 | Goals scored | 1.1 |
| 1.3 | Goals conceded | 0.6 |
| 47' | Time first goal scored | 47' |
| 52' | Time first goal conceded | 61' |
| 1.3 | Yellow cards | 2.1 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 5 | Subs used | 4.4 |
| 3-2 | Biggest victory | 4-1 |
| 3-0 | Biggest defeat | 1-0 |
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