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Ligue 1Saturday 22 August 2026 ·

Nice vs Lorient result and stats

43%
pre-match home win
0–0
full time
26%
draw
31%
pre-match away win
Win probability: home 43%, draw 26%, away 31%

Match report

GOSSIPBALL's parrot has been crunching the numbers

Nice and Lorient drew 0–0 in the Ligue 1 on Saturday 22 August 2026. Before kick-off GossipBall gave Nice 43%, the draw 26% and Lorient 31%, so a draw had a 26% chance. It was an upset by GossipBall's numbers.

On expected goals it finished Nice 1.05, Lorient 1.27, so Lorient created the better chances. Nice had 14 shots (1 on target) to Lorient's 10 (2 on target).

GOSSIPBALL analysis · based on five seasons of results and expected goals · updated 29 October 2026, 20:50 UTC

Match stats

NILO
1.05
Expected goals
1.27
14
Shots
10
1
On target
2
9
Corners
3
15
Fouls
8
1
Yellow cards
0
0
Red cards
0
0
Half-time goals
0

Recent form

Nice
D v Metz0–0 · 17 May
L @ Auxerre1–2 · 10 May
D v Lens1–1 · 2 May
D @ Marseille1–1 · 26 Apr
D @ Lille0–0 · 18 Apr
Lorient
L v Le Havre0–2 · 17 May
W @ Metz4–0 · 10 May
D @ Paris Saint-Germain2–2 · 2 May
L v Strasbourg2–3 · 26 Apr
W v Marseille2–0 · 18 Apr

Head to head

In 8 league meetings since 2021, Nice won 3, Lorient won 2 and 3 were drawn; the most recent, on 22 Feb 2026, was a 3–3 draw.

Nice 3–3 Lorient22 Feb 2026
Lorient 3–1 Nice30 Nov 2025
Nice 3–0 Lorient19 Apr 2024
Lorient 1–1 Nice20 Aug 2023
Nice 1–1 Lorient19 Mar 2023
Lorient 1–2 Nice30 Oct 2022

Season averages per game

NILO
1.00
Goals
0.88
1.25
Conceded
0.75
1.09
xG
1.09
1.70
xG against
1.03
11.4
Shots
9.8
3.5
On target
3.1
5.9
Corners
3.1
2.25
Yellow cards
1.12
12%
Clean sheets
62%
62%
Both score
38%
62%
3+ goals
38%

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