Nice vs Lille prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2022-05-13 22:00.
With only two games left in this Ligue 1 campaign, the race to join Europe’s elite next season is going down to the wire, with Nice still in contention after their come-from-behind 4-2 victory over St-Étienne last time out. That makes it three league wins in a row for the fourth-placed side, though not managing to lead at half-time in any of those three matches highlights that sluggish starts have been an obstacle that they’ve done well to overcome.
‘Les Aiglons’ will entertain the Allianz Riviera faithful for the last time this season and they will presumably be in full voice after watching their troops go undefeated in their last six home league games (W5, D1), although winning four of these games by a one-goal margin shows it hasn’t always been comfortable. Yet a visit from Lille may only boost the home side's confidence further as Nice have gone more than a decade without losing a home league H2H (W4, D5).
As for Lille, back-to-back losses concludes a stretch of one win from their last seven league matches (D2, L4), with the defending champions now scrambling just to secure a top-half finish. Conceding first in all four of those losses highlights Lille’s Achilles’ heel, although they’ve been relentless when netting the opener themselves this season, losing only once from the 19 league matches in which they struck first (W11, D7).
‘Les Dogues’ may be glad this is the last time they’re due to hit the road this campaign after experiencing recent successive away league defeats for the first time since October last year. Back-and-forth battles have been rare on Lille’s travels lately, with only two of their last seven away games seeing both teams score, placing further importance on trying to get the upper hand first.
Players to watch: Nice’s Andy Delort has scored seven of his last eight goals at home, while Lille’s Jonathan David, who has hit a barren spell of no goal since early March, has opened the scoring in six of his last nine league goalscoring appearances.
Hot stat: Lille have seen the same half-time/full-time result in 11 of their last 12 league games.