UEFA Europa League Matchday 1 Wed, Sep 24 · 20:00 Allianz Riviera, Nice
Nice
1–2Full time
AS Roma
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Our take

AS Roma were slight favourites.

AS Roma were the stronger side on L90 Strength (70 vs 42). Nice had 4.1 days of rest, AS Roma 3.4 and had to travel 473 km.

Away travel473 kmRest days4.1 · 3.4Matches / 14d2 · 2
Nice27%
Draw26%
AS Roma47%
Expected goals 1.20 – 1.65
Nice27%
Draw26%
AS Roma46%
Expected goals 1.14 – 1.57
Nice27%
Draw26%
AS Roma47%
Expected goals 1.20 – 1.65
Nice21%
Draw24%
AS Roma55%
Expected goals 1.07 – 1.85
Nice27%
Draw26%
AS Roma46%
Expected goals 1.14 – 1.57
Over 2.5 54% Both score 57% Likeliest score 1–1
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Nice)

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Referee · SpainGuillermo Cuadra Fernandez
  • Cards per match 4.8
  • Penalties per match 0.39
  • Matches 28

Team strength

NiceAS Roma
42 L90 StrengthIn forecast 70
27 Current StrengthIn forecast 71
26 AttackIn forecast 72
35 DefenceIn forecast 75
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Nice

Attack—
Defense risk—

AS Roma

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

NiceAS Roma
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
— Accurate passesContext —
— Pass accuracyContext —
— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
— Fouls sufferedContext —
— Yellow cardsContext —
— Red cardsContext —
This league season, per match
1.30 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.20
1.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.40
1.43 xGVia Att/Def 1.24
1.28 xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.96
-0.13 Goals minus xGContext -0.04
60% Scored inContext 90%
30% Clean sheetsContext 70%
12.60 ShotsContext 13.50
4.33 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.80
31% On target shareContext 36%
7.80 Shots in the boxContext 9.22
61% Box shareContext 64%
10% ConversionContext 9%
2.86 OffsidesContext 1.50
12.70 Shots allowedContext 11.10
4.40 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.00
3.50 BlocksContext 2.86
2.90 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.60
66% Save rateContext 87%
52% PossessionIn forecast 52%
450 PassesContext 457
383 Accurate passesContext 389
85% Pass accuracyContext 85%
6.87 Team ratingContext 7.04
12.60 FoulsContext 11.60
13.10 Fouls sufferedContext 13.70
2.10 Yellow cardsContext 1.40
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Nice
Rest4.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km2,089 km in 14d
Schedule load5%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
AS Roma
Rest3.4 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel473 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load14%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Nice AS Roma
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 5Low · 14
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match4.1Ligue 1 2025-2026, 20 Sep3.4Serie A 2025-2026, 21 Sep
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km473 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways2,089 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 31 / 2 / 3
Next matchdays after this one3.83.8

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Nice Confirmed XI
3-5-2
80Y. Diouf(G)
4Dante 28A. Bah 33A. Mendy
26M. Bard 8M. Sanson 24C. Vanhoutte 6H. Boudaoui 20T. Louchet
7J. Boga 90Kevin Carlos
AS Roma Confirmed XI
3-4-2-1
99M. Svilar(G)
5O. Ndicka 23G. Mancini 19M. Çelik
12K. Tsimikas 17K. Koné 8N. El Aynaoui 2D. Rensch
92S. El Shaarawy 18M. Soulé
9A. Dovbyk

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Nice Absences are shown before kick-off
AS Roma Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Nice+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • AS Roma+0.0 pp

Home / Away this season

Nice · Home No home games yet this season.
AS Roma · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Referee · Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez Spain · 28 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards4.43league 4.50
Red cards0.32league 0.00
Cards 5+57%league 50%
Fouls26.0league 32.0
Penalties0.39league 0.00
Home wins50%league 50%
Nice

No previous matches with this referee.

AS Roma

No previous matches with this referee.

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Nice
No complete event data.
AS Roma
No complete event data.
Nice10 games · scored 13 · conceded 15
2 4 0-15
5 3 16-30
31-45
2 1 46-60
1 2 61-75
3 5 76-90
AS Roma10 games · scored 12 · conceded 4
2 1 0-15
2 16-30
3 1 31-45
4 1 46-60
61-75
1 1 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Beta

Numbers are home · draw · away chances. Pick a scenario to update the forecast at the top of the page.