Ligue 1 Gameweek 9 Sat, Oct 31 · 16:15 Allianz Riviera, Nice
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Our take

Rennes are slight favourites.

Rennes are the stronger side on L90 Strength (52 vs 27). Recent goals, xG and shots on target narrow the gap for Nice. Nice have 7.9 days of rest, Rennes 6 and have to travel 847 km. Conditions look neutral.

Away travel847 kmRest days7.9 · 6Matches / 14d2 · 3
Nice31%
Draw24%
Rennes45%
Expected goals 1.50 – 1.84
Nice28%
Draw27%
Rennes45%
Expected goals 1.16 – 1.54
Nice31%
Draw24%
Rennes45%
Expected goals 1.50 – 1.84
Nice24%
Draw22%
Rennes54%
Expected goals 1.34 – 2.06
Nice31%
Draw24%
Rennes45%
Expected goals 1.49 – 1.81
Over 2.5 65% Both score 66% Likeliest score 1–1
EloLambda forecast, updated 7 hours ago. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Nice)
18°CPartly cloudy
  • Precipitation 19%
  • Wind 1 km/h
  • Humidity 80%
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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Nice and Rennes. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Team strength

NiceRennes
27 L90 StrengthIn forecast 52
27 Current StrengthIn forecast 52
26 AttackIn forecast 63
35 DefenceIn forecast 39
44 Form indexContext 42
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

Attack0%
Defense risk+24%

Rennes

Attack+6%
Defense risk−15%

Changes versus each team's league-average baseline. Higher attack and lower defense risk are favorable.

Playing style

NiceRennes
0.86 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.14
1.29 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.00
1.12 xGVia Att/Def 2.22
1.53 xG allowedVia Att/Def 2.39
-0.26 Goals minus xGContext -0.08
57% Scored inContext 86%
14% Clean sheetsContext 14%
11.71 ShotsContext 16.29
3.71 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 6.29
32% On target shareContext 39%
7.57 Shots in the boxContext 11.00
65% Box shareContext 65%
7% ConversionContext 13%
3.00 OffsidesContext 1.75
11.86 Shots allowedContext 15.29
4.43 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.86
3.00 BlocksContext 4.71
2.86 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.71
65% Save rateContext 63%
54% PossessionIn forecast 51%
546 PassesContext 472
478 Accurate passesContext 398
88% Pass accuracyContext 84%
6.73 Team ratingContext 6.78
9.29 FoulsContext 13.57
8.14 Fouls sufferedContext 11.43
1.86 Yellow cardsContext 2.43
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
0.80 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.80
1.20 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.80
1.12 xGVia Att/Def 2.12
1.23 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.91
-0.32 Goals minus xGContext -0.32
60% Scored inContext 80%
20% Clean sheetsContext 20%
12.00 ShotsContext 18.60
3.60 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 6.30
30% On target shareContext 34%
8.00 Shots in the boxContext 12.60
68% Box shareContext 66%
7% ConversionContext 10%
2.70 OffsidesContext 2.43
12.60 Shots allowedContext 14.70
4.30 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.70
3.60 BlocksContext 4.89
2.90 Goalkeeper savesContext 4.22
67% Save rateContext 68%
52% PossessionIn forecast 54%
508 PassesContext 476
439 Accurate passesContext 403
86% Pass accuracyContext 85%
6.75 Team ratingContext 6.81
9.40 FoulsContext 12.40
9.70 Fouls sufferedContext 11.30
1.70 Yellow cardsContext 2.00
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
Rest7.9 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km2,675 km in 14d
Schedule load5%Low
Form 44 · 7 pts vs 7.6 for an average club · +1.6 vs expected
  • L18 OctA · Lyon1–20.6 xPts
  • W11 OctH · Strasbourg2–11.2 xPts
  • W20 SepH · Lille2–10.9 xPts
  • L12 SepA · Auxerre0–11.1 xPts
  • D5 SepH · Le Mans1–11.5 xPts
Rennes
Rest6 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel847 km2,196 km in 14d
Schedule load32%Moderate
Form 42 · 7 pts vs 7.9 for an average club · -1.4 vs expected
  • L18 OctA · Paris FC3–41.4 xPts
  • W15 OctH · OFI2–12.2 xPts
  • W11 OctH · Auxerre4–12.1 xPts
  • L19 SepA · Lyon0–41.2 xPts
  • D16 SepA · Sturm Graz0–01.4 xPts

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 Rennes
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 5Moderate · 32
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7.9Ligue 1 2026-2027, 23 Oct6Ligue 1 2026-2027, 25 Oct
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km847 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways2,675 km2,196 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 2 / 31 / 3 / 5
Next matchdays after this one85.1

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 Last XI · not confirmed
3-4-2-1 · vs Lyon (A) 1–2, 18 Oct
23Y. Diouf(G)
35X. Mandza Tsiendi 55Y. Ndayishimiye 5M. Mohamed Ahmed
27N. Nkounkou 6H. Boudaoui 28A. Witsel 92J. Clauss
9M. Amoura 7G. Hein
11S. Wahi
Rennes Last XI · not confirmed
4-3-3 · vs Paris FC (A) 3–4, 18 Oct
30B. Samba(G)
95P. Frankowski 24A. Rouault 4C. Cresswell 14B. Reynolds
28A. Thomasson 6D. Cissé 17S. Szymański
90I. Soumaré 9E. Lepaul 10L. Blas

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 No reported absences
Rennes No reported absences
Total impact vs full squads
  • Nice+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Rennes+0.0 pp

From eScored squad data: each player's weight is his role (core 3, starter 2, rotation 1, depth 0.5) times his share of minutes. Defenders and keepers count to the defence line, forwards to attack, midfielders half to each. EloLambda turns the lost share into fewer goals scored and more conceded (weight 0.1); the totals show how that moves the result chances.

Home / Away this season

Nice · Home 2.00points per game · 4 home games
W-D-L
2-2-0
Scored
1.25
Conceded
0.75
Rennes · Away 1.00points per game · 3 away games
W-D-L
1-0-2
Scored
1.67
Conceded
3.00

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

Common opponents 4 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 10 of 10 meetings

5 Nice wins1 draws4 Rennes wins
Goals per game1.30 – 1.60 Over 2.560% Both scored60% Clean sheets10% · 30%
  • 8 Mar 2026Nice0–4Rennes
  • 26 Oct 2025Rennes1–2Nice
  • 10 May 2025Rennes2–0Nice
  • 3 Jan 2025Nice3–2Rennes
  • 13 Jan 2024Rennes2–0Nice
  • 5 Nov 2023Nice2–0Rennes

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

Nice7 games · scored 6 · conceded 9
1 0-15
2 1 16-30
2 3 31-45
1 46-60
1 1 61-75
1 2 76-90
Rennes7 games · scored 15 · conceded 14
4 2 0-15
3 3 16-30
1 2 31-45
2 2 46-60
1 1 61-75
4 4 76-90
Nice10 games · scored 8 · conceded 12
1 1 0-15
2 2 16-30
2 3 31-45
2 46-60
1 2 61-75
2 2 76-90
Rennes10 games · scored 18 · conceded 18
4 5 0-15
3 3 16-30
1 2 31-45
2 3 46-60
1 1 61-75
7 4 76-90

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

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