UEFA Europa League Matchday 4 Thu, Nov 6 · 17:45 Allianz Riviera, Nice
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Our take

SC Freiburg were slight favourites.

SC Freiburg were the stronger side on L90 Strength (56 vs 45). Nice come in after 4+ matches in 14 days. Nice had 5.1 days of rest, SC Freiburg 5.1 and had to travel 479 km.

Away travel479 kmRest days5.1 · 5.1Matches / 14d4 · 3
Nice32%
Draw27%
SC Freiburg42%
Expected goals 1.24 – 1.46
Nice37%
Draw27%
SC Freiburg36%
Expected goals 1.35 – 1.32
Nice33%
Draw27%
SC Freiburg40%
Expected goals 1.27 – 1.41
Nice25%
Draw26%
SC Freiburg49%
Expected goals 1.11 – 1.63
Nice35%
Draw27%
SC Freiburg37%
Expected goals 1.33 – 1.37
Over 2.5 51% Both score 55% 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 · GreeceAnastasios Sidiropoulos
  • Cards per match 5.7
  • Penalties per match 0.47
  • Matches 62

Team strength

NiceSC Freiburg
45 L90 StrengthIn forecast 56
27 Current StrengthIn forecast 64
26 AttackIn forecast 63
35 DefenceIn forecast 73
— 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—

SC Freiburg

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

NiceSC Freiburg
1.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.67
2.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.67
1.17 xGVia Att/Def 1.54
1.17 xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.89
-0.17 Goals minus xGContext +0.13
100% Scored inContext 100%
0% Clean sheetsContext 33%
8.33 ShotsContext 13.67
2.67 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 6.00
32% On target shareContext 44%
5.33 Shots in the boxContext 9.67
62% Box shareContext 72%
12% ConversionContext 12%
— OffsidesContext 2.00
17.67 Shots allowedContext 11.00
5.00 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.00
6.67 BlocksContext 4.33
3.00 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.33
60% Save rateContext 78%
39% PossessionIn forecast 48%
360 PassesContext 399
286 Accurate passesContext 324
80% Pass accuracyContext 81%
6.71 Team ratingContext 6.96
10.67 FoulsContext 12.33
17.00 Fouls sufferedContext 14.33
1.33 Yellow cardsContext 1.33
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 3 and 3 games
1.40 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.40
1.70 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.80
1.12 xGVia Att/Def 1.35
1.73 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.11
+0.28 Goals minus xGContext +0.05
90% Scored inContext 70%
10% Clean sheetsContext 40%
8.70 ShotsContext 11.60
3.20 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.40
37% On target shareContext 38%
5.67 Shots in the boxContext 8.33
60% Box shareContext 68%
16% ConversionContext 12%
1.50 OffsidesContext 2.14
18.60 Shots allowedContext 11.10
5.10 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.40
7.30 BlocksContext 3.40
3.60 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.60
71% Save rateContext 77%
39% PossessionIn forecast 47%
344 PassesContext 379
274 Accurate passesContext 304
80% Pass accuracyContext 80%
6.81 Team ratingContext 6.83
11.10 FoulsContext 9.80
13.90 Fouls sufferedContext 13.40
1.70 Yellow cardsContext 1.50
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.10
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
Rest5.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d4High congestion
Travel0 km5,684 km in 14d
Schedule load45%High
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
SC Freiburg
Rest5.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel479 km1,966 km in 14d
Schedule load26%Moderate
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 SC Freiburg
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextHigh · 45Moderate · 26
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastYesNo
Rest dayssince last match5.1Ligue 1 2025-2026, 1 Nov5.1Bundesliga 2025-2026, 1 Nov
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km479 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways5,684 km1,966 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 4 / 51 / 3 / 4
Next matchdays after this one2.92.9

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
3-4-1-2
80Y. Diouf(G)
26M. Bard 28A. Bah 33A. Mendy
2A. Abdi 24C. Vanhoutte 99S. Abdul Samed 47Tiago Gouveia
10S. Diop
7J. Boga 90Kevin Carlos
+7 more reported missing outside this XI
SC Freiburg Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
1N. Atubolu(G)
33J. Makengo 3P. Lienhart 28M. Ginter 17L. Kübler
44J. Manzambi 8M. Eggestein
32V. Grifo 14Y. Suzuki 7D. Scherhant
20C. Adamu
+3 more reported missing outside this XI

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 Scores -0.03 · concedes +0.05 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
SC Freiburg Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Nice-1.6 pp
  • Draw-0.3 pp
  • SC Freiburg+1.9 pp

Home / Away this season

Nice · Home 0.00points per game · 1 home games
W-D-L
0-0-1
Scored
1.00
Conceded
2.00
SC Freiburg · Away 1.00points per game · 1 away games
W-D-L
0-1-0
Scored
1.00
Conceded
1.00

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

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Referee · Anastasios Sidiropoulos Greece · 62 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards5.31league 4.06
Red cards0.35league 0.15
Cards 5+68%league 39%
Fouls26.5league 24.9
Penalties0.47league 0.39
Home wins39%league 48%
Nice1 with this referee
Record0-0-1 Cards · opp.3.0 · 2.0 Pens for · against0 · 0 Reds1
  • L24 Oct 24A · Ferencvarosi TC0–13
SC Freiburg

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

Nice3 games · scored 3 · conceded 6
2 0-15
1 1 16-30
1 31-45
2 46-60
1 61-75
1 76-90
SC Freiburg3 games · scored 5 · conceded 2
0-15
1 1 16-30
2 31-45
2 46-60
61-75
1 76-90
Nice10 games · scored 14 · conceded 17
1 4 0-15
4 2 16-30
6 1 31-45
1 3 46-60
3 61-75
2 4 76-90
SC Freiburg10 games · scored 14 · conceded 8
2 1 0-15
1 4 16-30
3 1 31-45
3 1 46-60
1 61-75
4 1 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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