RC Lens vs OGC Nice Prediction: OGC to keep crashing!

The Round 26 of the Ligue 1 is between RC Lens and OGC Nice. RC Lens is currently in 5th place on the table with 42 points and OGC Nice is in 6th with 40 points. The game will go down at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis stadium, home stadium to RC Lens.

RC Lens

RC Lens are going to have to win this game if they intend to keep their place on the table. Another benefit of a win is they could also climb into the Champions League spot if the team above fails to win. Either Way it's a game RC Lens can't afford to throw away.

RC Lens had back-to-back wins in their last 2 league games but those were the only wins they had in their last 5 games in all competitions.

They defeated Stade Brest last weekend by a single goal scored by Ruben Aguilar in the 32nd minute. Despite the result, RC Lens were not as bright as they would have hoped. Statistics showed they had 41% of the possession, 2 shots on target and 2 corner kicks. They also had 1 big chance and they hit the woodwork once during the game.

RC Lens manager Lilian Nalis was more than happy to take all 3 points in the difficult game against Stade Brest, but the performance will be a worry ahead of the next game. He will be expected to make some changes to the style of play in the coming game, so as to produce better performance from the players and get a good win at the end of the game.

OGC Nice

OGC Nice come into the game as the underdogs and that's because they have been in very woeful form lately. Their results in their last 5 matches had been 4 defeats and 1 draw.

OGC Nice lost 2-1 to Montpellier last weekend at home. Jérémie Boga scored the only goal for Nice in the 12th minute after they had conceded an own goal 2 minutes earlier. And just before the end of the first half, they conceded another goal from the penalty spot and the game ended in a defeat at the end of 90 minutes.

OGC Nice are going through a rough patch at the moment and one of the major reasons is the poor form of the team. OGC Nice manager Francesco Farioli has a tough job ahead of him. He's battling to get the players back to their best but there's a doubt he will be able to do that before the trip to face RC Lens.

Head to Head

According to the h2h, in the last 20 meetings between RC Lens and OGC Nice, OGC Nice had 7 wins while RC Lens had 5 wins and 8 matches ended in a draw.

Analysis and Predictions

RC Lens have the advantage and they are clearly in better shape compared to OGC Nice. So there's really no excuse for them not to get a win in this game. OGC Nice are stuck in a cycle and can't seem to break out and it's possible they might not make it in time for the European Competitions next season.

According to the h2h, OGC Nice are unbeaten in the last 3 meetings and they didn't concede a goal in those 3 games. Also, 8 of the last 9 matches ended with less than 10.5 corners played.

• RC Lens to Win or Draw and Under 3.5 Goals at 1.63 Odds
• RC Lens to Win or Draw and Under 3.5 Goals at 1.634 Odds
• RC Lens to Win FT at 2.10 Odds