📏 Form Guide

Nice

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Nice will play in this game coming off the back of a 2-2 Ligue 1 draw against Brest.

In that match, Nice had 60% possession and 15 shots at goal with 7 on target. For Nice, the goals were scored by Ali Abdi (63') and Elye Wahi (71'). For their opponents, Brest got 12 shots on goal with 2 on target. Romain Del Castillo (15') and Kamory Doumbia (23') scored for Brest.

It has not been often in recent times that Nice haven’t conceded. In fact, Nice have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, leaking 10 goals in the process. Previous results aside, we will just have to wait and see whether that trend shall be sustained in this upcoming match or not.

Montpellier

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Montpellier go into this game after a 3-1 Ligue 2 win to defeat EA Guingamp in their last outing.

For Montpellier, goals were scored by Everson (42') and Alexandre Mendy (45', 79'). Louis Mafouta (18') scored for EA Guingamp.

Throughout their six most recent matches, Zoumana Camara's Montpellier have had reason to celebrate scoring 11 times - yielding them the goals per game average of 1.83.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head meetings going back to 27/05/2023 shows us that Nice have won 3 of these & Montpellier 1, with the number of draws standing at 2.

A total of 19 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 12 of them from Les Aiglons and 7 created by La Paillade. That’s an average goals per game of 3.17.

The last league contest featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 23 on 23/02/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Nice 2-0 Montpellier.

That time, Nice managed 57% possession and 16 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The goals were scored by Jonathan Clauss (30') and Hicham Boudaoui (65').

Montpellier had 13 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

The referee was Willy Delajod.

⚡ Prediction

We’re of the view that Montpellier are likely to find the net against this Nice team, although it may not be enough to avoid defeat.

We reckon that it will be a 2-1 win for Nice at full-time.

Peter Guest, 15:01 04/02/2026