📊 Form Guide

Nice

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Nice head into this match following on from a 2-2 Ligue 1 drawn game vs Brest.

In that match, Nice had 60% possession and 15 shots on goal with 7 on target. For Nice, the goals were scored by Ali Abdi (63') and Elye Wahi (71'). At the other end, Brest had 12 attempts 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 as they beat EA Guingamp in their previous fixture.

For Montpellier, the scorers were Everson (42') and Alexandre Mendy (45', 79'). Louis Mafouta (18') was the scorer 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

A review of their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 27/05/2023 tells us that Nice have won 3 of these and Montpellier 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 2.

An aggregate of 19 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 12 for Les Aiglons and 7 belonging to La Paillade. That is an average goals per game value of 3.17.

The previous league contest featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 23 on 23/02/2025 when the final score was Nice 2-0 Montpellier.

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

Montpellier got 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, 14:02 04/02/2026