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Lyon
Ligue 1
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2 - 1
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Nice
Lyon vs Nice: match report
Lyon hosted Nice at Groupama Stadium on Sunday 18 October 2026, in the Ligue 1 (round 7). Lyon are without 1 player (Loïs Openda); Nice have no reported absences. François Letexier is the referee, averaging 3.9 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.7.
Result and scorers
Lyon 2-1 Nice. Goals: Elye Wahi 18' for Nice; Pavel Sulc 32' for Lyon; Tanner Tessmann 36' for Lyon.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 10' Yellow card: Niels Nkounkou (Nice)
- 18' Goal: Elye Wahi (Nice) 0-1
- 32' Goal: Pavel Sulc (Lyon) 1-1
- 36' Goal: Tanner Tessmann (Lyon) 2-1
- 48' Yellow card: Mohamed Abdelmoneim (Nice)
- 65' Yellow card: Mohamed Amoura (Nice)
- 70' Red card: Keito Nakamura (Lyon)
- 90'+3' Yellow card: Elye Wahi (Nice)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 47.6% | Possession | 52.4% |
| 8 | Shots | 12 |
| 4 | Shots on target | 5 |
| 1 | Corners | 9 |
| 6 | Fouls | 14 |
| 0 | Offsides | 3 |
| 3 | Saves | 2 |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 4 |
| 1 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Lyon 4-2-3-1
Coach: Paulo Fonseca
- 40 Rémy Descamps GK
- 13 Zachary Athekame DEF
- 22 Clinton Mata DEF
- 19 Moussa Niakhaté DEF
- 16 Abner DEF
- 6 Tanner Tessmann MID
- 2 Mads Bidstrup MID
- 26 Kaïl Boudache FWD
- 99 Noah Nartey MID
- 24 Julien Duranville FWD
- 10 Pavel Šulc FWD
Bench
- 8 Corentin Tolisso MID
- 11 Keito Nakamura FWD
- 20 Felix Bacher DEF
- 21 Ruben Kluivert DEF
- 18 Khalis Merah MID
- 1 Dominik Greif GK
- 23 Tyler Morton MID
- 7 Ernest Nuamah FWD
- 45 Rémi Himbert FWD
Nice 3-4-2-1
Coach: Olivier Pantaloni
- 23 Yéhvann Diouf GK
- 5 Mohamed Abdelmonem DEF
- 55 Youssouf Ndayishimiye DEF
- 35 Xavier Mandza DEF
- 92 Jonathan Clauss MID
- 28 Axel Witsel MID
- 6 Hicham Boudaoui MID
- 27 Niels Nkounkou MID
- 7 Gauthier Hein MID
- 9 Mohamed Amoura FWD
- 11 Elye Wahi FWD
Bench
- 36 Alidu Seidu DEF
- 8 Morgan Sanson MID
- 10 Sofiane Diop MID
- 21 Isak Jansson FWD
- 77 Teddy Boulhendi GK
- 84 Hamza Koutoune DEF
- 39 Djibril Coulibaly MID
- 41 Djelan Morana FWD
- 29 Nathan N'Goumou FWD
Injuries and suspensions
Lyon
- Loïs Openda injury, back Mid November 2026
Nice
No reported absences.
Previous meetings
- Sunday 15 February 2026: Lyon 2-0 Nice
- Saturday 18 October 2025: Nice 3-2 Lyon
- Sunday 9 March 2025: Nice 0-2 Lyon
- Sunday 1 December 2024: Lyon 4-1 Nice
- Friday 16 February 2024: Lyon 1-0 Nice