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Regular Season - 7• 18 Oct 2026

Lyon 2–1 Nice

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Match Recap

Lyon trailed early but fought back to beat Nice 2-1 in Ligue 1, turning a nervy start into a statement comeback win. Sepe Elye Wahi put Nice ahead in the 18th minute, silencing the home crowd, but Lyon answered twice before the half-hour mark: Pavel Šulc leveled things in the 32nd minute, and Tanner Tessmann struck four minutes later to flip the scoreline for good. The turnaround lifts Lyon to sixth in the table on 11 points, a fitting response after a mixed run of results, while Nice slip to 13th on 8 and will feel this one got away from them. The head-to-head between these sides has been tight, with Lyon's solitary win in their last two meetings against Nice now matched by this result. Šulc's leveler is the moment that changed everything, a goal that stopped the game slipping away before it had properly started, and it's the kind of strike that looks even better on replay. Watch how Lyon ripped the game back in six first-half minutes, from Wahi's opener to Tessmann's go-ahead finish.

Match Statistics

Lyon
VS
Nice
48% Ball Possession 52%
1.55 Expected goals (xG) 1.56
8 Total Shots 12
4 Shots on target 5
3 Shots off target 5
1 Blocked Shots 2
6 Shots inside box 7
2 Shots outside box 5
1 Corner Kicks 9
0 Offsides 3
6 Fouls 14
0 Yellow Cards 4
1 Red Cards 0
3 Goalkeeper Saves 2
471 Total passes 502
400 Accurate passes 436
14 Free Kicks 6

Lineups

Lyon
Paulo Fonseca 4-2-3-1
VS
Nice
O. Pantaloni 3-4-2-1
40Descamps
6Tessmann
2Bidstrup
26Boudache99Nartey
24Duranville
27Nkounkou
28Witsel
6Boudaoui
92Clauss
35Mandza Tsiendi
55Ndayishimiye
5Abdelmonem
23Diouf

Substitutes — Lyon

Substitutes — Nice

84H. Koutoune 21I. Jansson 10S. Diop 39D. Coulibaly 77T. Boulhendi 41D. Morana 29N. Ngoumou 36A. Seidu 8M. Sanson