Nice 1-1 Lens: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 2 May 2026

Result

Nice 1-1 Lens

Ligue 1 · Saturday 2 May 2026, 19:05 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Nice 1-1 Lens: match report

Nice drew with Lens 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 2 May 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Allan Saint-Maximin opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Nice's goal came from Ali Abdi (84'). Lens scored through Allan Saint-Maximin (60').

Discipline: Nice received 2 yellow cards; Lens received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Nice were 15th on 30 points from 31 and Lens 2nd on 63 points from 30. Nice went on to finish that season 16th with 32 points, and Lens 2nd with 70.

Nice lined up in a 5-4-1 and Lens in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Malang Sarr of Lens (7.9), ahead of Mamadou Sangaré (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Nice wins, 2 draws and 2 for Lens.

Going into the match Nice's last five read D-D-D-L-L and Lens's D-W-L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Malang SarrLens
  • 44'Yellow card · Florian ThauvinLens
  • 45'Yellow card · Juma BahNice
  • 60'Goal · Allan Saint-MaximinLens · 0-1
  • 81'Red card · Saud AbdulhamidLens
  • 82'Yellow card · Adrien ThomassonLens
  • 84'Goal · Ali AbdiNice · 1-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Melvin BardNice

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nice 6, draws 2, Lens 2.

Team news

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Nice line-up (5-4-1)

Yehvann Diouf, Tom Louchet, Antoine Mendy, Juma Bah, Kojo Oppong, Melvin Bard, Kaïl Boudache, Hicham Boudaoui, Morgan Sanson, Sofiane Diop, Mohamed-Ali Cho

Lens line-up (3-4-2-1)

Robin Risser, Ismaëlo Ganiou, Samson Baidoo, Malang Sarr, Saud Abdulhamid, Mamadou Sangaré, Adrien Thomasson, Matthieu Udol, Florian Thauvin, Allan Saint-Maximin, Odsonne Édouard