Nice take on the visitors Lille in the round 3 match of French Ligue 1. The match takes place at Allianz Riviera Stadium on Saturday, August 27th.\
Nice had excellent last season, finishing four in the Ligue 1. The team lost their leaders this summer who brought them success as Be Arfa joined the champions PSG while Claude Puel took charge of Southampton. However, the team show nice results at the start of the season as Nice took two 1-0 win over Rennes and Angers. Counting last season, Nice are on six-match winning run in home matches with 13 goals score and only one allowed. The last time Nice lost points at home was in the end of February.
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Lille started the season just as bad as their did last season. The team got eliminated from Europa League, making way to Gabala, 1-1, 0-1. They also lost the opening match of the season against newly promoted Metz but managed to take 1-0 home win against another league debutant Dijon. Lille played two matches on the road this season and lost both of them.
The last time Nice lost to Nice in May 2012, taking four wins and four draws since then. Interestingly, seven of these eight matches ended with under 2.5 goals combined by the teams. The hosts show excellent football in defense while Lille struggle at the beginning of the season and we should expect nothing but this series of low scoring results to continue.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals.