Nice host Strasbourg in Ligue 1. Both sides have had an up-and-down start to the campaign, with wins, draws and defeats stacking up in fairly even measure. Neither has strung together anything to suggest real momentum just yet.
Nice have been tough to break down at home but haven't scored much either, while Strasbourg's away form has swung between big wins and big losses. That mix makes this one tricky to read.
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Home discipline vs away goals
Nice's last five Ligue 1 games have produced just three goals for and six against, but that defensive discipline hasn't been matched going forward. They've won once, drawn twice and lost twice, with two of those matches finishing goalless or with a single strike.
What could your bet return?
Potential returns include your stake. Odds may change.
Nice: 20 completed matches; Strasbourg: 20 completed matches.
Nice
- Win
- 25% 5 / 20
- Draw
- 50% 10 / 20
- Loss
- 25% 5 / 20
- Scored
- 21
- Conceded
- 17
- Difference
- +4
Strasbourg
- Win
- 25% 5 / 20
- Draw
- 15% 3 / 20
- Loss
- 60% 12 / 20
- Scored
- 28
- Conceded
- 48
- Difference
- -20
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligue 1 | Nice | Lille | 20.09.2026 | 2-1 |
| Ligue 1 | Auxerre | Nice | 12.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| Ligue 1 | Nice | Le Mans | 05.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Ligue 1 | Paris FC | Nice | 30.08.2026 | 3-0 |
| Ligue 1 | Nice | Lorient | 22.08.2026 | 0-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Hull City | Nice | 15.08.2026 | 0-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Cagliari | Nice | 08.08.2026 | 0-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Juventus | Nice | 31.07.2026 | 2-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Marseille | Nice | 25.07.2026 | 0-3 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Nice | Nimes | 18.07.2026 | 4-0 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligue 1 | Paris FC | Strasbourg | 19.09.2026 | 2-1 |
| Ligue 1 | Strasbourg | Monaco | 12.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Ligue 1 | Estac Troyes | Strasbourg | 06.09.2026 | 2-6 |
| Ligue 1 | Strasbourg | Lens | 29.08.2026 | 2-1 |
| Ligue 1 | Marseille | Strasbourg | 21.08.2026 | 4-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Newcastle | Strasbourg | 16.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | SC Freiburg | Strasbourg | 08.08.2026 | 2-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Strasbourg | SV Elversberg | 04.08.2026 | 2-5 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Brighton | Strasbourg | 01.08.2026 | 4-3 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Strasbourg | Blackburn | 25.07.2026 | 0-2 |
Strasbourg's away form tells a different story. Their last five league away games have brought ten goals for and ten against, including a 6-2 win at Troyes and a 4-0 defeat at Marseille. They can score, but they also leak goals in bunches.
Neither team's recent sample points to a cagey, predictable game.
Comparative Team Statistics: Nice vs Strasbourg

A head-to-head with no clear trend
These two have met plenty of times over the years, and results at Nice's own ground haven't followed a single pattern. Strasbourg won away at Nice twice in 2021, but Nice hit back with wins there in 2023 and 2024, before last season's meeting in January 2026 finished level at 1-1.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coupe de France | Strasbourg | Nice | 22.04.2026 | 0-2 |
| Ligue 1 | Strasbourg | Nice | 04.04.2026 | 3-1 |
| Ligue 1 | Nice | Strasbourg | 03.01.2026 | 1-1 |
| Ligue 1 | Strasbourg | Nice | 12.04.2025 | 2-2 |
| Ligue 1 | Nice | Strasbourg | 24.11.2024 | 2-1 |
| Ligue 1 | Strasbourg | Nice | 28.04.2024 | 1-3 |
| Ligue 1 | Nice | Strasbourg | 03.09.2023 | 2-0 |
| Ligue 1 | Strasbourg | Nice | 13.05.2023 | 2-0 |
| Ligue 1 | Nice | Strasbourg | 14.08.2022 | 1-1 |
| Ligue 1 | Strasbourg | Nice | 26.02.2022 | 0-0 |
The two sides' most recent meeting was actually in the Coupe de France back in April, a comfortable 2-0 win for Strasbourg, though that's a different competition and came at Strasbourg's ground rather than Nice's.
Where they sit in Ligue 1
Strasbourg are eighth with seven points from five games, having won two, drawn one and lost two. Nice are down in 14th on five points, also with two defeats but only a single win alongside two draws.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Angers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6/5 | 7 |
| 8 | Strasbourg | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10/10 | 7 |
| 9 | Le Mans | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9/9 | 6 |
| 13 | Toulouse | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7/9 | 5 |
| 14 | Nice | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3/6 | 5 |
| 15 | Lens | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9/9 | 4 |
It's still early enough in the season that these placings could shift quickly.
Goals shared around for Strasbourg
Gessime Yassine and S. Amo-Ameyaw have each scored twice for Strasbourg in their last five appearances, with S. Nanasi contributing two assists in that spell. It's a reminder that Strasbourg's goals haven't come from one source.
On the discipline side, Nice's Y. Ndayishimiye has picked up two yellow cards in his last five games, the kind of detail worth keeping an eye on if the game gets feisty.

How the game might play out
If Nice's home solidity holds and Strasbourg's away defence stays leaky, this could end up a scrappy, low-scoring affair similar to some of Nice's recent home games. But if Strasbourg's attack turns up the way it did at Troyes, goals could flow at both ends.
Nice's own lack of firepower is the bigger concern for anyone expecting a comfortable home win. Three goals in five league games isn't much to build confidence around, whichever way the head-to-head has gone before.
Match odds and squad lists
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Witsel | Belgium | 37 | Midfielder | 186 | 81 |
| S. Diop | France | 26 | Attacker | 175 | 65 |
| Y. Ndayishimiye | Burundi | 27 | Defender | 183 | 79 |
| H. Boudaoui | Algeria | 27 | Midfielder | 175 | 61 |
| G. Hein | France | 30 | Attacker | 170 | 65 |
| Y. Diouf | France | 26 | Goalkeeper | 188 | 74 |
| N. Ngoumou | France | 26 | Attacker | 182 | 70 |
| J. Clauss | France | 34 | Midfielder | 178 | 69 |
| A. Abdi | Tunisia | 32 | Defender | 183 | 73 |
| I. Jansson | Sweden | 24 | Attacker | 174 | n/a |
| N. Nkounkou | France | 25 | Midfielder | 184 | 75 |
| M. Bard | France | 25 | Midfielder | 173 | 65 |
| E. Wahi | France | 23 | Attacker | 184 | 74 |
| T. Boulhendi | Algeria | 25 | Goalkeeper | 185 | 82 |
| A. Seidu | Ghana | 26 | Defender | 173 | 68 |
| Mohamed Abdelmonem | Egypt | 27 | Defender | 183 | 78 |
| M. Amoura | Algeria | 26 | Attacker | 170 | 61 |
| M. Cho | France | 22 | Attacker | 181 | 66 |
| A. Mendy | France | 22 | Defender | 187 | 75 |
| Z. Diallo | France | 21 | Attacker | 185 | n/a |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Omobamidele | Republic of Ireland | 24 | Defender | 188 | 78 |
| G. Doué | Côte d'Ivoire | 23 | Defender | 187 | 84 |
| G. Reyna | USA | 23 | Midfielder | 185 | 79 |
| S. Mara | France | 24 | Attacker | 184 | 73 |
| S. Nanasi | Sweden | 24 | Midfielder | 178 | 71 |
| I. Doukouré | France | 23 | Defender | 183 | 76 |
| F. Jörgensen | Denmark | 24 | Goalkeeper | 192 | 85 |
| J. Mitchell | Costa Rica | 22 | Defender | 187 | 82 |
| Dário Essugo | Portugal | 21 | Midfielder | 178 | 79 |
| O. Kellyman | England | 21 | Midfielder | 191 | 78 |
| S. Amo-Ameyaw | England | 20 | Midfielder | 174 | 64 |
| P. Diop | Senegal | 23 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Oso | Spain | 23 | Defender | 183 | n/a |
| M. Del Blanco | Argentina | 22 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Gessime Yassine | France | 20 | Midfielder | 173 | |
| M. Piekutowski | Poland | 20 | Goalkeeper | 189 | 82 |
| Fabio Amadu Uri Baldé | Portugal | 21 | Attacker | 182 | 75 |
| M. Amougou | France | 20 | Midfielder | 177 | 65 |
| L. Høgsberg | Denmark | 20 | Defender | 182 | 69 |
| G. Antwi | Sweden | 19 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
Nice look short at the current price given how little they've scored at home, but backing Strasbourg carries its own risk given how often their defence has been carved open on the road. The draw and the tighter Asian handicap lines both look priced closely enough that there's no obvious value on offer either way.
With the fixture still some weeks out and both teams showing conflicting patterns rather than one dominant trend, we're happy to sit this one out rather than force a pick.
