RadarOGC Nice – Racing Club de Lens
Ligue 1 · Matchday 14 ·
Model estimate
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The model's chances for a home win, a draw and an away win. ❄ = the estimate was frozen within the last hour before kick-off (the model runs hourly) and no longer changes; “provisional” = it can still change until it is frozen. How good the model is can be seen on the calibration page.
No estimate yet: the model looks 14 days ahead, and a team needs 8 matches in the model window.
In three sentences
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Three sentences, each from a figure in our database: what happened (streaks, form or head-to-head), why it matters today (rest, congestion, table, derby) and what the model estimates. Nothing hand-written, nothing guessed.
As of today, the away side have scored in each of their last 5 matches. The home side last played 6 days ago, the away side 2 days ago. The model has no estimate for this match yet.
Form, streaks, position and points are today's (25 Oct 2026), not the ones at kick-off: before this match the home side still have 5 league matches to play, the away side 5.
Side by side at a glance
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Both teams side by side at a glance: position, Elo, recent results, points rate, goals and rest, with the league average where it makes sense. Each number is detailed further down the page.
points rate 40% vs 53%
The home and away teams before the match, from their matches in a row. ● = ahead on that row. League = average over the last 12 months.
| Nice | RC Lens | League | |
|---|---|---|---|
| League position | 9th of 18 · 11 pts | 6th of 18 · 13 pts ● | — |
| Elo rating | 1497 | 1594 ● | — |
| Last 5 | LWWLW | DLWWW | — |
| Points rate (last 10) | 40% | 53% ● | 46% |
| Goals scored per match (10) | 0.9 | 2.0 ● | — |
| Goals conceded per match (10) | 1.2 ● | 1.4 | — |
| At venue (10): home team at home, away team away | 40% | 33% | 51% · 40% |
| Both teams score (10) | 6 of 10 | 7 of 10 | 56% |
| 3+ goals in the match (10) | 6 of 10 | 8 of 10 | 57% |
| Days of rest | 6 | 2 | — |
Home side at home · visitors away n = 4 · 4
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The home side only in its home matches, the visitors only in their away matches, this season: goals scored and conceded, how often both teams scored, how often there were 3+ goals, how often they kept a clean sheet and how often they failed to score. Under each percentage: out of how many matches, and the league average on the same matches. It describes what happened, not what comes next.
scored / match: 1.25 vs 1.75
| Nice at home | RC Lens away | |
|---|---|---|
| matches | 4 | 4 |
| scored / match | 1.25league 1.63 | 1.75league 1.42 |
| conceded / match | 0.75league 1.42 | 1.75league 1.63 |
| both scored | 75%3 of 4 · league 65% | 100%4 of 4 · league 65% |
| 3+ goals | 50%2 of 4 · league 65% | 100%4 of 4 · league 65% |
| clean sheet | 25%1 of 4 · league 23% | 0%0 of 4 · league 18% |
| failed to score | 25%1 of 4 · league 18% | 0%0 of 4 · league 23% |
Match radar
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Six things that happened in each team's last 20 league matches before this one, next to how often they happened across the whole league in the year before the match. The further a point is from the centre, the more often it happened. It is not a rating and does not say who wins.
Wins: 20% vs 45% · league 37%
NiceRC Lensleague, year before the match · n = 236
| Nice | league | RC Lens | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winswon the match | 20%4 of 208–42% | 37%176 of 47233–42% | 45%9 of 2026–66% |
| Scoresscored at least once | 60%12 of 2039–78% | 73%346 of 47269–77% | 85%17 of 2064–95% |
| 3+ goalsat least 3 goals in the match, both teams (2-1 counts, 1-1 does not) | 50%10 of 2030–70% | 57%134 of 23650–63% | 75%15 of 2053–89% |
| Both teams scoreboth teams scored (1-1 counts, 2-0 does not) | 55%11 of 2034–74% | 56%131 of 23649–62% | 70%14 of 2048–85% |
| Concedesconceded at least once | 80%16 of 2058–92% | 73%346 of 47269–77% | 85%17 of 2064–95% |
| Leads at half-timemore goals at the break (1-0 counts, 1-1 does not) | 10%2 of 203–30% | 31%144 of 47027–35% | 40%8 of 2022–61% |
Under each percentage: the 95% confidence interval. The rings in the chart: 25, 50, 75 and 100%.
Form before the match
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Each team's last 5 matches before this one: anywhere, and separately the home side at home / the away side away. Points, wins-draws-losses, goals.
points, last 5: 9 vs 10
Nice · Last 5, anywhere n = 5
RC Lens · Last 5, anywhere n = 5
Nice · Last 5 at home n = 5
RC Lens · Last 5 away n = 5
What changed
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Each team's direction before the match: the previous 5 matches against the last 5 (points, goals, how strong the opponents were by Elo) and how many Elo points it gained or lost. It says what happened, not why or what comes next; 5 matches are few.
Points (of 15): 3 → 9 vs 6 → 10
The previous 5 matches → the last 5, played before kick-off.
| Nice | RC Lens | |
|---|---|---|
| Points (of 15) | 3 → 9 ▲ | 6 → 10 ▲ |
| Goals scored per match | 0.4 → 1.4 ▲ | 2.0 → 2.0 = |
| Goals conceded per match | 1.2 → 1.2 = | 1.4 → 1.4 = |
| Average Elo of the opponents | 1462 → 1540 tougher opponents | 1558 → 1537 easier opponents |
| Elo over the last 5 matches | +9 (1497) | +9 (1594) |
Context
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Figures about both teams' situation before the match, in real units: days since the previous match on the calendar (league and Champions League; domestic cups are not in the free source), matches in the 7 and 14 days before, position and points distance to the important zones with matches remaining, the simulator impact when the match is near, and each team's coach on the match date with the league matches led before it (Wikidata; the current one only if football-data.org names the same person). What the free source does not give is shown as such, not hidden.
rest days: 6 vs 2
| Nice | RC Lens | |
|---|---|---|
| days since last match | 6 | 2 |
| matches in last 7 days | 1 | 2 |
| matches in last 14 days | 2 | 2 |
| position today | 9 (11 pts) | 6 (13 pts) |
| points off 1st | 3 | 1 |
| points off top 4 | 3 | 1 |
| points above bottom 3 | 5 | 7 |
| matches left (incl. this one) | 21 | 21 |
| coach (league matches led before) | Olivier Pantaloni since 17 Jun 2026 · 8 matches | Yannick Cahuzac since 15 Sep 2026 · 4 matches |
| travel distance (away side) | — | ≈ 820 km |
Weather: the forecast appears 3 days before kick-off.
no data in the free source: absentees, starting XI.
Head-to-head
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The latest head-to-head matches in our database, with the score and who played at home. Few matches = little information; an old result says nothing about today's.
Nice 2-2-1 (n = 5)
Nice 2-2-1 (n = 5)
| home | away | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 May 2026 | Nice | 1–1 | RC Lens |
| 14 Dec 2025 | RC Lens | 2–0 | Nice |
| 8 Feb 2025 | Nice | 2–0 | RC Lens |
| 28 Sep 2024 | RC Lens | 0–0 | Nice |
| 16 Mar 2024 | RC Lens | 1–3 | Nice |
Ongoing streaks
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Both teams' ongoing streaks before the match: matches in a row unbeaten, scoring, keeping a clean sheet and so on. A streak describes the past; today's match can end it.
OGC Nice · scoring: 4
| now | longest in our database | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| OGC Nice | scoring | 4 | 18 |
| OGC Nice | conceding | 7 | 10 |
| OGC Nice | both teams score | 4 | 8 |
| OGC Nice | 3+ goals | 4 | 8 |
| Racing Club de Lens | unbeaten | 3 | 11 |
| Racing Club de Lens | wins in a row | 3 | 8 |
| Racing Club de Lens | scoring | 5 | 19 |
| Racing Club de Lens | conceding | 8 | 8 |
| Racing Club de Lens | both teams score | 5 | 5 |
| Racing Club de Lens | 3+ goals | 5 | 6 |
Updated 25 Oct 2026 07:20