Lyon vs Nice predicted line-ups
Ligue 1 · Sun 18 Oct
Starting XI
Predicted XI · confirmed about 60 minutes before kick-off
Lyon
4-3-3Formation· Coach: Paulo Fonseca
Nice
3-4-2-1Formation· Coach: O. Pantaloni
- 77T. Boulhendi
- 5Mohamed Abdelmonem
- 35X. Mandza Tsiendi
- 55Y. Ndayishimiye
- 27N. Nkounkou
- 38A. Camara
- 39D. Coulibaly
- 87E. Pereira
- 10S. Diop
- 99S. Abdul Samed
- 7G. Hein
- 26K. Boudache
- 11Alejandro Gomes Rodriguez
- 11Keito Nakamura
- 2M. Bidstrup
- 23T. Morton
- 99N. Nartey
- 16Abner
- 13Z. Athekame
- 20F. Bacher
- 37Steeve Kango
- 25J. Bengui João
Bench
- 40R. Descamps
- 1D. Greif
- 30Y. Konan
- 22Clinton Mata
- 19M. Niakhaté
- 76M. Ouédraogo
- 10P. Šulc
Out
- M. de Carvalho · Inactive
- M. Ouedraogo · Inactive
- K. Nakamura · Coach's decision
- S. Kango · Inactive
- A. Hamdani · Inactive
- A. Gomes Rodriguez · Inactive
- N. Kamara · Inactive
- R. Himbert · Inactive
Bench
- 23Y. Diouf
- 21I. Jansson
- 41D. Morana
- 11E. Wahi
- 0Martin Ponsot
- 64M. Lumpungu
- 84H. Koutoune
Out
- A. Mendy · Knee Injury
- H. Boudaoui · Lacking Match Fitness
- M. Amoura · Thigh Injury
- M. Sanson · Surgery
- A. Abdi · Surgery
- J. Clauss · Injury
- A. Witsel · Inactive
- T. Moffi · Inactive
We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.
Line-up questions
When are the official Lyon vs Nice line-ups published?
Clubs in the Ligue 1 release the team sheet about 60 minutes before kick-off. This page refreshes every few minutes inside that window and swaps the predicted XI for the confirmed one.
How is the probable XI predicted?
We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.
Does the line-up change the prediction?
Yes. Line-ups feed the prediction model: when a key starter is confirmed out, the win probabilities, expected goals and the projected score are regenerated.
