Ligue 1 · Matchweek 5
Nice
NIC
2–1Full time
Lille
LIL
How they playPossession, press, how they create
Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.
50%Possession55%
34%Territory36%
26%From set plays36%
0.13Chance quality0.14
5.6%Directness4.5%
Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Nice, 3 for Lille. Too few to lean on heavily.
Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90
Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 19 of 80 matches, not the full season.