Angers will come into this contest with a renewed sense of belief following last weekend's triumph, but they are winless in their last three games on the road, losing the most recent two.
Nice have also stumbled at home of late, yet with the stakes so high in the race for Champions League qualification, they may just dig deep enough to edge past a side they have beaten in three of their last four meetings at the Riviera.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Nice win with a probability of 63.91%. A draw had a probability of 20.7% and a win for Angers had a probability of 15.43%.
The most likely scoreline for a Nice win was 2-0 with a probability of 11.34%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (11.29%) and 2-1 (9.87%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.82%), while for an Angers win it was 0-1 (4.89%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Nice would win this match.