Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Nice
Match Time & Date:
16 August 2025
20:05
Prediction: 1-0
Toulouse
Nice will look to recover from the Champions League defeat to Benfica when they kickstart their Ligue 1 campaign with a home game against Toulouse. Les Aiglons are seen as favourites to win Saturday’s clash, but they will have to showcase their worth on the field. With Morgan Sanson limping off with injury in the Champions League clash with Benfica, Tom Louchet is widely expected to return to the starting XI.
Les Pitchouns, on the other hand, were struggling in preseason, with the team losing four friendly games, while sharing the spoils with Pau FC and Sevilla. As Nice have turned their Allianz Riviera into a real fortress, we predict that the visitors are going to return home empty-handed. Toulouse summer signing Santiago Hidalgo is widely expected to make his Ligue 1 debut against Nice as well as former Cercle Brugge central midfielder Abu Francis.
Highlighted Team (Nice):
OGC Nice are a football club that participate in French Ligue 1. Les Aiglons welcome their opponents at Allianz Riviera and the club was founded on 9 July, 1904 by Marquis Massengy d’ Auzac.
OGC Nice won their first Ligue 1 trophy back in 1951 and eight years later they clinched their fourth and last domestic title. Speaking of the French Cup, les Aiglons won their third Coupe de France title in 1997. Allianz Riviera has been the home ground of the club since September, 2013 and it has to be noted that the construction of the venue cost €250 million. OGC Nice play their home games in red and black shirts and black shorts, while the colour of their away kits is white.
The Ligue 1 team booked their place in the Europa League group stages for the 2016/2017 season for the first time in the club’s history and they were drawn alongside Schalke 04, Salzburg and Krasnodar in Group I. However, they were beaten by Schalke in their Europa League opener in front of home fans.
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