Ligue 1 2026-27 · Matchday 7

What did Lyon's 2-1 win over Nice change in the Ligue 1 table?

2:1

Full time

Sun, Oct 18, 2026 · 20:45 CEST (Oct 19, 03:45 KST)

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Goals

Lyon

  • 32'Pavel Šulc
  • 36'Tanner Tessmann

Nice

  • 18'Elye Wahi

HT 2-1

What this result changed

Standings entering Oct 19, Korea time (results through the previous day), plus this game only. Other games played on Oct 19 (Korea time) are not included.

This game alone

  • LyonPosition #5→#1

Position change only:Paris Saint-Germain #1→#2, Monaco #2→#3, Lille #3→#4, Rennes #4→#5

Before → with this result only

LyonNice
Position#5→#1#12
Points11→148
Record3-2-1→4-2-12-2-2→2-2-3
Games left28→2728→27
Possible finish#1–18#1–18
Out of title race in28→-27→26
Out of UCL race in28→-27→26
Pts to clear auto-relegation76→7379

“-” means there is no such number: for a clinch, the club can't clinch on its own (it needs other results); for an elimination, losing every remaining game still wouldn't settle it.

After all games on Oct 19 (Korea time)

Standings entering Oct 19, Korea time (results through the previous day), plus the 4 games finished on Oct 19. Clinches and eliminations that took more than one of those results show up only here.

16 clubs with a position change only

Paris Saint-Germain #1→#2, Monaco #2→#5, Lille #3→#4, Rennes #4→#6, Lyon #5→#1, Paris FC #6→#3, Lens #7→#8, Marseille #8→#9, Brest #9→#10, Toulouse #10→#11, Lorient #11→#7, Nice #12→#13, Strasbourg #13→#14, Angers #14→#15, Le Mans #15→#16, Auxerre #16→#12

Teams whose numbers only moved while still far off are left out. Every team whose clinch or elimination changed is listed.

Current numbers, including the day's other games, on the club pages:Lyon scenarios →Nice scenarios →

Team stats

Team stats · Lyon vs Nice
LyonNice
48%Possession52%
8Shots12
4Shots on target5
1Corners9
6Fouls14
0Offsides3
0Yellow cards4
1Red cards0

Cards & substitutions

Cards

Lyon

  • 70'Keito Nakamura

Nice

  • 10'Niels Nkounkou
  • 48'Mohamed Abdelmonem
  • 65'Mohamed Amoura
  • 90+4'Elye Wahi

Substitutions

Lyon

  • 61'On: Corentin TolissoOff: Noah Nartey
  • 61'On: Keito NakamuraOff: Julien Duranville
  • 75'On: Felix BacherOff: Kaïl Boudache
  • 81'On: Ruben KluivertOff: Abner Vinícius
  • 81'On: Khalis MerahOff: Pavel Šulc

Nice

  • 81'On: Alidu SeiduOff: Mohamed Abdelmonem
  • 87'On: Sofiane DiopOff: Xavier Mandza
  • 87'On: Morgan SansonOff: Axel Witsel
  • 87'On: Isak JanssonOff: Gauthier Hein

Player stats

Lyon4-2-3-1 · Manager: Paulo Fonseca

Lyon · Player stats
PlayerPosMinGACards
40Rémy DescampsGK90
13Zachary AthekameDF901
16Abner ViníciusDF81
19Moussa NiakhatéDF90
22Clinton MataDF90
2Mads BidstrupMF90
6Tanner TessmannMF901
99Noah NarteyMF61
10Pavel ŠulcFW811
24Julien DuranvilleFW61
26Kaïl BoudacheFW75
8Corentin TolissoMF29
20Felix BacherDF15
21Ruben KluivertDF9
18Khalis MerahMF9
11Keito NakamuraFW9

Indented names came off the bench. Minutes exclude stoppage time (a full match is 90).

Nice3-4-2-1 · Manager: Olivier Pantaloni

Nice · Player stats
PlayerPosMinGACards
23Yehvann DioufGK90
5Mohamed AbdelmonemDF81
27Niels NkounkouDF90
35Xavier MandzaDF87
55Youssouf NdayishimiyeDF90
92Jonathan ClaussDF901
6Hicham BoudaouiMF90
28Axel WitselMF87
7Gauthier HeinFW87
9Mohamed AmouraFW90
11Elye WahiFW901
36Alidu SeiduDF9
10Sofiane DiopMF9
8Morgan SansonMF9
21Isak JanssonFW9

Indented names came off the bench. Minutes exclude stoppage time (a full match is 90).

Match data: TheStatsAPI. Clinch and elimination numbers and possible finishes are computed by this site.