On Friday night, Ligue One returns for a new campaign and the opening game of the French league season is a cracker as Nice hosts Lille at the Allianz Riviera.
The home side has endured a slightly negative pre-season campaign, losing three of their four matches while failing to win in the summer games.
The fact that they conceded at least two goals in each defeat was a major factor in those disappointing results.
Despite their underwhelming pre-season campaign, their end-of-season form in Ligue One will have given Nice cause for optimism about the new season, as the home team recorded wins in four of their final six league matches of the league season.
They also finished the campaign with a three-game unbeaten home run in the French top flight, including two wins and a draw.
Their end-of-season home games were relatively high-scoring, with over 2.5 goals scored in three of their last four matches on home soil.
LOSC have experienced mixed fortunes in pre-season, as they won their opening three games this summer against Dunkerque, Cercle Brugge and Le Havre before a defeat against Empoli and a draw with Brentford.
Like Nice, Lille ended the 2022/23 Ligue One campaign with a positive run of form, as they are unbeaten in four matches in the French top flight, eventually finishing fifth place in the table to seal a European spot.
Despite a largely positive end to last season, Lille had a poor away record in the final games of the Ligue One campaign, as LOSC have failed to win in their previous five league games on their travels.
Their final Ligue One away games of last season were low-scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in the previous seven matches on their travels.
Forebet predicts that it will be Nice that makes a winning start to the new Ligue One campaign by recording a victory in a high-scoring encounter.