After hitting Saint-Etienne for eight on the weekend, Nice should be very confident of getting their Europa League campaign off to a positive start on Wednesday night.
Failing to win any of their last five matches in La Liga, Real Sociedad are in an early-season rut and look set for a difficult evening at Allianz 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 44.33%. A win for Real Sociedad had a probability of 27.86% and a draw had a probability of 27.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Nice win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.16%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.69%) and 2-1 (8.56%). The likeliest Real Sociedad win was 0-1 (9.82%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.96%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 13% likelihood.
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