Lens vs Nice Preview & Prediction | 2025-26 Coupe de France | Final

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The 2025/26 Coupe de France final at Stade de Francis in Saint-Denis sees Ligue 1 runners’ up Lens take on a still relegation-battling Nice side on Friday night.

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How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – Fox Sports

How to watch online: UK – bet365 / US – Fox Sports digital platforms

Lens vs Nice prediction

Pierre Sage and his Lens side will have been frustrated with dodgy results and performances in the spring as they finished second in the Ligue 1 table, eventually six points behind winners Paris Saint-Germain. However, the northerners have been brilliant throughout the campaign and can finish it in style here.

The last couple of months saw Nice show some fight and improvement, including a semi-final victory away at Strasbourg, but a defeat to Auxerre on the penultimate match day of the campaign ultimately condemned the southerners to third-from-bottom in Ligue 1 and the relegation/promotion playoff against Saint-Etienne next week.

Unusually for a cup final, Nice have much bigger things coming just around the corner and so siding with Lens to get themselves a reasonably comfortable victory seems a good bet for this one.

Lens vs Nice tip: Lens to win