Nice have drifted from 31/10 to 7/1 with BOYLE Sports in the Nice to be relegated from the Ligue 1 market, with 16/1 the best price available at Betway.
Nice's price to be relegated from the Ligue 1 has drifted out from 31/10 all the way to 7/1 with Boyle Sports after the club finally got off the mark with a 2-1 victory over Lille.
Nice beat Lille 2-1 at the Allianz Riviera on 20 September 2026 to land their first league win of the 2026-27 campaign.
That result ended a stubborn 13-match home league winless run for the home side.
Four of eight bookmakers have eased their price on Nice to be relegated from the Ligue 1, with the lengthening most pronounced at Boyle Sports where it stretched to 7/1.
The best price on offer is a generous 16/1 with Betway, placing Nice ninth-shortest in the market.
Nice looked in real bother before the weekend. They had gone winless through their opening four fixtures of the 2026-27 season, scraping together just two points from a slow start that had the market watching them nervously. The pressure was building, and a 13-match home league winless run at the Allianz Riviera only added to the sense that this was a side heading in the wrong direction. That is the kind of form that gets a club talked about in the relegation conversation.
The 2-1 win over Lille has changed the mood, though, and the bookmakers have responded in kind. An own goal from Nathan Ngoy inside 22 minutes and a Mohamed Amoura strike after the hour settled it, with Ayase Ueda's late reply for Lille arriving too late to matter. That first win of the season, and the end of that miserable home record, is what has sent Nice's relegation price easing outward to 7/1 with Boyle Sports — a move matched by four of the eight firms operating this market.
Ligue 1 Relegation odds
The best price on Nice is 16/1 with Betway, with the shortest of the current quotes 7/1, offered by Bet365, Boyle Sports and QuinnBet. Those looking for value on the run-in will note Betway sit well clear of the pack here.
Last updated: 22 September 2026, 08:02 UK time
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Who is favourite to be relegated from the Ligue 1?
Le Mans are the clear favourites to go down at a best price of 5/4 with QuinnBet, the newcomers having come up on the back of consecutive promotions from the Championnat National and Ligue 2 and now facing the toughest of steps up. Troyes are next in the betting at 11/8 with Boyle Sports, followed by Angers at 2/1 with Boyle Sports and Le Havre at 3/1 with Betway. Nice sit much further down the log at ninth-shortest, and their 16/1 best price with Betway tells you the market does not see them as a genuine relegation candidate on this evidence.
Le Mans – 5/4 with QuinnBet
Troyes – 11/8 with Boyle Sports
Angers – 2/1 with Boyle Sports
Le Havre – 3/1 with Betway
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How do Nice avoid relegation from the Ligue 1?
The message from the market is clear enough: breaking that miserable 13-match winless run at the Allianz Riviera has taken a lot of the heat off Nice, and the relegation price easing out to 7/1 with Boyle Sports reflects a side pointing back up the table rather than towards the drop. Home form was the problem, and landing three points against Lille is exactly the kind of turning point that keeps a club clear of trouble. Their next test comes against Strasbourg at the Allianz Riviera on 11 October 2026, and another home result there would firm up the sense that the early-season worries are behind them. With Le Mans, Troyes and Angers occupying the short end of the market, Nice look far better placed than that winless opening month suggested.
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