Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nantes & Lens face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coupe de France. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nantes and Lens.
Nantes form and stats
4 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Nantes have to build on here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau in the Ligue 1.
The Nantes club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau: A 0-1 defeat against Rennes. Attacking player Blas bested all the other players in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.8 out of 10. Blas hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.
Before that result, a home loss in the Europa League against Juventus.
Nantes are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 1 match at PSG awaits in three days.
The Nantes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 12 matches.
Lens form and stats
Lens was sent out of Coupe de France in the round of 16 last season.3 wins, 8 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Lens playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.
Lens has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Montpellier for a 1-1 draw. Fulgini, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.6. Fulgini scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Nantes in the Ligue 1.After this away game Lens return home for a Ligue 1 game against Lille. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Lens are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 13 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Lens as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nantes three wins, four draws and Lens three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Openda 9 goals |  F. Sotoca 6 goals |   L. Blas 5 goals |
Nantes missing players
Lens missing players
| Nantes | Lens | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 8 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Scored | S | 18 | 38 | ||
| 25 | 16 | Conceded | C | 13 | 19 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 14.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 25% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 34% | ||
| 12 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 9.9 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSG | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 10 | 39 | 60 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 23 | 52 |
| 3 | Monaco | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 53 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 19 | 50 |
| 4 | Lens | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 50 |
| 5 | Rennes | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 46 |
| 6 | Lille | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 44 |
| 7 | Nice | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 41 |
| 8 | Lorient | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 39 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 38 |
| 10 | Reims | 25 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 11 | Toulouse | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 45 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -4 | 32 |
| 12 | Clermont | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | -9 | 31 |
| 13 | Nantes | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 28 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 25 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 36 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 24 | -10 | 27 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 25 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -13 | 22 |
| 16 | Auxerre | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 28 | -26 | 21 |
| 17 | Ajaccio | 25 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -26 | 21 |
| 18 | Brest | 25 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | -16 | 20 |
| 19 | Troyes | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 37 | -21 | 19 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 25 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 53 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 25 | -32 | 10 |
