One-sided contest expected as Nantes welcomes Nice

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau (37473 seats)

Nantes are counting on their home advantage to aid them in this fixture with Nice. Who triumphs at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau?

Insights:
  • Nice have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Ligue 1

Nice have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. That game, against Sheriff, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Nice.

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Nantes form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Nantes have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games. Nantes has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Kombouare and the players.

Nantes lost their last game at PSG (placed 1st) after a 2-4 scoreline. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Nantes's goalkeeper Lafont was extremely busy against PSG, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves.

Preceding that game, a home win against Lens in the Coupe de France.

It should be noted that a look at the 11 most recent league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Nantes are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 12 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Nice form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 6 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for Nice on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Two travels in a row for Nice, whose manager Digard could celebrate last time after the Europa Conference League win against Sheriff. Amraoui was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.84. The defender Amraoui scored one goal and won 7 of 10 duels.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Auxerre.

A new game in only four days for Nice, the Europa Conference League home match versus Sheriff. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Nice have scored 17 goals in 13 league games away. It's not easy to score on Nice as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams meet this season, as the fixture list show this recent game: Nice - Nantes 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Nantes victories, three draws and five Nice wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NiceG. Laborde
G. Laborde
7 goals
NantesL. Blas
L. Blas
6 goals
NiceN. Pépé
N. Pépé
6 goals

Nantes missing players

Nice missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nantes Nice
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 2 13 26
6 4 2 Won W 1 6 11
10 5 2 Drew D 1 4 9
10 3 0 Lost L 0 3 6
27 13 5 Scored S 2 17 34
34 12 2 Conceded C 1 11 22
81% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
65% 58% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 62%
42% 33% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 46% 38%
27% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 12%
15% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
46% 42% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 50%
35% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 35%
38% 42% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 27%
 
4.8 5.3 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.1 4.2
5.1 5.4 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.8 4.5
1.6 1.2 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.6 1.5
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.8 13.4 14 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.8 12.4
4.1 4.2 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 4.1 4.6
25% 25% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 32% 28%
 
12.8 12.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 10 12.8 11.9
4.6 3.8 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.9 3.7
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Nice have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nice have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Ligue 1
  • Nice have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 26 20 3 3 66 25 13 11 2 0 34 15 13 9 1 3 32 10 41 63
2 Olympique Marseille 26 17 4 5 49 25 13 7 2 4 23 16 13 10 2 1 26 9 24 55
3 Monaco 26 15 6 5 55 36 13 7 2 4 29 22 13 8 4 1 26 14 19 51
4 Lens 26 14 9 3 40 21 13 11 1 1 26 10 13 3 8 2 14 11 19 51
5 Rennes 26 14 4 8 45 29 14 11 0 3 30 11 12 3 4 5 15 18 16 46
6 Lille 26 13 6 7 46 33 13 8 3 2 25 18 13 5 3 5 21 15 13 45
7 Nice 26 11 9 6 34 22 13 5 5 3 17 11 13 6 4 3 17 11 12 42
8 Reims 26 9 13 4 34 26 13 7 4 2 22 13 13 2 9 2 12 13 8 40
9 Lorient 26 11 7 8 38 36 13 6 3 4 19 15 13 5 4 4 19 21 2 40
10 Olympique Lyonnais 26 11 6 9 39 28 13 6 4 3 19 10 13 5 2 6 20 18 11 39
11 Clermont 26 9 7 10 26 34 13 4 3 6 11 21 13 5 4 4 15 13 -8 34
12 Toulouse 26 9 5 12 41 46 14 6 4 4 25 21 12 3 1 8 16 25 -5 32
13 Montpellier 26 9 3 14 41 46 14 5 2 7 22 22 12 4 1 7 19 24 -5 30
14 Nantes 26 6 10 10 27 34 12 4 5 3 13 12 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 28
15 Brest 26 5 8 13 27 42 12 2 5 5 13 20 14 3 3 8 14 22 -15 23
16 Strasbourg 26 4 10 12 30 44 14 2 6 6 16 22 12 2 4 6 14 22 -14 22
17 Auxerre 26 5 7 14 23 49 12 3 4 5 11 20 14 2 3 9 12 29 -26 22
18 Ajaccio 26 6 3 17 20 47 12 3 1 8 9 19 14 3 2 9 11 28 -27 21
19 Troyes 26 4 8 14 36 57 13 1 8 4 14 20 13 3 0 10 22 37 -21 20
20 Angers SCO 26 2 4 20 21 58 13 1 2 10 14 28 13 1 2 10 7 30 -37 10

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Table
  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 26 20 3 3 66 25 13 11 2 0 34 15 13 9 1 3 32 10 41 63
2 Olympique Marseille 26 17 4 5 49 25 13 7 2 4 23 16 13 10 2 1 26 9 24 55
3 Monaco 26 15 6 5 55 36 13 7 2 4 29 22 13 8 4 1 26 14 19 51
4 Lens 26 14 9 3 40 21 13 11 1 1 26 10 13 3 8 2 14 11 19 51
5 Rennes 26 14 4 8 45 29 14 11 0 3 30 11 12 3 4 5 15 18 16 46
6 Lille 26 13 6 7 46 33 13 8 3 2 25 18 13 5 3 5 21 15 13 45
7 Nice 26 11 9 6 34 22 13 5 5 3 17 11 13 6 4 3 17 11 12 42
8 Reims 26 9 13 4 34 26 13 7 4 2 22 13 13 2 9 2 12 13 8 40
9 Lorient 26 11 7 8 38 36 13 6 3 4 19 15 13 5 4 4 19 21 2 40
10 Olympique Lyonnais 26 11 6 9 39 28 13 6 4 3 19 10 13 5 2 6 20 18 11 39
11 Clermont 26 9 7 10 26 34 13 4 3 6 11 21 13 5 4 4 15 13 -8 34
12 Toulouse 26 9 5 12 41 46 14 6 4 4 25 21 12 3 1 8 16 25 -5 32
13 Montpellier 26 9 3 14 41 46 14 5 2 7 22 22 12 4 1 7 19 24 -5 30
14 Nantes 26 6 10 10 27 34 12 4 5 3 13 12 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 28
15 Brest 26 5 8 13 27 42 12 2 5 5 13 20 14 3 3 8 14 22 -15 23
16 Strasbourg 26 4 10 12 30 44 14 2 6 6 16 22 12 2 4 6 14 22 -14 22
17 Auxerre 26 5 7 14 23 49 12 3 4 5 11 20 14 2 3 9 12 29 -26 22
18 Ajaccio 26 6 3 17 20 47 12 3 1 8 9 19 14 3 2 9 11 28 -27 21
19 Troyes 26 4 8 14 36 57 13 1 8 4 14 20 13 3 0 10 22 37 -21 20
20 Angers SCO 26 2 4 20 21 58 13 1 2 10 14 28 13 1 2 10 7 30 -37 10

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