Evenly matched teams: Nantes vs Strasbourg match preview

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 07.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau (37473 seats)

This duo has had a low return so far, but three points in this vital game would certainly help. Prepare for Nantes - Strasbourg!

Insights:
  • Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Only a few days to rest for the home side, as they featured in a Ligue 1 match only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Brest.

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Nantes form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Nantes have managed 4 wins, 8 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 16 games. When Nantes hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Auxerre, Troyes, Angers SCO, Brest, Ajaccio and Nantes), they have won 2 of 4 matches! Nantes have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The supporters are hoping that Nantes will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against Brest (placed 14th). Centonze was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.43 out of 10. The defender Centonze hit two key passes and won 12 of 18 duels.

Preceding that result, a home loss in the Coupe de France against Toulouse.

Nantes has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. 21 goals have been conceded.

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Strasbourg form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Strasbourg so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-8 (win-draw-lose).

Strasbourg failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Olympique Lyonnais (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Bellegarde got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Bellegarde served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 7 of 7 times and had 34 successful passes (of 42 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Reims with the score of 2-0.

Strasbourg find the net regularly in their away games. 22 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. Strasbourg have conceded 30 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These two sides met each other earlier this season: Strasbourg - Nantes 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nantes three wins, two draws and Strasbourg five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

StrasbourgH. Diallo
H. Diallo
17 goals
StrasbourgK. Gameiro
K. Gameiro
9 goals
NantesM. Abdallah
M. Abdallah
8 goals

Nantes missing players

Strasbourg missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nantes Strasbourg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
6 4 2 Won W 1 3 7
14 8 2 Drew D 1 5 11
13 4 0 Lost L 2 8 15
35 19 9 Scored S 6 22 44
48 21 5 Conceded C 8 30 55
85% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
73% 69% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 94% 91%
48% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 61%
30% 38% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 30%
12% 6% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 19% 12%
52% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 75% 73%
27% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 12%
36% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 19% 18%
 
4.8 5.4 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.7 3.8
5.1 5.7 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.8 4.5
1.6 1.3 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.4 2.1
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
12.1 13.2 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 10.9 11.5
4.4 4.4 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.3 4.3
24% 27% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 32% 31%
 
12.8 12.9 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 12.6 12.1
5.1 4.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5.4 4.8
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Strasbourg haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 33 24 3 6 76 34 17 12 2 3 38 22 16 12 1 3 38 12 42 75
2 Olympique Marseille 33 21 7 5 61 32 17 9 4 4 31 21 16 12 3 1 30 11 29 70
3 Lens 33 20 9 4 55 25 16 14 1 1 34 11 17 6 8 3 21 14 30 69
4 Monaco 33 18 7 8 66 50 17 9 2 6 36 31 16 9 5 2 30 19 16 61
5 Lille 33 17 8 8 60 40 17 11 4 2 36 23 16 6 4 6 24 17 20 59
6 Rennes 33 17 5 11 55 36 17 13 0 4 37 14 16 4 5 7 18 22 19 56
7 Olympique Lyonnais 33 15 8 10 52 37 16 7 5 4 24 14 17 8 3 6 28 23 15 53
8 Clermont 33 14 7 12 36 43 17 7 3 7 16 27 16 7 4 5 20 16 -7 49
9 Nice 33 12 12 9 40 31 16 5 6 5 19 16 17 7 6 4 21 15 9 48
10 Lorient 33 13 9 11 46 45 16 7 4 5 21 16 17 6 5 6 25 29 1 48
11 Reims 33 11 14 8 40 35 16 7 5 4 24 18 17 4 9 4 16 17 5 47
12 Montpellier 33 13 4 16 52 52 17 7 2 8 26 25 16 6 2 8 26 27 0 43
13 Toulouse 33 12 5 16 48 55 17 6 4 7 26 26 16 6 1 9 22 29 -7 41
14 Brest 33 8 11 14 37 48 16 5 5 6 20 23 17 3 6 8 17 25 -11 35
15 Auxerre 33 8 9 16 31 55 16 5 6 5 15 22 17 3 3 11 16 33 -24 33
16 Strasbourg 33 7 11 15 44 55 17 4 6 7 22 25 16 3 5 8 22 30 -11 32
17 Nantes 33 6 14 13 35 48 16 4 8 4 19 21 17 2 6 9 16 27 -13 32
18 Troyes 33 4 10 19 41 70 16 1 9 6 16 25 17 3 1 13 25 45 -29 22
19 Ajaccio 33 6 4 23 22 61 16 3 2 11 9 25 17 3 2 12 13 36 -39 22
20 Angers SCO 33 3 5 25 27 72 17 2 3 12 17 33 16 1 2 13 10 39 -45 14

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  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 33 24 3 6 76 34 17 12 2 3 38 22 16 12 1 3 38 12 42 75
2 Olympique Marseille 33 21 7 5 61 32 17 9 4 4 31 21 16 12 3 1 30 11 29 70
3 Lens 33 20 9 4 55 25 16 14 1 1 34 11 17 6 8 3 21 14 30 69
4 Monaco 33 18 7 8 66 50 17 9 2 6 36 31 16 9 5 2 30 19 16 61
5 Lille 33 17 8 8 60 40 17 11 4 2 36 23 16 6 4 6 24 17 20 59
6 Rennes 33 17 5 11 55 36 17 13 0 4 37 14 16 4 5 7 18 22 19 56
7 Olympique Lyonnais 33 15 8 10 52 37 16 7 5 4 24 14 17 8 3 6 28 23 15 53
8 Clermont 33 14 7 12 36 43 17 7 3 7 16 27 16 7 4 5 20 16 -7 49
9 Nice 33 12 12 9 40 31 16 5 6 5 19 16 17 7 6 4 21 15 9 48
10 Lorient 33 13 9 11 46 45 16 7 4 5 21 16 17 6 5 6 25 29 1 48
11 Reims 33 11 14 8 40 35 16 7 5 4 24 18 17 4 9 4 16 17 5 47
12 Montpellier 33 13 4 16 52 52 17 7 2 8 26 25 16 6 2 8 26 27 0 43
13 Toulouse 33 12 5 16 48 55 17 6 4 7 26 26 16 6 1 9 22 29 -7 41
14 Brest 33 8 11 14 37 48 16 5 5 6 20 23 17 3 6 8 17 25 -11 35
15 Auxerre 33 8 9 16 31 55 16 5 6 5 15 22 17 3 3 11 16 33 -24 33
16 Strasbourg 33 7 11 15 44 55 17 4 6 7 22 25 16 3 5 8 22 30 -11 32
17 Nantes 33 6 14 13 35 48 16 4 8 4 19 21 17 2 6 9 16 27 -13 32
18 Troyes 33 4 10 19 41 70 16 1 9 6 16 25 17 3 1 13 25 45 -29 22
19 Ajaccio 33 6 4 23 22 61 16 3 2 11 9 25 17 3 2 12 13 36 -39 22
20 Angers SCO 33 3 5 25 27 72 17 2 3 12 17 33 16 1 2 13 10 39 -45 14

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.