After four games we know a little more about the qualities of Nice and Nantes in this fresh Ligue 1 season. Read our match preview!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Nice form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Nice's two home games in the Ligue 1 so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Allianz Riviera.
Nice's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Paris Saint Germain (placed 8th). Prior to that, an away loss at Montpellier.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Nice have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won seven, drawn four and lost zero.
Early season league goal statistics from Nice's 2 home games: 2 goals, 4 conceded.
Nantes form and stats
The Ligue 1 season is young and Nantes have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far. Nantes has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Nantes play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Lille (placed 2nd). Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Saint-Étienne.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Nantes in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Nantes, four draws and ten defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Nantes's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. Nantes have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nice three wins, four draws and Nantes three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Dolberg 2 goals |  A. Gouiri 2 goals |  D. da Costa Santos 1 goals |
Nice missing players
Nantes missing players
| Nice | Nantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 80% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 60% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 60% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 20% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | 16 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 24 | 44 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 56% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 11% | 33% |
| Nice | Last season | Nantes | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 41 | 28 | Scored | S | 17 | 28 | ||
| 38 | 20 | Conceded | C | 20 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 54% | ||
| 61% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 14% | ||
| 11% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 11% | ||
| 79% | 87% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 39% | ||
| 14% | 13% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 36% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 338 | 204 | Total Shots | T S | 159 | 334 | ||
| 128 | 77 | Shots on Target | S O | 49 | 112 | ||
| 32% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 25% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rennes | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Lille | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Saint-Étienne | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Montpellier | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Lens | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Olympique Marseille | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Monaco | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Paris Saint Germain | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Brest | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Nice | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | Angers SCO | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 12 | Olympique Lyonnais | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Bordeaux | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Nantes | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Nimes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | Metz | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 17 | Lorient | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Strasbourg | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 19 | Reims | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
| 20 | Dijon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 0 |