Ligue 1 preview with statistics: Nîmes welcomes Olympique Lyonnais to Stade des Costières

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Costières (18482 seats)

Struggling Nîmes will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Olympique Lyonnais in the upcoming league round. It’s 19th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Nîmes haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have the most scored goals in the first half (38) in Ligue 1

Nîmes and Olympique Lyonnais should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Nîmes are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Olympique are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Nîmes form and stats

Nîmes's struggle is real here at Stade des Costières with only 14 points collected from 18 Ligue 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-5-10. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Reims.

The Nîmes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 18 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 34 goals have been conceded.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 10 wins, 7 draws and only 1 loss in the Ligue 1. Olympique are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played 16 in a row without losing.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Monaco at their stadium, the result 3-2.

Olympique are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 34 times in 18 away games so far. As opposed to that, Olympique have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Olympique Lyonnais - Nîmes 0-0. Last four meetings between the teams: Nîmes won zero, Olympique Lyonnais won three and one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Olympique LyonnaisM. Depay
M. Depay
19 goals
Olympique LyonnaisK. Toko Ekambi
K. Toko Ekambi
12 goals
NîmesR. Ripart
R. Ripart
11 goals

Nîmes missing players

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nîmes Olympique Lyonnais
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 6 18 36
9 3 0 Won W 4 10 21
8 5 1 Drew D 2 7 10
19 10 4 Lost L 0 1 5
38 20 4 Scored S 10 34 74
64 34 12 Conceded C 6 18 38
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 94%
83% 83% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 81%
53% 39% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 64%
28% 39% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 39% 39%
11% 17% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 28% 31%
47% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 67% 72% 67%
22% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 28% 31%
33% 33% 60% Failed to Score F T 17% 6% 8%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.7 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 1.8
5 4 2 Red cards R C 0 9 10
 
9.8 9.8 7 Shots (avg) S ( 15.3 13.9 15.3
3.3 2.9 1.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 5.1 5.4
32% 38% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 37% 38%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Nîmes haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have the most scored goals in the first half (38) in Ligue 1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lille 36 23 10 3 62 22 18 10 6 2 28 11 18 13 4 1 34 11 40 79
2 PSG 36 24 4 8 80 28 18 12 1 5 40 14 18 12 3 3 40 14 52 76
3 Monaco 36 23 5 8 74 41 18 11 5 2 41 20 18 12 0 6 33 21 33 74
4 Olympique Lyonnais 36 21 10 5 74 38 18 11 3 4 40 20 18 10 7 1 34 18 36 73
5 Olympique Marseille 36 15 11 10 50 44 18 9 5 4 29 21 18 6 6 6 21 23 6 56
6 Lens 36 15 11 10 55 51 18 7 6 5 28 26 18 8 5 5 27 25 4 56
7 Rennes 36 15 10 11 49 38 18 8 4 6 24 21 18 7 6 5 25 17 11 55
8 Montpellier 36 13 11 12 58 61 18 7 3 8 34 35 18 6 8 4 24 26 -3 50
9 Nice 36 14 7 15 47 49 18 7 3 8 25 28 18 7 4 7 22 21 -2 49
10 Metz 36 12 10 14 42 45 18 5 4 9 18 25 18 7 6 5 24 20 -3 46
11 Saint-Étienne 36 12 9 15 42 53 18 5 6 7 20 28 18 7 3 8 22 25 -11 45
12 Angers SCO 36 12 8 16 37 53 18 6 3 9 19 25 18 6 5 7 18 28 -16 44
13 Reims 36 9 15 12 41 44 18 4 8 6 15 19 18 5 7 6 26 25 -3 42
14 Brest 36 11 7 18 50 64 18 8 4 6 32 31 18 3 3 12 18 33 -14 40
15 Bordeaux 36 11 6 19 37 55 18 6 4 8 16 21 18 5 2 11 21 34 -18 39
16 Strasbourg 36 10 8 18 46 57 18 4 4 10 20 28 18 6 4 8 26 29 -11 38
17 Lorient 36 10 8 18 47 66 18 9 2 7 29 28 18 1 6 11 18 38 -19 38
18 Nantes 36 8 13 15 42 53 18 3 8 7 20 27 18 5 5 8 22 26 -11 37
19 Nîmes 36 9 8 19 38 64 18 3 5 10 20 34 18 6 3 9 18 30 -26 35
20 Dijon 36 3 9 24 24 69 18 1 6 11 8 27 18 2 3 13 16 42 -45 18

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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 Lille 36 23 10 3 62 22 18 10 6 2 28 11 18 13 4 1 34 11 40 79
2 PSG 36 24 4 8 80 28 18 12 1 5 40 14 18 12 3 3 40 14 52 76
3 Monaco 36 23 5 8 74 41 18 11 5 2 41 20 18 12 0 6 33 21 33 74
4 Olympique Lyonnais 36 21 10 5 74 38 18 11 3 4 40 20 18 10 7 1 34 18 36 73
5 Olympique Marseille 36 15 11 10 50 44 18 9 5 4 29 21 18 6 6 6 21 23 6 56
6 Lens 36 15 11 10 55 51 18 7 6 5 28 26 18 8 5 5 27 25 4 56
7 Rennes 36 15 10 11 49 38 18 8 4 6 24 21 18 7 6 5 25 17 11 55
8 Montpellier 36 13 11 12 58 61 18 7 3 8 34 35 18 6 8 4 24 26 -3 50
9 Nice 36 14 7 15 47 49 18 7 3 8 25 28 18 7 4 7 22 21 -2 49
10 Metz 36 12 10 14 42 45 18 5 4 9 18 25 18 7 6 5 24 20 -3 46
11 Saint-Étienne 36 12 9 15 42 53 18 5 6 7 20 28 18 7 3 8 22 25 -11 45
12 Angers SCO 36 12 8 16 37 53 18 6 3 9 19 25 18 6 5 7 18 28 -16 44
13 Reims 36 9 15 12 41 44 18 4 8 6 15 19 18 5 7 6 26 25 -3 42
14 Brest 36 11 7 18 50 64 18 8 4 6 32 31 18 3 3 12 18 33 -14 40
15 Bordeaux 36 11 6 19 37 55 18 6 4 8 16 21 18 5 2 11 21 34 -18 39
16 Strasbourg 36 10 8 18 46 57 18 4 4 10 20 28 18 6 4 8 26 29 -11 38
17 Lorient 36 10 8 18 47 66 18 9 2 7 29 28 18 1 6 11 18 38 -19 38
18 Nantes 36 8 13 15 42 53 18 3 8 7 20 27 18 5 5 8 22 26 -11 37
19 Nîmes 36 9 8 19 38 64 18 3 5 10 20 34 18 6 3 9 18 30 -26 35
20 Dijon 36 3 9 24 24 69 18 1 6 11 8 27 18 2 3 13 16 42 -45 18

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