Match preview: Home fans have high hopes when Olympique Lyonnais receive Nantes

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 14.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parc Olympique Lyonnais (59186 seats)

Glory for the home side, the away team steals the points or a score draw? It's all possible when the mid-table sides Olympique Lyonnais and Nantes battle at Parc Olympique Lyonnais.

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

Lyon can neither be promoted or relegated from Ligue 1. Nantes is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

The visiting Nantes played their last game only three days ago, a Ligue 1 match.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

Olympique Lyonnais have collected 35 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 10-5-3. It’s been three wins in a row for Olympique Lyonnais here at Parc Olympique Lyonnais, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

No payout for Lyon in their previous match, an away game at Metz that ended in defeat 2-3. Dembélé has scored in five matches in a row. Impressive! The forward Dembélé won the honour of being "man of the match" for Olympique Lyonnais with the rating of 7.95/10. Dembélé scored two goals.

Before that match, a win away at Olympique Marseille.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Olympique Lyonnais home games with this odds we find 13 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in nine wins, two draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, seven matches were won by at least two goals.

Olympique Lyonnais can score goals in their home matches. After 18 league matches they have found the net 39 times. 23 goals have been conceded.

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Nantes form and stats

Nantes have only collected 18 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 4-6-8 (18 played).

Nantes had fun at their own home (Parc Olympique Lyonnais) last time out, beating Rennes 2-1. Coulibaly and Pallois scored. Castelletto was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.84. The defender Castelletto hit one key pass and won 6 of 7 duels.

hometeam won

Nantes are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 18 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Nantes have seen the ball go into their own net 25 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these teams meet on the pitch this season, as the history books show this recent match: Nantes - Lyon 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Olympique Lyonnais wins - draws - Nantes wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Olympique LyonnaisM. Dembélé
M. Dembélé
19 goals
Olympique LyonnaisK. Toko Ekambi
K. Toko Ekambi
12 goals
NantesR. Kolo Muani
R. Kolo Muani
12 goals

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Nantes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Olympique Lyonnais Nantes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 18 36
15 10 2 Won W 0 4 15
11 5 1 Drew D 3 6 9
10 3 2 Lost L 2 8 12
61 39 9 Scored S 5 20 52
48 23 7 Conceded C 9 25 44
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
81% 89% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 69%
53% 56% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 39% 42%
33% 39% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 33% 33%
25% 28% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 17%
67% 78% 80% BTTS BTTS 80% 61% 56%
25% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 22%
14% 6% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 28% 28%
 
5 5.7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.3 5.2
4.5 3.8 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.7 5.3
1.7 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.3 2.2
6 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
14.4 15.4 18 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 9.1 11.3
5.1 5.9 6.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.1 4
33% 36% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 36% 36%
 
12 10.5 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.4 13 12.2
4.8 4.3 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.3 4
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Olympique Lyonnais have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olympique Lyonnais haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 36 24 8 4 81 36 18 15 3 0 44 12 18 9 5 4 37 24 45 80
2 Olympique Marseille 36 20 8 8 59 36 18 8 5 5 29 22 18 12 3 3 30 14 23 68
3 Monaco 36 19 8 9 59 36 18 11 4 3 34 14 18 8 4 6 25 22 23 65
4 Nice 36 19 7 10 48 31 18 10 4 4 26 18 18 9 3 6 22 13 17 63
5 Rennes 36 19 5 12 78 38 18 13 1 4 48 13 18 6 4 8 30 25 40 62
6 Strasbourg 36 16 12 8 59 39 18 10 5 3 35 18 18 6 7 5 24 21 20 60
7 Lens 36 16 10 10 57 45 18 9 6 3 33 18 18 7 4 7 24 27 12 58
8 Olympique Lyonnais 36 15 11 10 61 48 18 10 5 3 39 23 18 5 6 7 22 25 13 55
9 Nantes 36 15 9 12 52 44 18 11 3 4 32 19 18 4 6 8 20 25 8 54
10 Lille 36 13 12 11 43 45 18 7 7 4 22 20 18 6 5 7 21 25 -2 51
11 Brest 36 13 9 14 45 49 18 7 4 7 26 25 18 6 5 7 19 24 -4 48
12 Reims 36 10 13 13 39 40 18 5 6 7 23 20 18 5 7 6 16 20 -1 43
13 Montpellier 36 12 7 17 49 55 18 7 5 6 27 22 18 5 2 11 22 33 -6 43
14 Angers SCO 36 9 11 16 42 54 18 7 2 9 21 23 18 2 9 7 21 31 -12 38
15 Troyes 36 9 10 17 35 49 18 5 7 6 18 16 18 4 3 11 17 33 -14 37
16 Clermont 36 9 9 18 37 66 18 4 6 8 21 31 18 5 3 10 16 35 -29 36
17 Lorient 36 8 10 18 34 62 18 6 5 7 19 21 18 2 5 11 15 41 -28 34
18 Saint-Étienne 36 7 10 19 40 74 18 4 6 8 23 36 18 3 4 11 17 38 -34 31
19 Metz 36 5 13 18 34 64 18 2 7 9 20 31 18 3 6 9 14 33 -30 28
20 Bordeaux 36 5 12 19 48 89 18 3 6 9 25 33 18 2 6 10 23 56 -41 27

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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 36 24 8 4 81 36 18 15 3 0 44 12 18 9 5 4 37 24 45 80
2 Olympique Marseille 36 20 8 8 59 36 18 8 5 5 29 22 18 12 3 3 30 14 23 68
3 Monaco 36 19 8 9 59 36 18 11 4 3 34 14 18 8 4 6 25 22 23 65
4 Nice 36 19 7 10 48 31 18 10 4 4 26 18 18 9 3 6 22 13 17 63
5 Rennes 36 19 5 12 78 38 18 13 1 4 48 13 18 6 4 8 30 25 40 62
6 Strasbourg 36 16 12 8 59 39 18 10 5 3 35 18 18 6 7 5 24 21 20 60
7 Lens 36 16 10 10 57 45 18 9 6 3 33 18 18 7 4 7 24 27 12 58
8 Olympique Lyonnais 36 15 11 10 61 48 18 10 5 3 39 23 18 5 6 7 22 25 13 55
9 Nantes 36 15 9 12 52 44 18 11 3 4 32 19 18 4 6 8 20 25 8 54
10 Lille 36 13 12 11 43 45 18 7 7 4 22 20 18 6 5 7 21 25 -2 51
11 Brest 36 13 9 14 45 49 18 7 4 7 26 25 18 6 5 7 19 24 -4 48
12 Reims 36 10 13 13 39 40 18 5 6 7 23 20 18 5 7 6 16 20 -1 43
13 Montpellier 36 12 7 17 49 55 18 7 5 6 27 22 18 5 2 11 22 33 -6 43
14 Angers SCO 36 9 11 16 42 54 18 7 2 9 21 23 18 2 9 7 21 31 -12 38
15 Troyes 36 9 10 17 35 49 18 5 7 6 18 16 18 4 3 11 17 33 -14 37
16 Clermont 36 9 9 18 37 66 18 4 6 8 21 31 18 5 3 10 16 35 -29 36
17 Lorient 36 8 10 18 34 62 18 6 5 7 19 21 18 2 5 11 15 41 -28 34
18 Saint-Étienne 36 7 10 19 40 74 18 4 6 8 23 36 18 3 4 11 17 38 -34 31
19 Metz 36 5 13 18 34 64 18 2 7 9 20 31 18 3 6 9 14 33 -30 28
20 Bordeaux 36 5 12 19 48 89 18 3 6 9 25 33 18 2 6 10 23 56 -41 27

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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.