Ligue 1 preview: Can Strasbourg edge out victory against Nantes?

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Fri 06.Oct
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Meinau (29200 seats)

Strasbourg have 10 points playing as the hosting team. Nantes have brought back 8 points playing away. Could we look at anything else than a home win?

Insights:
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Strasbourg have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nantes have scored away.

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.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Strasbourg form and stats

Strasbourg have collected 7 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 2-1-1.

Strasbourg's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Lens (placed 15th). Defender Nyamsi got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.43/10. Nyamsi hit one key pass and won 4 of 4 duels.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Metz.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Strasbourg handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 10 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

A decent goal production from Strasbourg in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches.

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Nantes form and stats

Nantes are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Ligue 1, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).

Nantes play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Rennes (placed 6th). That defeat was their first after four consecutive league rounds winning points. Merlin was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.42. The defender Merlin hit one key pass and won 10 of 11 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 5-3 vs Lorient.

Nantes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

The attacking power of Nantes when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. As for defending, Nantes rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 5 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Strasbourg have avoided a loss in the last 4 games (2-2-0) facing Nantes.

Top Goalscorers

NantesM. Abdallah
M. Abdallah
5 goals
StrasbourgL. Mothiba
L. Mothiba
2 goals
NantesM. Simon
M. Simon
2 goals

Strasbourg missing players

Nantes missing players

Strasbourg Nantes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 4 2 Played P 1 3 7
3 2 1 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
3 1 1 Lost L 1 2 3
7 6 2 Scored S 0 2 12
9 4 2 Conceded C 2 5 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 86%
43% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 57%
14% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 43%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 29%
29% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 71%
29% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 14%
43% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 14%
 
2 2 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4 3.7
3.7 4 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.3 6.1
1.6 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.7 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.6 10.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.7 10.4
2.3 3.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.7 4.6
44% 43% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 38%
 
12.4 12.2 16 Shots against (avg) S A 18 16.7 17.4
3.7 3.8 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.3 6.7
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Nantes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Strasbourg have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nantes have scored away.
  • Strasbourg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Monaco 7 4 2 1 18 10 4 3 0 1 9 3 3 1 2 0 9 7 8 14
2 Brest 7 4 2 1 8 6 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 14
3 Reims 7 4 1 2 13 8 3 2 0 1 5 2 4 2 1 1 8 6 5 13
4 Nice 7 3 4 0 8 4 4 1 3 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 5 3 4 13
5 PSG 7 3 3 1 14 6 4 2 1 1 9 4 3 1 2 0 5 2 8 12
6 Rennes 7 2 5 0 13 7 4 2 2 0 12 6 3 0 3 0 1 1 6 11
7 Lille 7 3 2 2 10 9 3 2 0 1 4 2 4 1 2 1 6 7 1 11
8 Strasbourg 7 3 1 3 7 9 4 2 1 1 6 4 3 1 0 2 1 5 -2 10
9 Montpellier 7 2 3 2 12 9 3 0 2 1 3 5 4 2 1 1 9 4 3 9
10 Le Havre 7 2 3 2 10 9 4 2 0 2 6 5 3 0 3 0 4 4 1 9
11 Toulouse 7 2 3 2 9 8 3 1 2 0 6 3 4 1 1 2 3 5 1 9
12 Olympique Marseille 7 2 3 2 9 11 3 2 1 0 4 1 4 0 2 2 5 10 -2 9
13 Nantes 7 2 2 3 12 14 4 1 2 1 10 9 3 1 0 2 2 5 -2 8
14 Metz 7 2 2 3 7 13 3 0 2 1 4 5 4 2 0 2 3 8 -6 8
15 Lens 7 2 1 4 7 12 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 0 3 4 9 -5 7
16 Lorient 7 1 3 3 10 15 4 1 2 1 7 7 3 0 1 2 3 8 -5 6
17 Clermont 7 0 2 5 5 12 4 0 1 3 2 6 3 0 1 2 3 6 -7 2
18 Olympique Lyonnais 7 0 2 5 3 13 3 0 1 2 2 8 4 0 1 3 1 5 -10 2

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Read more about Ligue 1

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.