It's time to decide the outcome of the Europa League Knockout Round Play-offs meeting between Nantes and Juventus. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
These teams have little in common geographically as Juventus have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It's no vacation for neither Nantes nor Juventus as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Nantes form and stats
Nantes have not come this way in the Europa League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Freiburg, Olympiakos Piraeus and Qarabag.4 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Nantes have to build on here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau in the Ligue 1. 3W-1D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Nantes.
Nantes faced defeat in their previous match, away at Lens (1-3). Hadjam (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.12/10. Hadjam dribled past the opponent 7 of 9 times and had 21 successful passes (of 26 total).
In the fixture before, 1-1 away to Juventus (Europa League).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Ligue 1 game versus Rennes in only three days. This game is also played here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau.
Nantes has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches.
Juventus form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.6-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Juventus in their Serie A matches away.
321 minutes! That's how long the Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It's the second away game in a row for Juventus, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Spezia last time out. Goalkeeper Perin was absolutely vital in the Juventus victory against Spezia, making seven saves. Perin was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.52. The agile goalkeeper Perin topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 1-1 in a home match in the Europa League before that, facing Nantes. The club were unhappy with the result, being massive pre-match favourites.
They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
These opponents have battled previously this season: Juventus - Nantes 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Vlahović 8 goals |  A. Milik 6 goals |   L. Blas 5 goals |
Nantes missing players
Juventus missing players
| Nantes | Juventus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Scored | S | 15 | 40 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 84% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.8 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 13.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 27% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 31% | ||
| 12 | 12.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.4 | 12.9 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 36 | 57 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 26 | 52 |
| 3 | Monaco | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 22 | 50 |
| 4 | Lens | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 49 |
| 5 | Rennes | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 43 |
| 6 | Lille | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 41 |
| 7 | Lorient | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 39 |
| 8 | Nice | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 38 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 35 |
| 10 | Reims | 24 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 34 |
| 11 | Toulouse | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -1 | 32 |
| 12 | Clermont | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | -9 | 30 |
| 13 | Nantes | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 28 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 35 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 24 | -10 | 26 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -13 | 21 |
| 16 | Brest | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 20 |
| 17 | Troyes | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 35 | -20 | 19 |
| 18 | Auxerre | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -27 | 18 |
| 19 | Ajaccio | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -27 | 18 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 24 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 25 | -30 | 10 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 41 | 62 |
| 2 | Inter | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 47 |
| 3 | Roma | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 44 |
| 4 | Milan | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 44 |
| 5 | Lazio | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 20 | 42 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 41 |
| 7 | Juventus | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 32 |
| 8 | Bologna | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -3 | 32 |
| 9 | Udinese | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 30 |
| 10 | Torino | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 30 |
| 11 | Monza | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 29 |
| 12 | Empoli | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 28 |
| 13 | Lecce | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 27 |
| 14 | Fiorentina | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 25 |
| 15 | Sassuolo | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -9 | 24 |
| 16 | Salernitana | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 26 | -19 | 21 |
| 17 | Spezia | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -20 | 19 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 17 |
| 19 | Sampdoria | 23 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 38 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -27 | 11 |
| 20 | Cremonese | 22 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -25 | 8 |
