National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Nantes or Lens that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nantes and Lens.
Nantes form and stats
Last season, Nantes's Coupe de France journey ended in the 16th finals.Nantes's results here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau in the Ligue 1 have been very modest with 2 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. All in all it has been a very rough period for Nantes who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 15 attempts. Their previous win was against Lorient, 93 days ago. Nantes are slowly digging their own grave here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Brest match.
1-1 away at Saint-Etienne before that.
There will be little rest for Nantes after this match as they are travelling to Angers SCO for a Ligue 1 game in only four days.
Nantes has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nantes defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Lens form and stats
Last season their Coupe de France adventure ended in the 8th round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Lens, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Olympique Marseille.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Ligue 1 trip to Reims.
The visiting Lens have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 12 games. As opposed to that, Lens have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nantes four wins, three draws and Lens three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kakuta 9 goals |  F. Sotoca 6 goals |   L. Blas 5 goals |
Nantes missing players
Lens missing players
| Nantes | Lens | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 23 | 13 | Scored | S | 17 | 35 | ||
| 41 | 21 | Conceded | C | 16 | 35 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10.4 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 11.4 | ||
| 3 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| 30% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 40% | ||
| 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 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 27 | 54 |
| 2 | Olympique Lyonnais | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 50 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 30 | 52 |
| 3 | Paris Saint Germain | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 41 | 51 |
| 4 | Monaco | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 48 |
| 5 | Rennes | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 38 |
| 6 | Lens | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 36 |
| 7 | Metz | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 35 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -8 | 34 |
| 9 | Olympique Marseille | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 33 |
| 10 | Bordeaux | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 32 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 32 |
| 12 | Brest | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 37 | 44 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -7 | 30 |
| 13 | Nice | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | -4 | 29 |
| 14 | Reims | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | -2 | 28 |
| 15 | Saint-Etienne | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -13 | 26 |
| 16 | Strasbourg | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 22 | -7 | 25 |
| 17 | Lorient | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -15 | 22 |
| 18 | Nantes | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -17 | 19 |
| 19 | Dijon | 24 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -19 | 15 |
| 20 | Nîmes | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -31 | 15 |