Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nantes & Monaco face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coupe de France. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Monaco, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Nantes form and stats
Last season their Coupe de France adventure ended in the 32nd finals.26 points is a decent return from 13 Ligue 1 games here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau for Nantes. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.
Nantes shared the glory with Metz in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Pallois was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.65 out of 10. The defender Pallois hit one key pass and won 4 of 5 duels.
Previous to that game, a Ligue 1 home match hosting Paris Saint Germain in a game that was won 3-1.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Ligue 1 game versus Montpellier in only four days. This game is also played here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau.
Nantes have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau with 22 goals in 13 league matches.
Monaco form and stats
Last season their Coupe de France adventure ended in the final.The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
The manager was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Stade Louis II.. Monaco suffered a 1-2 loss to Reims. Attacker Yedder got a player rating of 8.02 in the game. "Man of the match" Yedder scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match was the Ligue 1 away draw versus Bordeaux that ended 1-1.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Ligue 1 trip to Olympique Marseille.
Monaco are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 12 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Monaco have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two teams are: one win for Nantes, two draws and seven wins for Monaco. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  W. Ben Yedder 15 goals |   R. Kolo Muani 9 goals |  L. Blas 8 goals |
Nantes missing players
Monaco missing players
| Nantes | Monaco | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 37 | 26 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 16 | 24 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11.4 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 37% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 35% | ||
| 11.2 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 11.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 56 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 33 | 62 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 47 |
| 3 | Nice | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 16 | 46 |
| 4 | Rennes | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 26 | 43 |
| 5 | Strasbourg | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 48 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 43 |
| 6 | Lens | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 5 | 40 |
| 7 | Nantes | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | Lille | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | -2 | 39 |
| 9 | Monaco | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 38 |
| 10 | Olympique Lyonnais | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 38 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 41 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 37 |
| 12 | Brest | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -4 | 32 |
| 13 | Reims | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 31 |
| 14 | Angers SCO | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 21 | -7 | 29 |
| 15 | Clermont | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 25 | -15 | 28 |
| 16 | Lorient | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -18 | 24 |
| 17 | Troyes | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 41 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 27 | -18 | 22 |
| 18 | Metz | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -20 | 22 |
| 19 | Saint-Etienne | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -23 | 22 |
| 20 | Bordeaux | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 38 | 63 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 38 | -25 | 22 |
