Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nantes & Olympique Lyonnais face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coupe de France. All the pre-match information is available here!
Nantes and Olympique Lyonnais should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Nantes form and stats
Last season their Coupe de France adventure ended in the semi-finals.The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Nantes at their home stadium is 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
A good away victory last time out for Nantes, who won 2-0 against Saint-Étienne. In the game before, an away victory in the Coupe de France match versus Aviron Bayonnais with a 2-0 scoreline.
Nantes are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 10 games. Nantes are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
Olympique Lyonnais's mission in Coupe de France last season failed in the semi-finals.Playing away, Olympique Lyonnais have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Olympique Lyonnais, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Bordeaux in the Ligue 1 last time out. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Brest.
After this away game Olympique Lyonnais return home for a Coupe de la Ligue game against Lille. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Olympique Lyonnais are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 11 away games so far. As opposed to that, Olympique Lyonnais have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Nantes-Olympique Lyonnais H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nantes 2 wins, Olympique Lyonnais 5 wins, 3 draws. 3 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Dembélé 11 goals |  M. Depay 9 goals |   L. Blas 5 goals |
Nantes missing players
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
| Nantes | Olympique Lyonnais | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Scored | S | 27 | 44 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Conceded | C | 16 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 48% | 31% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 76% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 56% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 28% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 28% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 308 | 173 | Total Shots | T S | 169 | 352 | ||
| 105 | 65 | Shots on Target | S O | 66 | 140 | ||
| 28% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 31% | ||
| 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 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 33 | 46 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 41 |
| 3 | Rennes | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | Nantes | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 32 |
| 5 | Lille | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 31 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 29 |
| 8 | Monaco | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 29 |
| 9 | Angers SCO | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -2 | 29 |
| 10 | Reims | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 28 |
| 11 | Nice | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 28 |
| 12 | Strasbourg | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -2 | 27 |
| 13 | Bordeaux | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 26 |
| 14 | Brest | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 25 |
| 15 | Saint-Étienne | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -9 | 25 |
| 16 | Dijon | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 21 |
| 17 | Metz | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -10 | 20 |
| 18 | Amiens SC | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -16 | 17 |
| 19 | Nîmes | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -17 | 15 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -23 | 12 |