Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nantes & Vitré 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 Vitré 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
Nantes participated in Coupe de France the last season, where they reached the 32nd finals.The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Nantes at their home stadium (Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
A good away victory last time out for Nantes, who won 1-0 against Saint-Étienne. Lafont, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.14 out of 10 in that game. Lafont stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Sochaux (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties) that finished 0-0.Nantes have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau with 14 goals in 9 league matches. On the other hand, Nantes have conceded 10 goals.
Vitré form and stats
Vitré was sent out of Coupe de France in the quarter-finals last season.When we have look at the Coupe de France statistics, we find 2W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Panazol (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) in their previous outing. The Coupe de France match ended in a draw 1-1.
A 1-1 draw at St-Pryve St-Hilaire's stadium before that.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Blas 7 goals |  R. Kolo Muani 7 goals |  A. Girotto 3 goals |
Nantes missing players
Vitré missing players
| Nantes | Vitré | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Scored | S | 13 | 24 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 44% | ||
| 5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10.4 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.1 | 7.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 18% | ||
| 11.1 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 9.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 22 | 46 |
| 2 | Nice | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 33 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Rennes | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 31 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | Monaco | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 29 |
| 7 | Nantes | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Lille | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Lens | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 27 |
| 10 | Strasbourg | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 26 |
| 11 | Angers SCO | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Brest | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 25 |
| 13 | Olympique Lyonnais | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 24 |
| 14 | Reims | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 15 | Troyes | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 17 |
| 16 | Clermont | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -12 | 17 |
| 17 | Bordeaux | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 23 | -13 | 17 |
| 18 | Metz | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -16 | 16 |
| 19 | Lorient | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 16 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -23 | 12 |
