Perhaps a welcome break from league football as these teams face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coupe de France. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Tours form and stats
Action has already taken place for Tours in Coupe de France as they have defeated Club Franciscain and Chauray to reach the 32nd Finals. Tours was eliminated in the 32nd finals last season in the Coupe de France.14 points is a decent return from 6 CFA 2 Group C games here at Stade de la Vallée du Cher for Tours. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Tours haven’t lost a game in 15 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Drancy JA, 259 days ago. The Tours fans aren't used to losing here at Stade de la Vallée du Cher and will expect new points from this game. Tours has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
The points were shared in Tours's previous game, also at home. Visiting Montlouis travelled back with a point after a 3-3 scoreline. Before that, Tours had a Coupe de France home game versus Club Franciscain which ended with a victory 2-1.
A goal frenzy last time out for Tours, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Montlouis. Fun stuff to watch!
Tours are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stade de la Vallée du Cher in their league games, having scored an impressive 18 goals in 6 matches. Tours are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (12 from 6 played).
Nîmes form and stats
They also participated in Coupe de France last season. This ended in the 32nd finals.There's been little loot from Nîmes's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 10 away games in the Ligue 1. Nîmes only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Nîmes, who have now gone twelve games without a victory. The Toulouse game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Nîmes have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Reims game.
Nîmes are looking to quickly end their 192 minutes long goal drought in the Ligue 1.
Two away games in a row for Nîmes, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Olympique Marseille in the Ligue 1. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Saint-Etienne.
Nîmes goalkeeper Paul Bernardoni had a great day against Olympique Marseille, but despite making 7 saves the loss could not be avoided.
The attacking power of Nîmes when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Nîmes have conceded 22 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Tours won 1 game, 2 matches ended with a draw and Nîmes has 7 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 9 / 1Top Goalscorers
  Y. Hidasse 5 goals |  B. Mahamat Ahmat 3 goals | H. Kari 3 goals |
Tours missing players
Nîmes missing players
| Tours | Nîmes | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 47 | 28 | Scored | S | 8 | 26 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Conceded | C | 24 | 43 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 40% | ||
| 7 | 8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 167 | 117 | Total Shots | T S | 131 | 307 | ||
| 82 | 65 | Shots on Target | S O | 35 | 94 | ||
| 16% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tours | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 28 |
| 2 | Tourangeau | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Montlouis | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | C' Chartres II | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Avoine OCC | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | Orleans II | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
| 7 | Bourges 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| 8 | Vierzon | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 9 | Montargis | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | Saran Municipal | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 11 | Chateauroux II | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | Chateauneuf-sur-Loire | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -14 | 9 |
| 13 | Etoile Bleue St Cyr | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -16 | 8 |
| 14 | Drouais | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -15 | 3 |
| 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 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 33 | 45 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 38 |
| 3 | Rennes | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | Lille | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 31 |
| 5 | Nantes | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 29 |
| 6 | Reims | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 28 |
| 7 | Monaco | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Montpellier | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 10 | Nice | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 27 |
| 11 | Strasbourg | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -1 | 27 |
| 12 | Olympique Lyonnais | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 26 |
| 13 | Bordeaux | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 26 |
| 14 | Saint-Etienne | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 15 | Brest | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -3 | 22 |
| 16 | Dijon | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 18 |
| 17 | Metz | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 17 |
| 18 | Amiens SC | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -15 | 17 |
| 19 | Nîmes | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -19 | 12 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -20 | 12 |