Ligue 1 match prediction and preview for Bordeaux vs Lorient clash

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 09.January
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Matmut-Atlantique (42115 seats)

With their 11 point advantage in the league table, Bordeaux fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Lorient.

Insights:
  • Bordeaux has the most clean sheets (6) at home in Ligue 1
  • Lorient has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Ligue 1

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.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Lorient's home stadium. The visitors last 39 games on grass have ended in 16 wins, 7 draws and 16 losses.

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Bordeaux form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Bordeaux, who have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Ligue 1, at their home stadium (Stade Matmut-Atlantique) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Bordeaux, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Bordeaux manager J. Gasset and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Metz (placed 11th) in the Ligue 1. Before that game, the home loss against Reims with the scoreline 1-3.

Bordeaux have scored 8 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. Bordeaux have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Lorient form and stats

There's been little loot from Lorient's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 9 away games in the Ligue 1. Lorient, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Ligue 1, only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.

The manager C. Pélissier was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 1 match played at their home ground Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir. Lorient suffered a 2-5 loss to Monaco (placed 6th). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Nice that ended 2-2.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Lorient, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lorient as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. For Lorient, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Bordeaux-Lorient H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bordeaux seven wins, Lorient one win, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LorientY. Wissa
Y. Wissa
5 goals
LorientP. Hamel
P. Hamel
4 goals
BordeauxT. Bašić
T. Bašić
3 goals

Bordeaux missing players

Lorient missing players

Bordeaux Lorient
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 5 Played P 4 9 18
6 3 2 Won W 0 1 3
5 3 1 Drew D 1 2 3
7 3 2 Lost L 3 6 12
18 8 7 Scored S 5 8 19
20 7 5 Conceded C 10 19 36
78% 67% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
67% 56% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 83%
44% 33% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 56% 56%
22% 11% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 56% 44%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 11% 17%
33% 22% 40% BTTS BTTS 75% 44% 44%
56% 67% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 11%
33% 44% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 56% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.4 1.9
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10 12.4 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 11.2 10.3
3.3 3.2 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.1 3.2
31% 28% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 29% 33%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Bordeaux has the most clean sheets (6) at home in Ligue 1
  • Lorient has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Ligue 1
  • Lorient has the most conceded goals (19) away in Ligue 1
  • Lorient have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Olympique Lyonnais 18 11 6 1 37 16 9 6 3 0 22 8 9 5 3 1 15 8 21 39
2 Paris Saint Germain 18 11 3 4 40 11 9 6 1 2 22 5 9 5 2 2 18 6 29 36
3 Lille 18 10 6 2 32 14 10 6 3 1 18 6 8 4 3 1 14 8 18 36
4 Rennes 18 9 5 4 26 19 9 5 1 3 12 11 9 4 4 1 14 8 7 32
5 Olympique Marseille 16 9 4 3 25 16 8 4 3 1 14 9 8 5 1 2 11 7 9 31
6 Monaco 18 9 3 6 33 27 9 5 3 1 20 13 9 4 0 5 13 14 6 30
7 Angers SCO 18 9 3 6 25 27 9 4 1 4 9 12 9 5 2 2 16 15 -2 30
8 Lens 17 8 3 6 28 27 8 4 2 2 15 13 9 4 1 4 13 14 1 27
9 Montpellier 18 8 3 7 30 31 9 4 0 5 16 19 9 4 3 2 14 12 -1 27
10 Brest 18 8 2 8 30 31 9 6 1 2 19 14 9 2 1 6 11 17 -1 26
11 Metz 18 6 6 6 19 17 9 4 2 3 11 9 9 2 4 3 8 8 2 24
12 Bordeaux 18 6 5 7 18 20 9 3 3 3 8 7 9 3 2 4 10 13 -2 23
13 Nice 17 6 4 7 21 24 9 2 2 5 10 18 8 4 2 2 11 6 -3 22
14 Saint-Étienne 18 4 7 7 19 26 9 2 4 3 9 11 9 2 3 4 10 15 -7 19
15 Reims 18 4 6 8 24 28 8 2 2 4 6 10 10 2 4 4 18 18 -4 18
16 Strasbourg 18 5 2 11 27 32 9 2 2 5 11 14 9 3 0 6 16 18 -5 17
17 Nantes 18 3 7 8 18 30 9 2 5 2 10 14 9 1 2 6 8 16 -12 16
18 Dijon 18 2 7 9 12 26 9 0 4 5 3 10 9 2 3 4 9 16 -14 13
19 Lorient 18 3 3 12 19 36 9 2 1 6 11 17 9 1 2 6 8 19 -17 12
20 Nîmes 18 3 3 12 14 39 9 1 1 7 9 22 9 2 2 5 5 17 -25 12

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.