Lille look to Stade Pierre-Mauroy supporters for inspiration before Nantes match

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sun 11.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Pierre-Mauroy (50083 seats)

This is the Ligue 1 season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Who will get that important first win?

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Lille form and stats

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Lille have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won 7 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Lille have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 1 victories, 1 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Lille have scored 3 goals and conceded 1 time.

Last season, Lille's league statistics were 22 wins, 9 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Ligue 1. Over these 38 matches they scored 68 goals and conceded 33. Playing at home last season Lille managed 13-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 42 goals and 11 conceded.

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Nantes form and stats

Nantes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of seven matches.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Nantes have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeats from one fixture.

Let's have a look at how Nantes performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 9 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded 48 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 10 with 13/24 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lille 6 wins, 3 draws and Nantes 1 victory. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

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Lille Nantes
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Lille Last season Nantes
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
38 19   Played   19 38
22 13   Won   4 13
9 4   Drew   5 9
7 2   Lost   10 16
68 42   Scored   13 48
33 11   Conceded   24 48
89% 89%   Over 0.5   95% 95%
68% 68%   Over 1.5   58% 68%
55% 63%   Over 2.5   32% 45%
34% 37%   Over 3.5   5% 24%
16% 16%   Over 4.5   5% 18%
50% 42%   BTTS   42% 50%
39% 53%   Clean Sheets   11% 21%
21% 16%   Failed To Score   53% 34%
 
4.3 4.2   Corners For (avg)   3.7 4.8
4.7 3.7   Corners Against (avg)   5.3 4.6
1.9 1.5   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.3 2
4 0   Red Cards   5 6
Key stats last season:
  • Lille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lille have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Lille have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nantes have scored away.
  • Nantes have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Lille
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Club Friendlies
All Home Away
12-05-19 L1 Lille 1 - 0 Bordeaux
18-05-19 L1 Lille 5 - 0 Angers SCO
24-05-19 L1 Rennes 3 - 1 Lille
13-07-19 CF Reims 1 - 1 Lille
19-07-19 CF Sporting Braga 0 - 2 Lille
03-08-19 CF Lille 14:00 Roma
11-08-19 L1 Lille 13:00 Nantes
17-08-19 L1 Amiens SC 18:00 Lille
28-08-19 L1 Lille 17:00 Saint-Etienne
01-09-19 L1 Reims 13:00 Lille
Nantes
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Club Friendlies
All Home Away
05-05-19 L1 Nantes 3 - 0 Dijon
11-05-19 L1 Nice 1 - 1 Nantes
18-05-19 L1 Montpellier 1 - 1 Nantes
24-05-19 L1 Nantes 0 - 1 Strasbourg
26-07-19 CF Brest 1 - 0 Nantes
02-08-19 CF Nantes 18:00 Genoa
11-08-19 L1 Lille 13:00 Nantes
17-08-19 L1 Nantes 15:30 Olympique Marseille
24-08-19 L1 Amiens SC 18:00 Nantes
31-08-19 L1 Nantes 18:00 Montpellier

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 PSG 38 29 4 5 105 35 19 17 2 0 63 10 19 12 2 5 42 25 70 91
2 Lille 38 22 9 7 68 33 19 13 4 2 42 11 19 9 5 5 26 22 35 75
3 Olympique Lyonnais 38 21 9 8 70 47 19 12 4 3 38 19 19 9 5 5 32 28 23 72
4 Saint-Étienne 38 19 9 10 59 41 19 13 2 4 34 14 19 6 7 6 25 27 18 66
5 Olympique Marseille 38 18 7 13 60 52 19 11 4 4 31 17 19 7 3 9 29 35 8 61
6 Montpellier 38 15 14 9 53 42 19 8 8 3 31 20 19 7 6 6 22 22 11 59
7 Nice 38 15 11 12 30 35 19 10 4 5 19 14 19 5 7 7 11 21 -5 56
8 Reims 38 13 16 9 39 42 19 8 7 4 21 18 19 5 9 5 18 24 -3 55
9 Nîmes 38 15 8 15 57 58 19 9 5 5 30 20 19 6 3 10 27 38 -1 53
10 Rennes 38 13 13 12 55 52 19 8 7 4 27 18 19 5 6 8 28 34 3 52
11 Strasbourg 38 11 16 11 58 48 19 6 8 5 31 25 19 5 8 6 27 23 10 49
12 Nantes 38 13 9 16 48 48 19 9 4 6 35 24 19 4 5 10 13 24 0 48
13 Angers SCO 38 10 16 12 44 49 19 5 9 5 24 22 19 5 7 7 20 27 -5 46
14 Bordeaux 38 10 11 17 34 42 19 7 6 6 24 21 19 3 5 11 10 21 -8 41
15 Amiens SC 38 9 11 18 31 52 19 7 5 7 20 22 19 2 6 11 11 30 -21 38
16 Toulouse 38 8 14 16 35 57 19 4 9 6 20 26 19 4 5 10 15 31 -22 38
17 Monaco 38 8 12 18 38 57 19 4 6 9 19 29 19 4 6 9 19 28 -19 36
18 Dijon 38 9 7 22 31 60 19 6 4 9 18 29 19 3 3 13 13 31 -29 34
19 Caen 38 7 12 19 29 54 19 4 5 10 16 27 19 3 7 9 13 27 -25 33
20 Guingamp 38 5 12 21 28 68 19 3 7 9 16 27 19 2 5 12 12 41 -40 27

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