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

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Fri 25.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Pierre-Mauroy (50186 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the Ligue 1 so far, with Lille placed 5th and Nantes sitting in the 14th position.

Lille and Nantes 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.

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Lille form and stats

Only two Ligue 1 home games for Lille so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

The home team returns to Stade Pierre-Mauroy after being equal after 90 minutes with Olympique Marseille (placed 7th) on their last time out; the Ligue 1 game ended 1-1. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Metz.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lille handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are ten wins, three draws and one defeat.

Early season league goal statistics from Lille's 2 home games: 2 goals, 1 conceded.

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Nantes form and stats

The Ligue 1 season is young and Nantes have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

There were no winners in Nantes's previous match, a Ligue 1 home game that ended 2-2 vs Saint-Etienne (placed 1st). Prior to that match, the Nantes manager C. Gourcuff faced defeat when travelling to Monaco and losing 1-2.

Nantes's last match (vs Saint-Etienne) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 86th minute equalizer by Renaud Emond. The draw against Saint-Etienne came from a losing position. The Nantes manager C. Gourcuff brought on Renaud Emond as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

We have checked recent matches where Nantes have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were three victories, one draw and six defeats.

Nantes have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lille eight wins, two draws and Nantes zero victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LilleJ. Bamba
J. Bamba
2 goals
LilleL. de Araujo Guimarães Neto
L. de Araujo Guimarães Neto
2 goals
NantesL. Blas
L. Blas
1 goals

Lille missing players

Nantes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lille Nantes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 2 4
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
4 2 1 Scored S 1 1 5
2 1 0 Conceded C 2 2 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 50% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 75%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 75%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 75%
50% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
44 21 16 Total Shots T S 7 13 33
17 7 6 Shots on Target S O 2 3 9
24% 29% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 56%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lille has the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Ligue 1
  • Lille has the most dropped points from leading position (4) in Ligue 1
  • Lille has the most matches under the total-line (4) in Ligue 1
Lille Last season Nantes
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 15   Played P   14 28
15 11   Won W   5 11
4 2   Drew D   2 4
9 2   Lost L   7 13
35 24   Scored S   17 28
27 9   Conceded C   20 31
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 93%
68% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 54%
43% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 36%
7% 7%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 14%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 11%
39% 33%   BTTS BTTS   50% 39%
43% 60%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 36%
21% 13%   Failed to Score F T   29% 32%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.9 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 1.9
3 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
348 198   Total Shots T S   159 334
132 76   Shots on Target S O   49 112
27% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 25%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Saint-Etienne 4 3 1 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 4 2 6 10
2 Rennes 4 3 1 0 9 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 4 10
3 Montpellier 4 3 0 1 10 5 3 3 0 0 9 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 5 9
4 Lens 4 3 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 9
5 Lille 4 2 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 8
6 Monaco 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 7
7 Olympique Marseille 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 7
8 PSG 4 2 0 2 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 6
9 Brest 4 2 0 2 7 9 2 1 0 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 6
10 Nice 4 2 0 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 -2 6
11 Angers SCO 4 2 0 2 3 6 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 4 -3 6
12 Olympique Lyonnais 4 1 2 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 5
13 Bordeaux 4 1 2 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 5
14 Nantes 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
15 Nimes 4 1 1 2 7 6 2 1 0 1 6 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 4
16 Lorient 4 1 0 3 7 9 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 0 0 2 2 5 -2 3
17 Metz 4 1 0 3 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 3
18 Strasbourg 4 1 0 3 2 7 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 -5 3
19 Reims 4 0 1 3 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 3 5 -3 1
20 Dijon 4 0 0 4 1 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 5 -7 0
Last season 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 27 22 2 3 75 24 14 12 1 1 44 11 13 10 1 2 31 13 51 68
2 Olympique Marseille 28 16 8 4 41 29 14 8 4 2 21 14 14 8 4 2 20 15 12 56
3 Rennes 28 15 5 8 38 24 14 9 2 3 25 14 14 6 3 5 13 10 14 50
4 Lille 28 15 4 9 35 27 15 11 2 2 24 9 13 4 2 7 11 18 8 49
5 Reims 28 10 11 7 26 21 14 5 7 2 12 7 14 5 4 5 14 14 5 41
6 Nice 28 11 8 9 41 38 15 8 4 3 28 20 13 3 4 6 13 18 3 41
7 Olympique Lyonnais 28 11 7 10 42 27 13 5 4 4 17 7 15 6 3 6 25 20 15 40
8 Montpellier 28 11 7 10 35 34 14 10 2 2 26 10 14 1 5 8 9 24 1 40
9 Monaco 28 11 7 10 44 44 14 8 2 4 29 22 14 3 5 6 15 22 0 40
10 Angers SCO 28 11 6 11 28 33 15 8 3 4 20 13 13 3 3 7 8 20 -5 39
11 Strasbourg 27 11 5 11 32 32 13 7 3 3 22 14 14 4 2 8 10 18 0 38
12 Bordeaux 28 9 10 9 40 34 13 4 5 4 19 12 15 5 5 5 21 22 6 37
13 Nantes 28 11 4 13 28 31 14 6 2 6 11 11 14 5 2 7 17 20 -3 37
14 Brest 28 8 10 10 34 37 14 6 6 2 21 11 14 2 4 8 13 26 -3 34
15 Metz 28 8 10 10 27 35 14 5 4 5 18 17 14 3 6 5 9 18 -8 34
16 Dijon 28 7 9 12 27 37 14 6 6 2 20 15 14 1 3 10 7 22 -10 30
17 Saint-Etienne 28 8 6 14 29 45 14 4 6 4 15 18 14 4 0 10 14 27 -16 30
18 Nimes 28 7 6 15 29 44 14 6 2 6 17 15 14 1 4 9 12 29 -15 27
19 Amiens SC 28 4 11 13 31 50 14 3 5 6 17 23 14 1 6 7 14 27 -19 23
20 Toulouse 28 3 4 21 22 58 13 3 0 10 11 24 15 0 4 11 11 34 -36 13

Lille:
Nantes:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Saint-Etienne 4 3 1 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 4 2 6 10
2 Rennes 4 3 1 0 9 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 4 10
3 Montpellier 4 3 0 1 10 5 3 3 0 0 9 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 5 9
4 Lens 4 3 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 9
5 Lille 4 2 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 8
6 Monaco 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 7
7 Olympique Marseille 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 7
8 PSG 4 2 0 2 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 6
9 Brest 4 2 0 2 7 9 2 1 0 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 6
10 Nice 4 2 0 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 -2 6
11 Angers SCO 4 2 0 2 3 6 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 4 -3 6
12 Olympique Lyonnais 4 1 2 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 5
13 Bordeaux 4 1 2 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 5
14 Nantes 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
15 Nimes 4 1 1 2 7 6 2 1 0 1 6 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 4
16 Lorient 4 1 0 3 7 9 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 0 0 2 2 5 -2 3
17 Metz 4 1 0 3 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 3
18 Strasbourg 4 1 0 3 2 7 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 -5 3
19 Reims 4 0 1 3 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 3 5 -3 1
20 Dijon 4 0 0 4 1 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 5 -7 0

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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.