Lorient are willing to set aside the league table before this match against Nantes. Here's everything you need to know pre-match!
- Lorient have the fewest scored goals (13) in Ligue 1
- Nantes have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
It's no vacation for neither Lorient nor Nantes as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
This stadium uses the playing surface artifical turf, unlike Nantes's home arena. The former one game by the away team on artifical turf have generated 1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Lorient form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Lorient have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games. It's trouble wherever Lorient are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Lorient haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 355 minutes ago. A. Grbic scored that one.
Lorient are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Troyes. Midfield player Enzo Le Fée got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, the max score being 10. Fée hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 47 successful passes (of 54 total).
Before that game, the home loss against Rennes with the scoreline 0-2.The Lorient fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 7 matches. Lorient's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nantes form and stats
There's been little loot from Nantes's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the Ligue 1. Nantes only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
Nantes might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Olympique Marseille proved too strong as Nantes slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau. Goalkeeper Alban Lafont got the top player rating of the team with 7.33/10. Lafont stopped the opponent with four saves.
Before that, Nantes travelled to Lille and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.The visiting Nantes have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. Nantes struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the last ten meetings): Lorient won one game, three matches ended in a draw and Nantes managed six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  L. Blas 7 goals |   A. Lauriente 4 goals |  R. Kolo Muani 4 goals |
Lorient missing players
Nantes missing players
| Lorient | Nantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 25 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 21 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 81% |
| 38% | 29% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 38% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 31% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 56% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 56% |
| 19% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 31% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 1.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 5.7 | 4.9 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.1 | 9 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 9.1 | 11.1 |
| 3 | 2.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4 |
| 27% | 37% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 33% | 31% |
| 14 | 11.7 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 12.5 | 12 |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
- Lorient have the fewest scored goals (13) in Ligue 1
- Lorient have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Ligue 1
- Lorient haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Nantes have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Nantes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 29 |
| 3 | Rennes | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | Nice | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 5 | Lens | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Strasbourg | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 23 |
| 7 | Monaco | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Montpellier | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Olympique Lyonnais | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| 11 | Brest | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Lille | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 21 |
| 13 | Nantes | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 19 |
| 14 | Reims | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 15 | Troyes | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 16 | Lorient | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 15 |
| 17 | Clermont | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -12 | 14 |
| 18 | Bordeaux | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 22 | -13 | 13 |
| 19 | Metz | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -15 | 12 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -15 | 12 |