Ligue 1: Lorient are ready for the visit of Nantes in what promises to be an intriguing football match. Here's all the pre-match info you need!
- Lorient have won all their matches at home so far.
- Nantes have yet to win a game away.
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.
Lorient form and stats
As mentioned below, Lorient are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Ligue 1 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Lorient after consecutive victories at their own ground.
A nice win for Lorient last time playing, versus Olympique Lyonnais. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Fée, Moffi and Ouattara scoring for the victors. Mvogo loved the game against Olympique Lyonnais. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-1 victory. Midfielder Fée was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.14 (out of ten) in that game. Fée scored one goal and hit four key passes.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Ajaccio.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 Lorient have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 1 and lost 0.
At Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir, Lorient has the goal stats of 5-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Nantes form and stats
The Ligue 1 season is young and Nantes have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.
The fans enjoyed Nantes's previous fixture versus Olympiakos Piraeus, a Europa League win (2-1) played at home. Defender Merlin was the best team player with a rating of 8.05. Merlin hit six key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.
Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus PSG.Nantes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
Nantes have another match away from home in just four days, a Europa League game vs Qarabag. A grim diary for the visitors!
The attacking power of Nantes when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Nantes have pulled off a streak of 12 consecutive games without losing (9-3-0) when facing Lorient.Top Goalscorers
  T. Moffi 5 goals |  D. Faissal Ouattara 2 goals |   M. Simon 2 goals |
Lorient missing players
Nantes missing players
| Lorient | Nantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 3.3 | 2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.3 | 4.3 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.3 | 6 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.7 | 16 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 12.7 | 12.2 |
| 5 | 8 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 37% | 31% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 17% | 26% |
| 14.5 | 12 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 13 | 14.2 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.3 | 3.7 |
- All of Lorient's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Lorient have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Lorient have scored in all their matches so far.
- Lorient have won all their matches at home so far.
- Lorient have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Lorient haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nantes have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Nantes have yet to win a game 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 | PSG | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 20 | 16 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 3 | Lens | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 4 | Olympique Lyonnais | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | Lorient | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Lille | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Montpellier | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Clermont | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 9 | Rennes | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Monaco | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Troyes | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Auxerre | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 13 | Nantes | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Reims | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Toulouse | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | Nice | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 17 | Brest | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -8 | 5 |
| 18 | Strasbourg | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 19 | Angers SCO | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -11 | 2 |
| 20 | Ajaccio | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
