Match guide for Ligue 1: Lorient - Nice at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 20.Aug
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir (18110 seats)

It's only round two of the Ligue 1 for these participants. And fresh optimism here at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir as Lorient welcome Nice. Get smart with this preview!

These teams have little in common geographically as Nice have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Lorient form and stats

Last season, Lorient's league statistics were 15 wins, 10 draws and 13 losses, ending with 10th spot in the Ligue 1. During these 38 matches they scored {52 goals} and let in 53. Performing as the host team in the previous season Lorient generated 9-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with {26 goals} and 21 conceded.

An away draw last time out for Lorient, facing Paris Saint Germain in a game that ended 0-0. Abergel (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.84/10. Abergel hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and had 23 successful passes (of 25 total).

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Strasbourg.

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Nice form and stats

Let's have a look at how Nice performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 13 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded {37 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 6 and lost 5 with 24/19 goals scored/conceded.

Nice's last game was the home draw against Lille (1-1). Thuram got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Thuram hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.

That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Olympique Lyonnais.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lorient two wins, three draws and Nice five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. The matches between these sides have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

NiceG. Laborde
G. Laborde
1 goals

Lorient missing players

Nice missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lorient Nice
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
9 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 8
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
 
20 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 12
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 5
Lorient Last season Nice
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
15 9   Won W   8 15
10 4   Drew D   6 13
13 6   Lost L   5 10
52 26   Scored S   24 48
53 21   Conceded C   19 37
89% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 89%
76% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 66%
61% 63%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 39%
34% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 16%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
66% 58%   BTTS BTTS   58% 53%
21% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 29%
24% 32%   Failed to Score F T   21% 29%
 
3.8 3.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5.1
5.6 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4.1
1.3 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.4
4 2   Red cards R C   2 3
 
10.7 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   12.7 13.8
4.2 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.4 5.3
32% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 24%
 
15.2 13.8   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 11.8
4.9 4.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rennes 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Monaco 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
3 Brest 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Toulouse 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Strasbourg 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Montpellier 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Le Havre 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Nice 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Lille 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Paris Saint Germain 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Lorient 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Lens 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Reims 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Olympique Lyonnais 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Nantes 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Clermont 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Metz 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 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 Paris Saint Germain 38 27 4 7 89 40 19 13 2 4 45 25 19 14 2 3 44 15 49 85
2 Lens 38 25 9 4 68 29 19 17 1 1 41 13 19 8 8 3 27 16 39 84
3 Olympique Marseille 38 22 7 9 67 40 19 10 4 5 35 24 19 12 3 4 32 16 27 73
4 Rennes 38 21 5 12 69 39 19 15 0 4 43 14 19 6 5 8 26 25 30 68
5 Lille 38 19 10 9 65 44 19 13 4 2 40 25 19 6 6 7 25 19 21 67
6 Monaco 38 19 8 11 70 58 19 9 3 7 37 33 19 10 5 4 33 25 12 65
7 Olympique Lyonnais 38 18 8 12 65 47 19 10 5 4 35 19 19 8 3 8 30 28 18 62
8 Clermont 38 17 8 13 45 49 19 9 3 7 20 28 19 8 5 6 25 21 -4 59
9 Nice 38 15 13 10 48 37 19 7 7 5 24 18 19 8 6 5 24 19 11 58
10 Lorient 38 15 10 13 52 53 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 6 6 7 26 32 -1 55
11 Reims 38 12 15 11 45 45 19 8 6 5 28 23 19 4 9 6 17 22 0 51
12 Montpellier 38 15 5 18 65 62 19 7 3 9 29 29 19 8 2 9 36 33 3 50
13 Toulouse 38 13 9 16 51 57 19 6 6 7 27 27 19 7 3 9 24 30 -6 48
14 Brest 38 11 11 16 44 54 19 7 5 7 24 26 19 4 6 9 20 28 -10 44
15 Strasbourg 38 9 13 16 51 59 19 5 7 7 25 26 19 4 6 9 26 33 -8 40
16 Nantes 38 7 15 16 37 55 19 5 8 6 20 26 19 2 7 10 17 29 -18 36
17 Auxerre 38 8 11 19 35 63 19 5 7 7 18 28 19 3 4 12 17 35 -28 35
18 Ajaccio 38 7 5 26 23 74 19 4 3 12 10 30 19 3 2 14 13 44 -51 26
19 Troyes 38 4 12 22 45 81 19 1 11 7 19 30 19 3 1 15 26 51 -36 24
20 Angers SCO 38 4 6 28 33 81 19 3 3 13 20 36 19 1 3 15 13 45 -48 18

Nice:
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 Rennes 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Monaco 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
3 Brest 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Toulouse 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Strasbourg 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Montpellier 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Le Havre 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Nice 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Lille 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Paris Saint Germain 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Lorient 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Lens 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Reims 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Olympique Lyonnais 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Nantes 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Clermont 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Metz 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0

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