Season ticket holders at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Nantes languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Lens will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Nantes and Lens 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.
Nantes form and stats
Nantes have played 9 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts. The home fans are hungry for more even though Nantes have been steadily collecting points here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau through three straight draws.
Nantes drew their last game, 1-1 away at Montpellier (placed 8th). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Rennes that ended 0-0.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Nantes have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost four.
Nantes are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nantes defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Lens form and stats
4 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Lens playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season. Lens has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The manager F. Haise was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 1 match played at their home ground Stade Bollaert-Delelis. Lens suffered a 0-1 loss to Strasbourg (placed 15th). A 2-3 defeat away at Olympique Lyonnais before that.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lens playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were one Lens win, three draws and four defeats.
Lens has another fixture away, a Ligue 1 game, against Olympique Marseille in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Lens have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Lens struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Lens - Nantes 1-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Nantes won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Lens has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  G. Kakuta 7 goals |   L. Blas 5 goals |  F. Sotoca 5 goals |
Nantes missing players
Lens missing players
| Nantes | Lens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 19 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 28 |
| 31 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 89% | 83% |
| 53% | 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 56% | 56% |
| 26% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 22% |
| 63% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | 56% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 28% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 10.9 | 11 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11 | 11.1 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 31% | 36% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 35% | 40% |
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Olympique Lyonnais | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 21 | 40 |
| 2 | Paris Saint Germain | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 32 | 39 |
| 3 | Lille | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 39 |
| 4 | Monaco | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Rennes | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 33 |
| 6 | Olympique Marseille | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 32 |
| 7 | Angers SCO | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
| 8 | Montpellier | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | Lens | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| 10 | Bordeaux | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Brest | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | Metz | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 25 |
| 13 | Nice | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | -3 | 23 |
| 14 | Reims | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | -2 | 21 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 18 | -4 | 20 |
| 16 | Saint-Étienne | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -9 | 19 |
| 17 | Nantes | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 17 |
| 18 | Dijon | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 14 |
| 19 | Lorient | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -18 | 12 |
| 20 | Nimes | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -26 | 12 |