Nantes have found it difficult to get points this season. Will the gang get some sugar when Lens come to visit Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau?
- All of Nantes's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lens have not yet lost a game.
Little time to rest for the hosting team, as they had a Europa League match only three days ago. That game was an away game at Qarabag, so at least Nantes are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Nantes form and stats
Nantes have collected 4 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 1-1-1.
The fans hope that Nantes will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 0-3 away defeat in the Europa League fixture against Qarabag. Fábio was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.14 out of 10. The defender Fábio hit one key pass and won 6 of 10 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Lorient (2-3).Nantes has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Lens form and stats
Lens are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Ligue 1, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).
Lens had fun at their own home (Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau) last time out, beating Troyes 1-0. Danso scored. Danso was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.31. The defender Danso scored one goal and won 6 of 7 duels.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Reims.Lens are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
Nantes-Lens H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nantes four wins, Lens three wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  F. Sotoca 5 goals |  L. Openda 4 goals |   M. Simon 3 goals |
Nantes missing players
Lens missing players
| Nantes | Lens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 86% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 14% |
| 4.4 | 3.3 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | 5.4 |
| 5.4 | 7.7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 1.7 | 0.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.9 | 11.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 15 | 15.1 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| 29% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 38% | 47% |
| 13.9 | 15.3 | 20 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12.7 | 10.7 |
| 3.9 | 2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | 4 |
- All of Nantes's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lens have not yet lost a game.
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lens have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nantes have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Nantes have won significantly less corners at 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 | PSG | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 21 | 19 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 19 |
| 3 | Lens | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | Lorient | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Olympique Lyonnais | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | Rennes | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | Monaco | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 11 |
| 8 | Lille | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Clermont | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Montpellier | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| 11 | Toulouse | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 12 | Nice | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Troyes | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 7 |
| 14 | Auxerre | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 7 |
| 15 | Nantes | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 16 | Reims | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 17 | Strasbourg | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 18 | Brest | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 5 |
| 19 | Angers SCO | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 5 |
| 20 | Ajaccio | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 1 |
