Ligue 1 match preview and statistics: Nantes fight Lille

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 01.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau (37473 seats)

Nantes will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Lille.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Nantes form and stats

Nantes have collected 20 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 6-2-5.

It's back home for Nantes, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Olympique Marseille away with the result 3-1. Kader Bamba and Anthony Limbombe found the net in that victory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Metz that ended 0-0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Nantes here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 13 games). Nantes have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Lille form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lille so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-7 (win-draw-lose). Lille has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Impressive finishing from Renato Sanches and Loïc Rémy (2) secured the home win 3-0 against Toulouse in their previous game. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Olympique Marseille.

The attacking power of Lille when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. In the opposite end, Lille have conceded 18 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Lille - Nantes 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nantes one win, two draws and Lille seven victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Lille
V. Osimhen
13 goals
LilleL. Rémy
L. Rémy
6 goals
Nantes
M. Simon
5 goals

Nantes missing players

Lille missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nantes Lille
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 3 12 26
11 6 1 Won W 1 3 13
4 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
11 5 2 Lost L 1 7 9
28 11 2 Scored S 2 10 33
28 10 3 Conceded C 3 18 27
92% 85% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
54% 31% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 73%
38% 31% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 46%
15% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 8%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
42% 31% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 42%
38% 54% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 38%
27% 31% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 23%
 
5.4 5.8 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 5 5.3
4.5 3.5 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 4.7 4.1
1.7 1.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
312 169 53 Total Shots T S 33 135 321
104 60 17 Shots on Target S O 13 51 124
27% 18% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 20% 27%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lille haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Nantes has the fewest points from losing position (1)

  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 26 21 2 3 71 24 13 11 1 1 40 11 13 10 1 2 31 13 47 65
2 Olympique Marseille 27 16 7 4 39 27 13 8 3 2 19 12 14 8 4 2 20 15 12 55
3 Rennes 26 13 5 8 31 24 13 8 2 3 20 14 13 5 3 5 11 10 7 44
4 Lille 26 13 4 9 33 27 14 10 2 2 23 9 12 3 2 7 10 18 6 43
5 Monaco 26 11 6 9 42 41 13 8 1 4 28 21 13 3 5 5 14 20 1 39
6 Strasbourg 26 11 5 10 32 29 13 7 3 3 22 14 13 4 2 7 10 15 3 38
7 Olympique Lyonnais 26 10 7 9 40 26 12 4 4 4 15 7 14 6 3 5 25 19 14 37
8 Reims 26 9 10 7 24 20 13 4 7 2 11 7 13 5 3 5 13 13 4 37
9 Montpellier 26 10 7 9 32 29 13 9 2 2 23 10 13 1 5 7 9 19 3 37
10 Nice 26 10 7 9 38 36 14 7 4 3 26 19 12 3 3 6 12 17 2 37
11 Nantes 26 11 4 11 28 28 13 6 2 5 11 10 13 5 2 6 17 18 0 37
12 Bordeaux 26 9 8 9 38 32 12 4 4 4 18 11 14 5 4 5 20 21 6 35
13 Brest 26 8 10 8 34 35 13 6 6 1 21 10 13 2 4 7 13 25 -1 34
14 Angers SCO 26 9 6 11 25 33 14 7 3 4 18 13 12 2 3 7 7 20 -8 33
15 Saint-Étienne 26 8 5 13 28 42 13 4 5 4 14 17 13 4 0 9 14 25 -14 29
16 Metz 26 6 10 10 24 34 13 4 4 5 16 16 13 2 6 5 8 18 -10 28
17 Dijon 26 6 9 11 25 32 13 5 6 2 18 14 13 1 3 9 7 18 -7 27
18 Nîmes 27 7 6 14 28 42 14 6 2 6 17 15 13 1 4 8 11 27 -14 27
19 Amiens SC 26 4 10 12 29 47 13 3 5 5 17 22 13 1 5 7 12 25 -18 22
20 Toulouse 26 3 4 19 21 54 12 3 0 9 11 22 14 0 4 10 10 32 -33 13

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  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 26 21 2 3 71 24 13 11 1 1 40 11 13 10 1 2 31 13 47 65
2 Olympique Marseille 27 16 7 4 39 27 13 8 3 2 19 12 14 8 4 2 20 15 12 55
3 Rennes 26 13 5 8 31 24 13 8 2 3 20 14 13 5 3 5 11 10 7 44
4 Lille 26 13 4 9 33 27 14 10 2 2 23 9 12 3 2 7 10 18 6 43
5 Monaco 26 11 6 9 42 41 13 8 1 4 28 21 13 3 5 5 14 20 1 39
6 Strasbourg 26 11 5 10 32 29 13 7 3 3 22 14 13 4 2 7 10 15 3 38
7 Olympique Lyonnais 26 10 7 9 40 26 12 4 4 4 15 7 14 6 3 5 25 19 14 37
8 Reims 26 9 10 7 24 20 13 4 7 2 11 7 13 5 3 5 13 13 4 37
9 Montpellier 26 10 7 9 32 29 13 9 2 2 23 10 13 1 5 7 9 19 3 37
10 Nice 26 10 7 9 38 36 14 7 4 3 26 19 12 3 3 6 12 17 2 37
11 Nantes 26 11 4 11 28 28 13 6 2 5 11 10 13 5 2 6 17 18 0 37
12 Bordeaux 26 9 8 9 38 32 12 4 4 4 18 11 14 5 4 5 20 21 6 35
13 Brest 26 8 10 8 34 35 13 6 6 1 21 10 13 2 4 7 13 25 -1 34
14 Angers SCO 26 9 6 11 25 33 14 7 3 4 18 13 12 2 3 7 7 20 -8 33
15 Saint-Étienne 26 8 5 13 28 42 13 4 5 4 14 17 13 4 0 9 14 25 -14 29
16 Metz 26 6 10 10 24 34 13 4 4 5 16 16 13 2 6 5 8 18 -10 28
17 Dijon 26 6 9 11 25 32 13 5 6 2 18 14 13 1 3 9 7 18 -7 27
18 Nîmes 27 7 6 14 28 42 14 6 2 6 17 15 13 1 4 8 11 27 -14 27
19 Amiens SC 26 4 10 12 29 47 13 3 5 5 17 22 13 1 5 7 12 25 -18 22
20 Toulouse 26 3 4 19 21 54 12 3 0 9 11 22 14 0 4 10 10 32 -33 13

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.