Struggling Nantes will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Lille in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lille has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Ligue 1
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nantes and Lille.
Nantes form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Nantes at their home stadium (Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau) is 2 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats. 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 14 attempts. Nantes are slowly digging their own grave here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Brest match.
Nantes drew their last game, 1-1 away at Saint-Étienne (placed 16th). Ahead of that match, Nantes lost 1-2 at home to Monaco.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Coupe de France game versus Lens in only three days. This game is also played here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau.
Nantes are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 11 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
Lille form and stats
Lille, who have the most points (24) away in Ligue 1, have an excellent away record in the Ligue 1 so far with 7-3-1 from 11 games. Lille have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Lille has been amazing away for a time now, winning five in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Saint-Étienne.
The Lille goalkeeper Mike Maignan is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 324 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's the second away game in a row for Lille, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Bordeaux (placed 10th) in the Ligue 1 last time out. Before that, Lille secured a home win against Dijon with the score 1-0.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Coupe de France trip to Dijon.
Lille has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 11 games. It's not easy to score on Lille as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Lille - Nantes 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Nantes victories, two draws and eight Lille wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Yılmaz 9 goals |  Y. Yazıcı 7 goals |  J. Bamba 6 goals |
Nantes missing players
Lille missing players
| Nantes | Lille | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 19 | 40 |
| 37 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 91% | 91% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 91% | 91% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 73% | 74% |
| 48% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 36% | 43% |
| 22% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 17% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 9% |
| 65% | 73% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 45% | 48% |
| 13% | 9% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 55% | 52% |
| 30% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.6 | 10.5 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.7 | 12.2 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 31% | 38% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 37% | 38% |
- Lille has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Ligue 1
- Lille has the most points (24) away in Ligue 1
- Lille have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lille have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Lille haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 | Lille | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 25 | 51 |
| 2 | Olympique Lyonnais | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 26 | 46 |
| 3 | Paris Saint Germain | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 36 | 45 |
| 4 | Monaco | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 42 |
| 5 | Rennes | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Metz | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 35 |
| 7 | Lens | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 34 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -5 | 34 |
| 9 | Olympique Marseille | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 32 |
| 10 | Bordeaux | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 32 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | -7 | 29 |
| 12 | Reims | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | -1 | 28 |
| 13 | Brest | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 35 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -8 | 27 |
| 14 | Nice | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | -6 | 26 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | -4 | 25 |
| 16 | Saint-Étienne | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -14 | 22 |
| 17 | Lorient | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -16 | 19 |
| 18 | Nantes | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -15 | 18 |
| 19 | Dijon | 22 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 15 |
| 20 | Nîmes | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -27 | 15 |