Balanced ball game between Nantes and Lille expected

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Fri 12.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau (37473 seats)

It's the second try for points this league season as Nantes and Lille fight it out at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau.

This looks to be an absorbing fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both contenders are well recovered since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!

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Nantes form and stats

The season before, Nantes's league results were 15 wins, 10 draws and 13 losses, ending with 9th position in the Ligue 1. During these 38 matches they scored 55 goals and gave away 48. Playing as the home team in the former season Nantes produced 11-4-4 (win-draw-lost) with 33 goals and 20 conceded.

Nantes shared the glory with Angers SCO in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. The Nantes goalkeeper Lafont was crucial in the match against Angers SCO last time out, making seven saves. The goalie Lafont was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.24 out of ten. Lafont topped it up with a clean sheet.

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Lille form and stats

Let's have a look at how Lille performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 13 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded 48 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 5 and lost 7 with 24/26 goals scored/conceded.

The followers enjoyed Lille's previous fixture versus Auxerre (placed 18th), a 4-1 win played at home. David got a match rating of 9.14 in that game, top player of the team. David scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 22 successful passes (of 25 total).

A draw for Lille before that, at their own venue hosting Rennes (2-2).

Head 2 Head

Nantes-Lille H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nantes zero wins, Lille eight wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LilleJ. David
J. David
2 goals
LilleB. André
B. André
1 goals
LilleA. Zedadka
A. Zedadka
1 goals

Nantes missing players

Lille missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nantes Lille
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 4
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% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
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%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 7
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 15
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 6
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 67%
 
16 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 11
7 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
Nantes Last season Lille
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
15 11   Won W   7 14
10 4   Drew D   5 13
13 4   Lost L   7 11
55 33   Scored S   24 48
48 20   Conceded C   26 48
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 89%
71% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 74%
42% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 53%
34% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 24%
18% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 8%
58% 53%   BTTS BTTS   63% 61%
21% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 26%
26% 26%   Failed to Score F T   21% 24%
 
5.2 6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 5.3
5.3 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 4.9
2.1 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.1 2.6
4 2   Red cards R C   4 6
 
11.3 13.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.9 12.5
3.9 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.2
37% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 30%
 
12.4 11.5   Shots against (avg) S A   13.1 11.8
4.1 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 5 3
2 Lille 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Lens 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Montpellier 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Monaco 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Olympique Lyonnais 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Lorient 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Nice 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Toulouse 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Angers SCO 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Nantes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Brest 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Troyes 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
15 Ajaccio 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Strasbourg 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Rennes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Auxerre 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
19 Reims 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
20 Clermont 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 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 PSG 38 26 8 4 90 36 19 16 3 0 49 12 19 10 5 4 41 24 54 86
2 Olympique Marseille 38 21 8 9 63 38 19 9 5 5 33 22 19 12 3 4 30 16 25 71
3 Monaco 38 20 9 9 65 40 19 12 4 3 38 16 19 8 5 6 27 24 25 69
4 Rennes 38 20 6 12 82 40 19 14 1 4 50 13 19 6 5 8 32 27 42 66
5 Nice 38 20 7 11 52 36 19 10 4 5 27 21 19 10 3 6 25 15 16 66
6 Strasbourg 38 17 12 9 60 43 19 11 5 3 36 18 19 6 7 6 24 25 17 63
7 Lens 38 17 11 10 62 48 19 9 7 3 35 20 19 8 4 7 27 28 14 62
8 Olympique Lyonnais 38 17 11 10 66 51 19 11 5 3 42 25 19 6 6 7 24 26 15 61
9 Nantes 38 15 10 13 55 48 19 11 4 4 33 20 19 4 6 9 22 28 7 55
10 Lille 38 14 13 11 48 48 19 7 8 4 24 22 19 7 5 7 24 26 0 55
11 Brest 38 13 9 16 49 57 19 7 4 8 28 29 19 6 5 8 21 28 -8 48
12 Reims 38 11 13 14 43 44 19 5 6 8 25 23 19 6 7 6 18 21 -1 46
13 Montpellier 38 12 7 19 49 61 19 7 5 7 27 26 19 5 2 12 22 35 -12 43
14 Angers SCO 38 10 11 17 44 55 19 8 2 9 23 23 19 2 9 8 21 32 -11 41
15 Troyes 38 9 11 18 37 53 19 5 7 7 19 19 19 4 4 11 18 34 -16 38
16 Lorient 38 8 12 18 35 63 19 6 6 7 20 22 19 2 6 11 15 41 -28 36
17 Clermont 38 9 9 20 38 69 19 4 6 9 22 33 19 5 3 11 16 36 -31 36
18 Saint-Etienne 38 7 11 20 42 77 19 4 6 9 24 38 19 3 5 11 18 39 -35 32
19 Metz 38 6 13 19 35 69 19 3 7 9 21 31 19 3 6 10 14 38 -34 31
20 Bordeaux 38 6 13 19 52 91 19 3 7 9 25 33 19 3 6 10 27 58 -39 31

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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 PSG 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 5 3
2 Lille 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Lens 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Montpellier 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Monaco 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Olympique Lyonnais 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Lorient 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Nice 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Toulouse 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Angers SCO 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Nantes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Brest 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Troyes 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
15 Ajaccio 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Strasbourg 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Rennes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Auxerre 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
19 Reims 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
20 Clermont 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0

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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.