Struggling Nantes will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Monaco in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Monaco is in the best form (5-1-0)
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It's quite the trip for Monaco when visiting Nantes as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Nantes form and stats
Nantes have collected 12 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 2-6-2. All in all it has been a very rough period for Nantes who hasn’t won a league-game in their last twelve attempts. Their previous win was against Lorient, 84 days ago. With seven home Ligue 1 games in a row without a win, the Nantes fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Brest game long ago, can be stopped today.
No payout for Nantes in their previous match, an away game at Metz that ended in defeat 0-2. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Lens that ended 1-1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nantes as they are travelling to their away game against Saint-Étienne in the Ligue 1. That match is three days after this one.
Nantes are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 10 games. Nantes have conceded 15 from these games.
Monaco form and stats
The visitors are W5-D0-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1. The fact that Monaco have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. It’s been three wins in a row for Monaco on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Aurélien Tchouaméni, Guillermo Maripán and Stevan Jovetić scored in Monaco's previous match, the home game against Olympique Marseille that ended 3-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Montpellier at their stadium, the result 3-2.
A quick return to home after this game, as Monaco are hosting Nice in the Ligue 1 only three days away.
Monaco are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 10 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Monaco have conceded 16 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Monaco - Nantes 2-1, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Nantes, one draw and eight wins for Monaco. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Volland 10 goals |  W. Ben Yedder 9 goals |   L. Blas 5 goals |
Nantes missing players
Monaco missing players
| Nantes | Monaco | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 20 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | 42 |
| 34 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 30 |
| 90% | 90% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 90% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 86% |
| 48% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 70% | 81% |
| 24% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 43% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 30% | 24% |
| 62% | 70% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 70% | 67% |
| 14% | 10% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 24% |
| 33% | 30% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10.8 | 10.9 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 12.3 | 12.4 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 31% | 37% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | 45% |
- Monaco has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Ligue 1
- Monaco has the most matches over the total-line (15) in Ligue 1
- Monaco have scored more than double the goals of Nantes.
- Monaco haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Monaco is in the best form (5-1-0)
- 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 37 | 45 |
| 2 | Lille | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 21 | 45 |
| 3 | Olympique Lyonnais | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 44 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 25 | 43 |
| 4 | Monaco | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 39 |
| 5 | Rennes | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 36 |
| 6 | Olympique Marseille | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 32 |
| 7 | Bordeaux | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 32 |
| 8 | Metz | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | Lens | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 31 |
| 10 | Angers SCO | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -7 | 30 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -6 | 28 |
| 12 | Nice | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | -5 | 26 |
| 13 | Brest | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -6 | 26 |
| 14 | Reims | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -2 | 24 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | -3 | 24 |
| 16 | Saint-Étienne | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -15 | 19 |
| 17 | Nantes | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 18 |
| 18 | Dijon | 20 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 15 |
| 19 | Nîmes | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -25 | 15 |
| 20 | Lorient | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -18 | 12 |