Season ticket holders at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Nantes languishing in the 19th position so far. The guesting Nice will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Nantes form and stats
With {2 Ligue 1 wins}, 8 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Nantes are certainly not brimming with confidence. 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 twelve attempts. The last victory here came in the Brest match.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Nantes, who played 1-1 against Lorient. That match was also played at this venue (Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau). In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting PSG.
This is expected to be a close game, with Nantes perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Nantes as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Nantes has won four of these, drawn four and lost five.
The Nantes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 15 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nantes defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Nice form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
The supporters enjoyed Nice's previous game versus Olympique Marseille (placed 6th), a Ligue 1 3-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Lorient.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Nice in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Nice, four draws and three defeats.
Nice have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 20 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Nice have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Nice - Nantes 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Nantes wins - draws - Nice wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Gouiri 12 goals |   L. Blas 7 goals |  I. Louza 5 goals |
Nantes missing players
Nice missing players
| Nantes | Nice | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 31 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 20 | 39 |
| 46 | 23 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 41 |
| 93% | 93% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 93% |
| 93% | 93% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 83% |
| 47% | 47% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 47% | 63% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | 20% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 70% | 73% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 53% | 57% |
| 10% | 7% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 40% | 27% |
| 27% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 9.9 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.3 | 10.6 |
| 3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| 34% | 35% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 37% | 38% |
| 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 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 67 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 11 | 46 | 63 |
| 2 | Lille | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 50 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 31 | 63 |
| 3 | Olympique Lyonnais | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 59 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 29 | 60 |
| 4 | Monaco | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 60 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 22 | 59 |
| 5 | Lens | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 46 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 48 |
| 6 | Olympique Marseille | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 38 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 45 |
| 7 | Rennes | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 44 |
| 8 | Montpellier | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 48 | 49 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 44 |
| 9 | Metz | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 42 |
| 10 | Angers SCO | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 23 | -10 | 40 |
| 11 | Nice | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | -2 | 39 |
| 12 | Reims | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 38 |
| 13 | Bordeaux | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 23 | -6 | 36 |
| 14 | Brest | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 43 | 53 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 28 | -10 | 35 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 25 | -7 | 33 |
| 16 | Saint-Étienne | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 46 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -16 | 33 |
| 17 | Lorient | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -18 | 29 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 56 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | -26 | 29 |
| 19 | Nantes | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 31 | 46 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -15 | 28 |
| 20 | Dijon | 30 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 20 | 51 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 29 | -31 | 15 |