Delightful dogfight as daring Nantes duels with determined Nîmes

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 30.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau (37473 seats)

Only the second game in the Ligue 1 for these teams and it's all to play for here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau as Nantes welcomes Nîmes. Check out this preview!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Nantes form and stats

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 270 minutes without scoring a league goal. Alvaro (own goal) was the last player to find the net.

An away draw last time out for Nantes, facing Bordeaux in a game that ended 0-0. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Angers SCO (0-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nantes handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, two draws and five defeats.

Last season, Nantes's league statistics were 11 wins, 4 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 13th position in the Ligue 1. Over these 28 matches they scored 28 goals and conceded 31. Playing at home last season Nantes managed 6-2-6 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 11 conceded.

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Nîmes form and stats

Nîmes had fun at their own home (Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau) last time out, beating Brest 4-0. Birger Meling, Kevin Denkey, Moussa Koné and Romain Philippoteaux scored. A 2-3 loss hosting Olympique Marseille before that.

As mentioned above, Nîmes was the only team on the pitch versus Brest in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

Nîmes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of eight matches.

Let's have a look at how Nîmes performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 18th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 6 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 44 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 12/29 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Nantes three wins, two draws and Nîmes four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NîmesB. Meling
B. Meling
1 goals
NîmesR. Philippoteaux
R. Philippoteaux
1 goals

Nantes missing players

Nîmes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nantes Nîmes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low 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 0
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% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 12
1 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 5
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 80%
Nantes Last season Nîmes
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   14 28
11 6   Won W   1 7
4 2   Drew D   4 6
13 6   Lost L   9 15
28 11   Scored S   12 29
31 11   Conceded C   29 44
93% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 93%
54% 29%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 68%
36% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 54%
14% 7%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   43% 32%
11% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 11%
39% 29%   BTTS BTTS   57% 46%
36% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 25%
32% 36%   Failed to Score F T   43% 36%
 
5.4 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 5.1
4.8 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.5
1.9 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.6
2 1   Red cards R C   2 6
 
334 175   Total Shots T S   151 357
112 63   Shots on Target S O   46 112
25% 17%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 26%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Nîmes 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Lorient 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Nice 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Angers SCO 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Monaco 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Reims 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Lille 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Rennes 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Bordeaux 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Nantes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Lens 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Dijon 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Strasbourg 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
20 Brest 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 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 Paris Saint Germain 27 22 2 3 75 24 14 12 1 1 44 11 13 10 1 2 31 13 51 68
2 Olympique Marseille 28 16 8 4 41 29 14 8 4 2 21 14 14 8 4 2 20 15 12 56
3 Rennes 28 15 5 8 38 24 14 9 2 3 25 14 14 6 3 5 13 10 14 50
4 Lille 28 15 4 9 35 27 15 11 2 2 24 9 13 4 2 7 11 18 8 49
5 Reims 28 10 11 7 26 21 14 5 7 2 12 7 14 5 4 5 14 14 5 41
6 Nice 28 11 8 9 41 38 15 8 4 3 28 20 13 3 4 6 13 18 3 41
7 Olympique Lyonnais 28 11 7 10 42 27 13 5 4 4 17 7 15 6 3 6 25 20 15 40
8 Montpellier 28 11 7 10 35 34 14 10 2 2 26 10 14 1 5 8 9 24 1 40
9 Monaco 28 11 7 10 44 44 14 8 2 4 29 22 14 3 5 6 15 22 0 40
10 Angers SCO 28 11 6 11 28 33 15 8 3 4 20 13 13 3 3 7 8 20 -5 39
11 Strasbourg 27 11 5 11 32 32 13 7 3 3 22 14 14 4 2 8 10 18 0 38
12 Bordeaux 28 9 10 9 40 34 13 4 5 4 19 12 15 5 5 5 21 22 6 37
13 Nantes 28 11 4 13 28 31 14 6 2 6 11 11 14 5 2 7 17 20 -3 37
14 Brest 28 8 10 10 34 37 14 6 6 2 21 11 14 2 4 8 13 26 -3 34
15 Metz 28 8 10 10 27 35 14 5 4 5 18 17 14 3 6 5 9 18 -8 34
16 Dijon 28 7 9 12 27 37 14 6 6 2 20 15 14 1 3 10 7 22 -10 30
17 Saint-Étienne 28 8 6 14 29 45 14 4 6 4 15 18 14 4 0 10 14 27 -16 30
18 Nîmes 28 7 6 15 29 44 14 6 2 6 17 15 14 1 4 9 12 29 -15 27
19 Amiens SC 28 4 11 13 31 50 14 3 5 6 17 23 14 1 6 7 14 27 -19 23
20 Toulouse 28 3 4 21 22 58 13 3 0 10 11 24 15 0 4 11 11 34 -36 13

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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 Nîmes 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Lorient 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Nice 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Angers SCO 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Monaco 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Reims 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Lille 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Rennes 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Bordeaux 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Nantes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Lens 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Dijon 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Strasbourg 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
20 Brest 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 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.