Betting preview: Nantes faced with a tough challenge when Olympique Lyonnais visits

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 18.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau (37473 seats)

Struggling Nantes will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Olympique Lyonnais in the upcoming league round. It’s 19th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Nantes have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Ligue 1
  • Olympique Lyonnais have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Ligue 1

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.

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Nantes form and stats

Nantes's struggle is real here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau with only 14 points collected from 16 Ligue 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-8-6. 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 13 attempts. The last victory here came in the Brest match.

In their previous game, the manager A. Kombouare led his Nantes to a defeat in the Ligue 1 match away at Rennes. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau. Preceding that match was a defeat to Nice (1-2).

The Nantes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 16 matches. Nantes have conceded 25 from these games.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

8 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Olympique Lyonnais playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season. Olympique are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played 14 in a row without losing.

Olympique won their last game, 3-0 versus Angers SCO played at home. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Red Star (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties).

After this away game Olympique return home for a Coupe de France game against Monaco. That game is only one sleeps after this.

Olympique are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 29 times in 16 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Olympique are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 15 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Olympique Lyonnais - Nantes 3-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Nantes, two draws and six wins for Olympique Lyonnais. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Olympique LyonnaisM. Depay
M. Depay
16 goals
Olympique LyonnaisK. Toko Ekambi
K. Toko Ekambi
12 goals
Olympique LyonnaisT. Kadewere
T. Kadewere
10 goals

Nantes missing players

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nantes Olympique Lyonnais
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
5 2 0 Won W 3 8 18
13 8 2 Drew D 2 7 10
14 6 3 Lost L 0 1 4
32 16 3 Scored S 8 29 63
49 25 9 Conceded C 5 15 31
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 94%
91% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 75% 78%
47% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 59%
19% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 38% 34%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 25% 25%
69% 75% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 69% 62%
9% 6% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 34%
28% 25% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 6% 9%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2.3 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.8 1.8
4 3 1 Red cards R C 0 6 7
 
10.2 10.6 7 Shots (avg) S ( 17.2 14.4 15.6
3 3 1.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 5.4 5.5
33% 33% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 33% 36%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nantes have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Ligue 1
  • Olympique Lyonnais have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Ligue 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 Lille 32 20 9 3 53 19 16 9 5 2 25 10 16 11 4 1 28 9 34 69
2 PSG 32 21 3 8 71 23 16 10 1 5 35 11 16 11 2 3 36 12 48 66
3 Monaco 32 20 5 7 67 38 17 11 5 1 39 17 15 9 0 6 28 21 29 65
4 Olympique Lyonnais 32 18 10 4 63 31 16 10 3 3 34 16 16 8 7 1 29 15 32 64
5 Lens 32 14 10 8 51 44 16 6 6 4 26 22 16 8 4 4 25 22 7 52
6 Olympique Marseille 32 13 10 9 43 39 16 8 4 4 25 18 16 5 6 5 18 21 4 49
7 Rennes 32 13 9 10 40 35 16 7 3 6 18 19 16 6 6 4 22 16 5 48
8 Montpellier 32 12 10 10 52 53 17 7 3 7 33 33 15 5 7 3 19 20 -1 46
9 Nice 32 12 7 13 41 42 16 5 3 8 19 25 16 7 4 5 22 17 -1 43
10 Metz 32 11 9 12 36 38 16 5 4 7 17 19 16 6 5 5 19 19 -2 42
11 Angers SCO 32 11 8 13 34 47 15 5 3 7 16 21 17 6 5 6 18 26 -13 41
12 Reims 32 9 13 10 38 38 15 4 7 4 14 15 17 5 6 6 24 23 0 40
13 Saint-Etienne 32 10 9 13 36 47 16 4 6 6 18 26 16 6 3 7 18 21 -11 39
14 Strasbourg 32 10 6 16 41 50 16 4 4 8 17 23 16 6 2 8 24 27 -9 36
15 Bordeaux 32 10 6 16 35 45 16 5 4 7 15 18 16 5 2 9 20 27 -10 36
16 Brest 32 10 6 16 44 55 16 8 3 5 30 26 16 2 3 11 14 29 -11 36
17 Lorient 32 8 8 16 38 58 16 7 2 7 23 27 16 1 6 9 15 31 -20 32
18 Nîmes 32 8 6 18 31 59 16 3 3 10 17 31 16 5 3 8 14 28 -28 30
19 Nantes 32 5 13 14 32 49 16 2 8 6 16 25 16 3 5 8 16 24 -17 28
20 Dijon 32 2 9 21 20 56 16 0 6 10 5 22 16 2 3 11 15 34 -36 15

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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 Lille 32 20 9 3 53 19 16 9 5 2 25 10 16 11 4 1 28 9 34 69
2 PSG 32 21 3 8 71 23 16 10 1 5 35 11 16 11 2 3 36 12 48 66
3 Monaco 32 20 5 7 67 38 17 11 5 1 39 17 15 9 0 6 28 21 29 65
4 Olympique Lyonnais 32 18 10 4 63 31 16 10 3 3 34 16 16 8 7 1 29 15 32 64
5 Lens 32 14 10 8 51 44 16 6 6 4 26 22 16 8 4 4 25 22 7 52
6 Olympique Marseille 32 13 10 9 43 39 16 8 4 4 25 18 16 5 6 5 18 21 4 49
7 Rennes 32 13 9 10 40 35 16 7 3 6 18 19 16 6 6 4 22 16 5 48
8 Montpellier 32 12 10 10 52 53 17 7 3 7 33 33 15 5 7 3 19 20 -1 46
9 Nice 32 12 7 13 41 42 16 5 3 8 19 25 16 7 4 5 22 17 -1 43
10 Metz 32 11 9 12 36 38 16 5 4 7 17 19 16 6 5 5 19 19 -2 42
11 Angers SCO 32 11 8 13 34 47 15 5 3 7 16 21 17 6 5 6 18 26 -13 41
12 Reims 32 9 13 10 38 38 15 4 7 4 14 15 17 5 6 6 24 23 0 40
13 Saint-Etienne 32 10 9 13 36 47 16 4 6 6 18 26 16 6 3 7 18 21 -11 39
14 Strasbourg 32 10 6 16 41 50 16 4 4 8 17 23 16 6 2 8 24 27 -9 36
15 Bordeaux 32 10 6 16 35 45 16 5 4 7 15 18 16 5 2 9 20 27 -10 36
16 Brest 32 10 6 16 44 55 16 8 3 5 30 26 16 2 3 11 14 29 -11 36
17 Lorient 32 8 8 16 38 58 16 7 2 7 23 27 16 1 6 9 15 31 -20 32
18 Nîmes 32 8 6 18 31 59 16 3 3 10 17 31 16 5 3 8 14 28 -28 30
19 Nantes 32 5 13 14 32 49 16 2 8 6 16 25 16 3 5 8 16 24 -17 28
20 Dijon 32 2 9 21 20 56 16 0 6 10 5 22 16 2 3 11 15 34 -36 15

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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.