Ligue 1: Nantes - Olympique Marseille preview and numbers

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Fri 01.Sep
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau (37473 seats)

Nantes host Olympique Marseille for another entertaining Ligue 1 match here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau.

Insights:
  • Nantes have the most conceded goals in the second half (6) in Ligue 1

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

D L L L L

Nantes form and stats

0-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Nantes so far this season.

Nantes drew their last game, also a home match. Monaco (placed 1st) was the opponent, 3-3 the score. The draw was more than a little lucky as the game had an xG (expected goals) of .90 - 3.74. A disappointing finish for Nantes in their match versus Monaco as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score. The Nantes goalkeeper Descamps was crucial in the match against Monaco last time out, making six saves. Mohamed, who usually features in attack, was the highest rated player for the team in that fixture, collecting a rating of 8.12 (out of 10). Mohamed scored two goals.

Prior to that, an away loss at Lille.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Nantes at home in the league. 4 on target and 5 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

W D W W L

Olympique Marseille form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Ligue 1 away game of the season. During their previous season 19 away games resulted in 12 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Olympique go into this game after a win, the home game against Brest that ended 2-0. Olympique Marseille goalie López was high and low in the Brest game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. López (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 9.04. López topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 2-2 draw at Metz's stadium before that.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Olympique Marseille has managed {2 goals} and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Olympique Marseille have won every one of the 4 most recent fixtures against this team. Can they do it again?

Top Goalscorers

NantesM. Abdallah
M. Abdallah
3 goals
Olympique MarseilleV. Carvalho Oliveira
V. Carvalho Oliveira
2 goals
NantesJ. Castelletto
J. Castelletto
1 goals

Nantes missing players

Olympique Marseille missing players

Nantes Olympique Marseille
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 2 1 Played P 1 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 1 1 Drew D 1 1 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 4 3 Scored S 2 2 6
7 5 3 Conceded C 2 2 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
33% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 33%
33% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.3 4 1 Corners for (avg) C F 9 9 7.3
7.3 7.5 10 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 8
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.7 6 3 Shots (avg) S ( 22 22 17
4 3.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5 5
33% 57% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 40% 40%
 
18 18 27 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10 13
7.7 7.5 10 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 5.3
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Nantes have the most conceded goals (5) at home in Ligue 1
  • Nantes have the most conceded goals in the second half (6) in Ligue 1
Nantes Last season Olympique Marseille
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
7 5   Won W   12 22
15 8   Drew D   3 7
16 6   Lost L   4 9
37 20   Scored S   32 67
55 26   Conceded C   16 40
84% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
71% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 82%
47% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 61%
26% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 26%
11% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
47% 42%   BTTS BTTS   47% 63%
29% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 26%
39% 42%   Failed to Score F T   16% 13%
 
5.2 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 5.5
5 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.1
1.7 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.7
4 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
11.9 13.1   Shots (avg) S (   13.3 14.8
4.4 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5
22% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 35%
 
12.6 12.4   Shots against (avg) S A   12.1 11.6
5.1 4.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Monaco 3 2 1 0 10 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 7 5 5 7
2 Olympique Marseille 3 2 1 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 7
3 Brest 3 2 0 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 6
4 PSG 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 5
5 Rennes 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 4
6 Montpellier 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 4
7 Lille 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
8 Toulouse 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
9 Reims 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
10 Strasbourg 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
11 Nice 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
12 Lorient 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
13 Le Havre 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
14 Lens 3 0 1 2 4 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 6 -3 1
15 Nantes 3 0 1 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 1
16 Metz 2 0 1 1 3 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 1
17 Olympique Lyonnais 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0
18 Clermont 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -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 PSG 38 27 4 7 89 40 19 13 2 4 45 25 19 14 2 3 44 15 49 85
2 Lens 38 25 9 4 68 29 19 17 1 1 41 13 19 8 8 3 27 16 39 84
3 Olympique Marseille 38 22 7 9 67 40 19 10 4 5 35 24 19 12 3 4 32 16 27 73
4 Rennes 38 21 5 12 69 39 19 15 0 4 43 14 19 6 5 8 26 25 30 68
5 Lille 38 19 10 9 65 44 19 13 4 2 40 25 19 6 6 7 25 19 21 67
6 Monaco 38 19 8 11 70 58 19 9 3 7 37 33 19 10 5 4 33 25 12 65
7 Olympique Lyonnais 38 18 8 12 65 47 19 10 5 4 35 19 19 8 3 8 30 28 18 62
8 Clermont 38 17 8 13 45 49 19 9 3 7 20 28 19 8 5 6 25 21 -4 59
9 Nice 38 15 13 10 48 37 19 7 7 5 24 18 19 8 6 5 24 19 11 58
10 Lorient 38 15 10 13 52 53 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 6 6 7 26 32 -1 55
11 Reims 38 12 15 11 45 45 19 8 6 5 28 23 19 4 9 6 17 22 0 51
12 Montpellier 38 15 5 18 65 62 19 7 3 9 29 29 19 8 2 9 36 33 3 50
13 Toulouse 38 13 9 16 51 57 19 6 6 7 27 27 19 7 3 9 24 30 -6 48
14 Brest 38 11 11 16 44 54 19 7 5 7 24 26 19 4 6 9 20 28 -10 44
15 Strasbourg 38 9 13 16 51 59 19 5 7 7 25 26 19 4 6 9 26 33 -8 40
16 Nantes 38 7 15 16 37 55 19 5 8 6 20 26 19 2 7 10 17 29 -18 36
17 Auxerre 38 8 11 19 35 63 19 5 7 7 18 28 19 3 4 12 17 35 -28 35
18 Ajaccio 38 7 5 26 23 74 19 4 3 12 10 30 19 3 2 14 13 44 -51 26
19 Troyes 38 4 12 22 45 81 19 1 11 7 19 30 19 3 1 15 26 51 -36 24
20 Angers SCO 38 4 6 28 33 81 19 3 3 13 20 36 19 1 3 15 13 45 -48 18

Nantes:
Olympique Marseille:

Read more about Ligue 1

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.