Betting preview: Nantes faced with a tough challenge when Paris Saint Germain visits

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau (37473 seats)

Top-ranking Paris Saint Germain land at Nantes after their 1-0-result versus Real Madrid. Get out our complete preview!

Insights:
  • Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (52) in Ligue 1

Paris Saint Germain could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Champions League game only four sleeps ago.

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Nantes form and stats

Nantes have collected 23 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 7-2-3. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau.

A nice win for Nantes last time playing, versus Reims. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Simon scoring for the victors. Midfielder Chirivella was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.15 (out of ten) in that game. Chirivella hit three key passes and had 103 successful passes (of 109 total).

The Nantes fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 12 league matches.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

Paris Saint Germain's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Paris Saint Germain collect 25 points from their 12 away matches in the Ligue 1. 7 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Things are running smoothly for Paris Saint Germain who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 15 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Rennes.

Attacker Mbappé got a player rating of 8.62 in the game. "Man of the match" Mbappé scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 40 successful passes (of 46 total).

Before that, PSG secured a home win against Rennes with the score 1-0.

Paris Saint Germain have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the sides faced each other previously this campaign; Paris Saint Germain - Nantes 3-1. Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Nantes won two games, zero matches ended in a draw and Paris Saint Germain managed eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé Lottin
K. Mbappé Lottin
12 goals
NantesR. Kolo Muani
R. Kolo Muani
8 goals
NantesL. Blas
L. Blas
7 goals

Nantes missing players

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Nantes Paris Saint Germain
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 4 12 24
10 7 0 Won W 2 7 18
5 2 2 Drew D 2 4 5
9 3 2 Lost L 0 1 1
31 19 2 Scored S 11 24 52
28 12 5 Conceded C 5 13 19
96% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
67% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 88%
38% 42% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 54%
29% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 33%
12% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 17%
50% 42% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 58%
25% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 38%
29% 33% 75% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 12%
 
4.9 5.5 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.8 5.5
5.2 4.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.1 4.7
2 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.2 1.8
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.9 12.8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 16 14.5 15
3.8 4.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 5.1 5.3
34% 34% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 39% 41%
 
11.7 10.6 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 12.8 11.5
4.1 3.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.3 3.8
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Paris Saint Germain have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most points from losing position (18) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (24) away in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (52) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Ligue 1
  • Paris Saint Germain have the the best goal difference (+33) 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 Paris Saint Germain 24 18 5 1 52 19 12 11 1 0 28 6 12 7 4 1 24 13 33 59
2 Olympique Marseille 24 13 7 4 38 21 12 5 5 2 22 13 12 8 2 2 16 8 17 46
3 Nice 24 13 4 7 36 21 12 5 3 4 16 14 12 8 1 3 20 7 15 42
4 Strasbourg 24 12 5 7 46 29 12 7 2 3 27 13 12 5 3 4 19 16 17 41
5 Rennes 24 11 4 9 43 22 12 8 1 3 27 8 12 3 3 6 16 14 21 37
6 Monaco 24 10 7 7 37 26 13 7 4 2 25 11 11 3 3 5 12 15 11 37
7 Olympique Lyonnais 24 10 8 6 33 30 13 7 5 1 23 13 11 3 3 5 10 17 3 37
8 Lens 24 10 6 8 39 35 12 6 4 2 22 13 12 4 2 6 17 22 4 36
9 Nantes 24 10 5 9 31 28 12 7 2 3 19 12 12 3 3 6 12 16 3 35
10 Lille 24 9 8 7 32 35 11 5 4 2 15 16 13 4 4 5 17 19 -3 35
11 Montpellier 24 10 4 10 38 34 13 7 2 4 22 14 11 3 2 6 16 20 4 34
12 Brest 24 8 7 9 33 36 12 5 3 4 20 17 12 3 4 5 13 19 -3 31
13 Angers SCO 24 7 8 9 30 35 12 5 1 6 14 15 12 2 7 3 16 20 -5 29
14 Reims 24 6 9 9 27 28 11 4 3 4 16 11 13 2 6 5 11 17 -1 27
15 Clermont 24 6 6 12 24 41 12 3 4 5 13 16 12 3 2 7 11 25 -17 24
16 Troyes 24 5 6 13 21 36 12 2 5 5 11 13 12 3 1 8 10 23 -15 21
17 Lorient 24 4 9 11 20 38 11 4 4 3 10 9 13 0 5 8 10 29 -18 21
18 Saint-Etienne 24 5 6 13 24 45 12 2 4 6 14 24 12 3 2 7 10 21 -21 21
19 Metz 24 4 8 12 25 45 12 1 4 7 15 25 12 3 4 5 10 20 -20 20
20 Bordeaux 24 4 8 12 36 61 12 2 4 6 19 24 12 2 4 6 17 37 -25 20

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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.