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- Nantes have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Ligue 1
- Strasbourg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
This looks to be an interesting match with lots of spark and energy as both squads are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
These teams have little in common geographically as Strasbourg have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Nantes form and stats
Nantes have performed here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau this season with 4 wins from 6 Ligue 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2. It’s been three wins in a row for Nantes here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Nantes lost their last game at Montpellier (placed 11th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Alban Lafont had a busy but productive day in the Montpellier match. Despite making eight saves the loss could not be prevented. Alban Lafont, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.73 out of 10 in that game. Lafont stopped the opponent with eight saves.
Before that, Nantes had a home game versus Clermont which ended with a victory 2-1.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 twelve games. Nantes has won four of these, drawn four and lost four.
Nantes have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Nantes have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Strasbourg form and stats
The visitors are W1-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1.
Habib Diallo (2), Ludovic Ajorque and Adrien Thomasson scored in Strasbourg's previous match, the home game against Lorient that ended 4-0. As you can tell from the results above, Strasbourg was very dominant against Lorient, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Habib Diallo (2), Ludovic Ajorque and Adrien Thomasson providing the goals. Attacker Habib Diallo got a player rating of 9.1 in the game. "Man of the match" Diallo scored two goals and hit two key passes.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Rennes's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Strasbourg in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Strasbourg, one draw and two defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Strasbourg have scored 5 goals in 5 league games away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Strasbourg have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these contenders: Nantes won five, Strasbourg were winners in five and we saw zero draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  L. Blas 6 goals |   H. Diallo 6 goals |  L. Ajorque 5 goals |
Nantes missing players
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| Nantes | Strasbourg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 22 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 83% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 58% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 58% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| 5 | 4.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.6 | 10.7 |
| 4.1 | 5.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 4.1 |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | 45% |
| 11.1 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.8 | 12.2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
- Nantes have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Ligue 1
- Nantes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Strasbourg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 31 |
| 2 | Nice | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 23 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Lens | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Rennes | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | Olympique Lyonnais | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Strasbourg | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 17 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Nantes | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | Monaco | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 16 |
| 12 | Lille | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Lorient | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | Troyes | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 15 | Clermont | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 13 |
| 16 | Bordeaux | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 12 |
| 17 | Reims | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 18 | Brest | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 19 | Metz | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 7 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 6 |