Ligue 1 duel: Close contest expected between Nantes and Toulouse

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

It's the first match of the new season for Nantes and Toulouse. The leaf is blank, the potential endless.

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Nantes form and stats

The previous season, Nantes's league statistics were 7 wins, 15 draws and 16 losses, results that produced 16th place in the Ligue 1. From these 38 matches they scored {37 goals} and gave away 55. Playing as the host team in the previous season Nantes produced 5-8-6 (win-draw-lost) with {20 goals} and 26 conceded.

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 9 games. Nantes has won 8 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Nantes have prepared for this season with five friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these five matches are 0 victories, 1 draws and 4 losses. In these games, Nantes have scored {2 goals} and conceded 10 times.

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Toulouse form and stats

Let's have a look at how Toulouse performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 9 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 51 and conceded {57 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 9 with 24/30 goals scored/conceded.

It's a day of discovery for Toulouse as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Toulouse have played five with the results W2-D1-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Toulouse has scored {7 goals} and conceded 10 times.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Nantes won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Toulouse have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Nantes missing players

Toulouse missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nantes Toulouse
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Nantes Last season Toulouse
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
7 5   Won W   7 13
15 8   Drew D   3 9
16 6   Lost L   9 16
37 20   Scored S   24 51
55 26   Conceded C   30 57
84% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 92%
71% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 82%
47% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   68% 58%
26% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 29%
11% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 16%
47% 42%   BTTS BTTS   53% 55%
29% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 24%
39% 42%   Failed to Score F T   26% 29%
 
5.2 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 5.3
5 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 5
1.7 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.6
4 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
11.9 13.1   Shots (avg) S (   11.6 12.4
4.4 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 4.7
22% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 28%
 
12.6 12.4   Shots against (avg) S A   14.9 14.4
5.1 4.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.1 4.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Brest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Clermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Le Havre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Lens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Lille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Lorient 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Metz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Montpellier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Nantes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Olympique Lyonnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Olympique Marseille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 PSG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Reims 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Rennes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Strasbourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Toulouse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

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Toulouse:
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 Brest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Clermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Le Havre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Lens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Lille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Lorient 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Metz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Montpellier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Nantes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Olympique Lyonnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Olympique Marseille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 PSG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Reims 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Rennes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Strasbourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Toulouse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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