Soccer betting preview: Nantes welcomes Toulouse in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 28.August
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau (37473 seats)

This has all the signs of yet another intriguing battle at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau in the Ligue 1. Nantes is in 15th place and host Toulouse in 6th spot. Learn more about the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Toulouse have the most dropped points from leading position (4) in Ligue 1

Nantes and Toulouse should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Nantes form and stats

The first Ligue 1 game here at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau resulted in a draw. Last season Nantes's home game statistics were 11 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 19 games.

Nantes are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Olympique Marseille. Fábio was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.35 out of 10. The defender Fábio hit one key pass and won 7 of 11 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Lille that ended 1-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Nantes have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 5 and lost 4.

The manager Kombouare will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Strasbourg in only three days.

Nantes has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Toulouse form and stats

Only one away game in the Ligue 1 so far for Toulouse and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 9 victories, 6 draws and 4 losses from 19 travels.

Toulouse's last game was the home draw against Lorient (2-2). Midfielder den Boomen was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.9. Boomen hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 46 successful passes (of 57 total).

Prior to that result Toulouse won their away game at Troyes. The scoreline was 3-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Toulouse playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 1 Toulouse win, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Toulouse, the Ligue 1 home match versus Paris Saint Germain. Busy days.

It's early days yet, but Toulouse has scored 3 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Nantes victories, two draws and two Toulouse wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ToulouseR. da Silva
R. da Silva
2 goals
ToulouseT. Dallinga
T. Dallinga
2 goals
NantesL. Blas
L. Blas
1 goals

Nantes missing players

Toulouse missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nantes Toulouse
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 1 0 Scored S 3 3 6
3 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
67% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 67%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6 5
7 11 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 5
1.7 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.7 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 12 12 10
3 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5 4
22% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 60% 50%
 
16.7 18 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12 12.3
4.7 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 1 3
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Toulouse have the most dropped points from leading position (4) in Ligue 1
Nantes Last season Toulouse
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
15 11   Won W   9 23
10 4   Drew D   6 10
13 4   Lost L   4 5
55 33   Scored S   30 82
48 20   Conceded C   19 33
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 92%
71% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 79%
42% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 55%
34% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 42%
18% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 24%
58% 53%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
21% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   37% 42%
26% 26%   Failed to Score F T   26% 13%
 
5.2 6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 6.1
5.3 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 3.7
2.1 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.6
4 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
11.3 13.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.6 11.8
3.9 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.7 5.2
37% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 41%
 
12.4 11.5   Shots against (avg) S A   8.7 7.6
4.1 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.1

  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 3 3 0 0 17 3 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 12 1 14 9
2 Lens 3 2 1 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 7
3 Olympique Marseille 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 7
4 Olympique Lyonnais 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
5 Clermont 3 2 0 1 5 7 2 1 0 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 4 2 -2 6
6 Toulouse 3 1 2 0 6 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 5
7 Brest 3 1 1 1 6 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 4
8 Lorient 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 4
9 Rennes 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
10 Auxerre 3 1 1 1 5 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 5 -2 4
11 Monaco 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 4
12 Lille 3 1 1 1 6 9 2 1 0 1 5 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 4
13 Montpellier 3 1 0 2 6 9 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 5 -3 3
14 Strasbourg 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
15 Nantes 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
16 Nice 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
17 Angers SCO 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 2
18 Ajaccio 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 1
19 Reims 3 0 1 2 4 9 1 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 5 -5 1
20 Troyes 3 0 0 3 3 10 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 3 7 -7 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 Paris Saint Germain 38 26 8 4 90 36 19 16 3 0 49 12 19 10 5 4 41 24 54 86
2 Olympique Marseille 38 21 8 9 63 38 19 9 5 5 33 22 19 12 3 4 30 16 25 71
3 Monaco 38 20 9 9 65 40 19 12 4 3 38 16 19 8 5 6 27 24 25 69
4 Rennes 38 20 6 12 82 40 19 14 1 4 50 13 19 6 5 8 32 27 42 66
5 Nice 38 20 7 11 52 36 19 10 4 5 27 21 19 10 3 6 25 15 16 66
6 Strasbourg 38 17 12 9 60 43 19 11 5 3 36 18 19 6 7 6 24 25 17 63
7 Lens 38 17 11 10 62 48 19 9 7 3 35 20 19 8 4 7 27 28 14 62
8 Olympique Lyonnais 38 17 11 10 66 51 19 11 5 3 42 25 19 6 6 7 24 26 15 61
9 Nantes 38 15 10 13 55 48 19 11 4 4 33 20 19 4 6 9 22 28 7 55
10 Lille 38 14 13 11 48 48 19 7 8 4 24 22 19 7 5 7 24 26 0 55
11 Brest 38 13 9 16 49 57 19 7 4 8 28 29 19 6 5 8 21 28 -8 48
12 Reims 38 11 13 14 43 44 19 5 6 8 25 23 19 6 7 6 18 21 -1 46
13 Montpellier 38 12 7 19 49 61 19 7 5 7 27 26 19 5 2 12 22 35 -12 43
14 Angers SCO 38 10 11 17 44 55 19 8 2 9 23 23 19 2 9 8 21 32 -11 41
15 Troyes 38 9 11 18 37 53 19 5 7 7 19 19 19 4 4 11 18 34 -16 38
16 Lorient 38 8 12 18 35 63 19 6 6 7 20 22 19 2 6 11 15 41 -28 36
17 Clermont 38 9 9 20 38 69 19 4 6 9 22 33 19 5 3 11 16 36 -31 36
18 Saint-Etienne 38 7 11 20 42 77 19 4 6 9 24 38 19 3 5 11 18 39 -35 32
19 Metz 38 6 13 19 35 69 19 3 7 9 21 31 19 3 6 10 14 38 -34 31
20 Bordeaux 38 6 13 19 52 91 19 3 7 9 25 33 19 3 6 10 27 58 -39 31
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 Toulouse 38 23 10 5 82 33 19 14 4 1 52 14 19 9 6 4 30 19 49 79
2 Ajaccio 38 22 9 7 39 19 19 13 3 3 21 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 20 75
3 Auxerre 38 21 11 6 61 39 19 11 4 4 33 19 19 10 7 2 28 20 22 74
4 Paris 38 20 10 8 54 35 19 11 7 1 30 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 19 70
5 Sochaux 38 19 11 8 47 34 19 10 6 3 22 14 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 68
6 Guingamp 38 15 13 10 52 48 19 9 6 4 31 24 19 6 7 6 21 24 4 58
7 Caen 38 13 11 14 51 42 19 9 3 7 30 18 19 4 8 7 21 24 9 50
8 Le Havre 38 13 11 14 38 41 19 6 5 8 17 20 19 7 6 6 21 21 -3 50
9 Nimes 38 14 7 17 44 51 19 6 4 9 22 28 19 8 3 8 22 23 -7 49
10 Pau 38 14 7 17 41 49 19 10 2 7 25 20 19 4 5 10 16 29 -8 49
11 Dijon 38 13 8 17 48 53 19 8 3 8 25 26 19 5 5 9 23 27 -5 47
12 Bastia 38 10 16 12 38 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 19 5 4 10 19 24 2 46
13 Niort 38 12 10 16 39 42 19 7 5 7 21 17 19 5 5 9 18 25 -3 46
14 Amiens SC 38 9 17 12 43 41 19 7 6 6 26 16 19 2 11 6 17 25 2 44
15 Grenoble Foot 38 38 12 8 18 32 44 19 7 5 7 21 21 19 5 3 11 11 23 -12 44
16 Valenciennes 38 10 14 14 34 47 19 5 5 9 19 28 19 5 9 5 15 19 -13 44
17 Rodez 38 10 13 15 32 42 19 5 9 5 16 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -10 43
18 Quevilly Rouen 38 10 10 18 33 50 19 5 7 7 18 22 19 5 3 11 15 28 -17 40
19 Dunkerque 38 8 7 23 28 53 19 5 6 8 14 21 19 3 1 15 14 32 -25 31
20 Nancy 38 6 9 23 32 69 19 4 4 11 16 33 19 2 5 12 16 36 -37 27

Nantes:
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 Paris Saint Germain 3 3 0 0 17 3 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 12 1 14 9
2 Lens 3 2 1 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 7
3 Olympique Marseille 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 7
4 Olympique Lyonnais 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
5 Clermont 3 2 0 1 5 7 2 1 0 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 4 2 -2 6
6 Toulouse 3 1 2 0 6 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 5
7 Brest 3 1 1 1 6 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 4
8 Lorient 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 4
9 Rennes 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
10 Auxerre 3 1 1 1 5 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 5 -2 4
11 Monaco 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 4
12 Lille 3 1 1 1 6 9 2 1 0 1 5 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 4
13 Montpellier 3 1 0 2 6 9 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 5 -3 3
14 Strasbourg 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
15 Nantes 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
16 Nice 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
17 Angers SCO 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 2
18 Ajaccio 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 1
19 Reims 3 0 1 2 4 9 1 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 5 -5 1
20 Troyes 3 0 0 3 3 10 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 3 7 -7 0

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