Evenly matched teams: Nice vs Nantes match preview

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sat 11.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Riviera (35624 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Ligue 1 table so far. Here's the Nice - Nantes latest:

Nice and Nantes 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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Nice form and stats

Nice have collected 30 points from their home games so far after 9-3-5.

Nice manager P. Vieira and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus PSG in the Ligue 1. Before that, Nice had a home game versus Guingamp which ended with a victory 3-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Nice perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Nice as a small favourite), we find nine games. Nice has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.

Nice aren't scoring a lot here at Allianz Riviera with only 16 goals from 17 games. Nice have only conceded 13 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Nantes form and stats

There's been little loot from Nantes's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 17 away games. Nantes only has 4 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Nice.

The supporters enjoyed Nantes's previous game versus Dijon, a Ligue 1 3-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Olympique Marseille at their stadium, the result 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nantes playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 3 Nantes wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 17 away games, an average of less than one per game. 22 goals have been conceded by Nantes in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Nantes - Nice 1-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Nice, 4 draws and 3 wins for Nantes.

Top Goalscorers

K. Coulibaly
7 goals / 2 assists
A. Saint-Maximin
6 goals / 3 assists
Y. Atal
6 goals

Nice missing players

Nantes missing players

Nice Nantes
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played 5 17 35
14 9 3 Won 1 4 13
10 3 1 Drew 1 3 7
11 5 1 Lost 3 10 15
27 16 5 Scored 4 11 46
31 13 2 Conceded 6 22 45
91% 94% 80% Over 0.5 100% 94% 94%
49% 47% 40% Over 1.5 40% 53% 69%
20% 24% 20% Over 2.5 20% 35% 49%
6% 6% 0% Over 3.5 20% 6% 26%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 20% 6% 20%
26% 18% 20% BTTS 40% 35% 49%
43% 53% 60% Clean Sheets 0% 12% 23%
40% 35% 40% Failed To Score 60% 59% 34%
 
4.5 5.1 6.2 Corners For (avg) 4 3.9 5
5.5 5.2 2.6 Corners Against (avg) 4.8 5.4 4.7
1.9 1.9 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2.2 1.9
5 3 1 Red Cards 2 5 6
Key stats this season:
  • Nice is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

Nice
All Champions League Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
15-03-19 L1 Nice 1 - 1 Toulouse
31-03-19 L1 Dijon 0 - 1 Nice
07-04-19 L1 Nice 1 - 0 Montpellier
14-04-19 L1 Rennes 0 - 0 Nice
20-04-19 L1 Nice 0 - 1 Caen
28-04-19 L1 Nice 3 - 0 Guingamp
04-05-19 L1 PSG 1 - 1 Nice
11-05-19 L1 Nice 18:00 Nantes
18-05-19 L1 Saint-Étienne - Nice
25-05-19 L1 Nice - Monaco
Nantes
All Coupe de la Ligue Ligue 1 Coupe de France Club Friendlies
All Home Away
03-04-19 CDF PSG 3 - 0 Nantes
07-04-19 L1 Toulouse 1 - 0 Nantes
12-04-19 L1 Nantes 2 - 1 Olympique Lyonnais
17-04-19 L1 Nantes 3 - 2 PSG
21-04-19 L1 Nantes 3 - 2 Amiens SC
28-04-19 L1 Olympique Marseille 1 - 2 Nantes
05-05-19 L1 Nantes 3 - 0 Dijon
11-05-19 L1 Nice 18:00 Nantes
18-05-19 L1 Montpellier - Nantes
25-05-19 L1 Nantes - Strasbourg

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 PSG 35 27 4 4 98 31 18 16 2 0 59 10 17 11 2 4 39 21 67 85
2 Lille 35 20 9 6 61 30 17 11 4 2 36 11 18 9 5 4 25 19 31 69
3 Olympique Lyonnais 35 18 9 8 60 45 18 11 4 3 34 19 17 7 5 5 26 26 15 63
4 Saint-Étienne 35 18 8 9 55 39 17 12 2 3 31 13 18 6 6 6 24 26 16 62
5 Montpellier 35 14 13 8 51 40 18 8 7 3 30 19 17 6 6 5 21 21 11 55
6 Olympique Marseille 35 16 7 12 54 47 17 10 4 3 30 14 18 6 3 9 24 33 7 55
7 Nice 35 14 10 11 27 31 17 9 3 5 16 13 18 5 7 6 11 18 -4 52
8 Nîmes 35 14 7 14 52 53 17 8 5 4 27 17 18 6 2 10 25 36 -1 49
9 Reims 35 11 16 8 33 38 18 7 7 4 18 17 17 4 9 4 15 21 -5 49
10 Strasbourg 35 10 16 9 56 44 18 6 8 4 31 23 17 4 8 5 25 21 12 46
11 Nantes 35 13 7 15 46 45 18 9 4 5 35 23 17 4 3 10 11 22 1 46
12 Angers SCO 35 10 15 10 42 41 17 5 8 4 22 19 18 5 7 6 20 22 1 45
13 Rennes 35 11 12 12 49 50 17 7 6 4 23 16 18 4 6 8 26 34 -1 45
14 Bordeaux 35 9 11 15 33 40 18 7 6 5 24 20 17 2 5 10 9 20 -7 38
15 Toulouse 35 8 13 14 32 50 18 4 9 5 18 21 17 4 4 9 14 29 -18 37
16 Amiens SC 35 8 10 17 29 49 17 6 4 7 18 21 18 2 6 10 11 28 -20 34
17 Monaco 35 7 12 16 36 54 18 3 6 9 17 29 17 4 6 7 19 25 -18 33
18 Caen 35 6 12 17 26 47 17 3 5 9 13 24 18 3 7 8 13 23 -21 30
19 Dijon 35 7 7 21 27 54 17 4 4 9 14 27 18 3 3 12 13 27 -27 28
20 Guingamp 35 5 10 20 24 63 18 3 6 9 14 25 17 2 4 11 10 38 -39 25

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