Ligue 1 preview: Can Nice edge out victory against Nantes?

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Fri 14.January
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Riviera (36178 seats)

The home side, Nice, should be favourites in this match, but Nantes have proven both talent and guts. Read more about the fixture!

Insights:
  • Nice have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Nantes have won significantly less corners away then at home.

These teams have little in common geographically as Nantes have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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.

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Nice form and stats

The total Ligue 1 stats playing at home this season for Nice are 4-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Nice enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Brest's place. The match ended 3-0 with Dolberg, Delort and Gouiri scoring. Nice goalkeeper Benítez did an outstanding job against Brest with nine saves, so vital to securing the victory. The goalie Benítez was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 9.31 out of ten. Benítez stopped the opponent with nine saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Nice had a home game versus Lens which ended with a victory 2-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nice handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and four defeats.

Nice has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Nantes form and stats

The visitors are W3-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1. Nantes has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

256 minutes! That's how long the Nantes goalkeeper Alban Lafont and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

There were no winners in Nantes's previous match, a Ligue 1 home game that ended 0-0 vs Monaco (placed 7th). Chirivella got a match rating of 7.55 in that game, top player of the team. Chirivella hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 37 successful passes (of 45 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Vitre.

We have checked recent matches where Nantes have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were four victories, two draws and four defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Nantes have scored 11 goals in 10 league games away. As opposed to that, Nantes have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also faced each other earlier this match year: Nantes - Nice 0-2. Statistics for the previous ten meetings featuring these two sides are: six wins for Nice, three draws and one win for Nantes. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

NiceA. Gouiri
A. Gouiri
9 goals
NantesL. Blas
L. Blas
7 goals
NantesR. Kolo Muani
R. Kolo Muani
7 goals

Nice missing players

Nantes missing players

Nice Nantes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 3 10 20
11 4 2 Won W 0 3 8
4 3 1 Drew D 0 3 5
5 3 1 Lost L 3 4 7
32 14 7 Scored S 1 11 25
17 12 8 Conceded C 6 13 23
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
70% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 70%
60% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 30% 35%
20% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 30%
5% 10% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
40% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 60% 50%
35% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 25%
35% 40% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 20% 30%
 
5.5 5.7 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.7 4.5
4.4 2.4 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6 5.2
2.2 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.8 13.7 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 8.6 10.7
4.3 5 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.1 3.9
37% 28% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 35% 32%
 
11.2 8 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 15.7 12.8 11.7
3.6 2.6 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.3 5 4.2
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Nantes have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Nantes haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Nice have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

  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 20 14 5 1 40 18 9 8 1 0 21 6 11 6 4 1 19 12 22 47
2 Nice 20 11 4 5 32 17 10 4 3 3 14 12 10 7 1 2 18 5 15 36
3 Olympique Marseille 19 10 6 3 27 15 10 4 4 2 16 10 9 6 2 1 11 5 12 36
4 Rennes 20 9 4 7 34 19 10 6 1 3 19 8 10 3 3 4 15 11 15 31
5 Montpellier 19 9 4 6 33 24 10 6 2 2 19 10 9 3 2 4 14 14 9 31
6 Lens 20 8 6 6 34 28 10 5 4 1 19 9 10 3 2 5 15 19 6 30
7 Monaco 20 8 6 6 29 23 10 5 3 2 19 11 10 3 3 4 10 12 6 30
8 Strasbourg 19 8 5 6 36 24 10 5 2 3 23 12 9 3 3 3 13 12 12 29
9 Nantes 20 8 5 7 25 23 10 5 2 3 14 10 10 3 3 4 11 13 2 29
10 Lille 19 7 7 5 26 26 9 4 4 1 11 10 10 3 3 4 15 16 0 28
11 Olympique Lyonnais 19 6 8 5 27 27 10 4 5 1 18 12 9 2 3 4 9 15 0 25
12 Angers SCO 19 6 7 6 26 27 9 4 1 4 12 12 10 2 6 2 14 15 -1 25
13 Brest 20 6 7 7 26 31 10 3 3 4 13 16 10 3 4 3 13 15 -5 25
14 Reims 20 5 9 6 22 22 9 3 3 3 11 10 11 2 6 3 11 12 0 24
15 Clermont 19 4 6 9 20 32 9 2 4 3 10 11 10 2 2 6 10 21 -12 18
16 Troyes 19 4 5 10 18 28 10 2 4 4 11 12 9 2 1 6 7 16 -10 17
17 Bordeaux 20 3 8 9 30 44 11 1 4 6 15 21 9 2 4 3 15 23 -14 17
18 Lorient 19 3 7 9 15 31 9 3 3 3 8 9 10 0 4 6 7 22 -16 16
19 Metz 20 3 7 10 23 41 10 1 4 5 14 21 10 2 3 5 9 20 -18 16
20 Saint-Etienne 19 2 6 11 17 40 10 1 4 5 10 21 9 1 2 6 7 19 -23 12

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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.