The home supporters plan for a win and three points in this fixture, as the home advantage might do the trick against a stumbling visitor. Nice are in 13th place while the guesting Nantes panic at 14th.
- Nice have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Ligue 1
- Nantes have yet to win a game away.
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.
This should be an action-packed fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both contenders are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!
Nice form and stats
The Ligue 1 statistics at home this season for Nice are 1-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
An away draw last time out for Nice, facing Auxerre in a game that ended 1-1. The gifted forward Delort edged out all others in that game and managed a match rating of 7.44 out of 10. Delort scored one goal.
Ahead of that fixture, a surprising home defeat against Slovacko in the Europa Conference League. The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Nice matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats (from 5 games).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Nice as they have a new game in only four days, a Europa Conference League match thankfully also at home. Partizan are visiting.
Nice aren't scoring a lot here at Allianz Riviera in the league, with only {4 goals} from 5 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nice defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Nantes form and stats
Nantes have only collected 2 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 0-2-4 (6 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Kombouare, the Nantes manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Simon, Ganago, Sissoko and Mohamed scored in Nantes's previous match, the home game against Brest that ended 4-1. Eureka; their first three points in the league after six games not winning. Midfield player Ganago was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.8/10. Ganago scored one goal.
The match before that was the Europa League-battle against Freiburg, a home defeat (0-4). Looking at the earlier recent performances of Nantes when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 2 and winning 0 games.
After this away game Nantes return home for a Europa League game against Qarabag. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Nantes manager Kombouare has some worries about the defense as 13 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: six wins for Nice, two draws and two wins for Nantes. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Delort 5 goals |   M. Simon 4 goals |  M. Abdallah 3 goals |
Nice missing players
Nantes missing players
| Nice | Nantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 82% |
| 64% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 82% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 64% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 55% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 64% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 36% | 60% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 4.4 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.3 | 5.5 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.6 | 14.6 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.7 | 11.8 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 28% | 20% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 30% |
| 11.8 | 13.4 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.7 | 13 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.2 | 3.9 |
- Nantes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nantes have yet to win a game away.
- Nice have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Nice have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nice have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Ligue 1
- Nice have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Nice 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 24 | 29 |
| 2 | Lorient | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Lens | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | Rennes | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| 6 | Monaco | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Lille | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Clermont | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Toulouse | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Olympique Lyonnais | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 12 |
| 12 | Troyes | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Nice | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Nantes | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | Reims | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 16 | Auxerre | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 9 |
| 17 | Strasbourg | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 18 | Ajaccio | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 8 |
| 19 | Angers SCO | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -14 | 8 |
| 20 | Brest | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -14 | 6 |
