Struggling Nimes will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Nantes in the upcoming league round. It's 20th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Nantes have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Nîmes form and stats
2-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Nîmes so far this season. All in all it has been a very rough period for Nîmes who hasn’t won a game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Toulouse, 84 days ago.
R. Ripart was the last player to score a league goal for Nîmes and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Nîmes haven't scored in 209 minutes.
The Nîmes crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-4 to Olympique Lyonnais here at Stade des Costieres in a Ligue 1 match. Heartbreak before that as Nîmes lost 0-6 at Bordeaux's place.
Nîmes were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Nîmes as they have a new game in only four days, a Coupe de la Ligue match thankfully also at home. Saint-Etienne are visiting.
The Nîmes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 7 matches. On the other hand, Nîmes have conceded 9 goals.
Nantes form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nantes so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-5 (win-draw-lose).
Nantes won their last game, 1-0 versus Dijon played at home. Prior to that match, the Nantes manager C. Gourcuff faced defeat when travelling to PSG and losing 0-2.
A new game in only four days for Nantes, the Coupe de la Ligue home match versus Strasbourg. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nantes as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Nantes in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's 4 Nîmes victories, 2 draws and 2 Nantes wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
K. Coulibaly
4 goals
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R. Ripart
3 goals
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Nîmes missing players
Nantes missing players
| Nîmes | Nantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
|
Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 28 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 88% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 62% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 47% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 29% |
| 31% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 38% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 35% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 41% |
| 50% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 38% | 29% |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 6.5 | 6.3 |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | 4.1 |
| 1.7 | 2.1 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 205 | 115 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 56 | 99 | 218 |
| 58 | 36 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 25 | 73 |
| 21% | 19% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 24% | 21% |
- Nantes has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nantes haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Nîmes has the fewest points (8) at home
- Nîmes has the fewest scored goals (7) at home
- Nîmes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nîmes haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 26 | 39 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 3 | Lille | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Rennes | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Bordeaux | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 26 |
| 6 | Nantes | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | Saint-Etienne | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 25 |
| 9 | Reims | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 |
| 10 | Montpellier | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 24 |
| 11 | Monaco | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 24 |
| 12 | Angers SCO | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Nice | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 23 |
| 14 | Brest | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 16 | Dijon | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 16 |
| 17 | Amiens SC | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -12 | 16 |
| 18 | Metz | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 15 |
| 19 | Toulouse | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -16 | 12 |
| 20 | Nîmes | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | -16 | 12 |