Only a win will satisfy the Olympique Lyonnais supporters in this Groupama OL Academy Décines-Charpieu clash with Nantes, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Ligue 1 table.
- Olympique Lyonnais is in the best form (5-1-0)
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
Olympique Lyonnais have performed here at Groupama OL Academy Décines-Charpieu this season with 4 wins from 7 Ligue 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. Olympique has a nice streak going on as they have played 13 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Montpellier defeat 99 days ago.
Olympique enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Nice's place. The match ended 4-1 with Memphis Depay, Karl Toko Ekambi, Tino Kadewere and Houssem Aouar scoring. In the match before that, Olympique hosted Brest and drew the game 2-2.
Olympique are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found six matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew two and lost zero.
Goals decide football matches and Olympique are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 7 league matches. Olympique have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nantes form and stats
Nantes have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 1-2-5 (8 played). Nantes seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Nantes's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Angers SCO that finished 1-1. Prior to that match, the Nantes manager P. Collot faced defeat when travelling to Reims and losing 2-3.
The visiting Nantes have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 8 games. Nantes struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Olympique, three draws and two wins for Nantes. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Depay 8 goals |  K. Toko Ekambi 8 goals |  T. Kadewere 6 goals |
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
Nantes missing players
| Olympique Lyonnais | Nantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 31 | 16 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 88% | 86% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 75% | 86% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 56% | 71% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 38% | 43% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 31% |
| 25% | 29% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 69% | 71% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 69% |
| 31% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 12% | 14% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | 20.4 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.4 | 10.9 |
| 5.2 | 5.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 37% | 41% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 29% | 34% |
- Olympique Lyonnais have not yet lost a game at home.
- Olympique Lyonnais have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Olympique Lyonnais have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Olympique Lyonnais is in the best form (5-1-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lille | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 33 |
| 2 | Olympique Lyonnais | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 33 |
| 3 | Paris Saint Germain | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 25 | 32 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Rennes | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Monaco | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Lens | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| 9 | Angers SCO | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Metz | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 11 | Brest | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 23 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| 13 | Nice | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | -1 | 21 |
| 14 | Saint-Étienne | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 17 |
| 15 | Nantes | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 16 | Strasbourg | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 14 | -6 | 14 |
| 17 | Reims | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -6 | 14 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -18 | 12 |
| 19 | Lorient | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 11 |
| 20 | Dijon | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -16 | 9 |