Ligue 1 preview: Home supporters expecting a win when Paris Saint Germain host Nantes

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Wed 04.December
Match begins: 20:05 (UTC)
Venue: Parc des Princes (47929 seats)

Paris Saint Germain perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Nantes can look both up and down from their 7th position.

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.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

6-0-1 is the performance here at Parc des Princes so far in the Ligue 1, giving Paris Saint Germain a total of 18 from their 7 games here. Outstanding results! Paris Saint Germain has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Parc des Princes. We remember; it was Reims.

Paris Saint Germain's last game was hosting Nantes (placed 7th) and winning 2-0. Before that, Paris Saint Germain played out a Champions League draw 2-2 when visiting Real Madrid.

Everyone expects Paris Saint Germain to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 17 games: 15 home wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Paris Saint Germain have won with at least two goals margin 12 times in similar situations.

Goals are plentiful at Parc des Princes in the league this season as Paris Saint Germain has scored 18 goals here in 7 home games. As for guarding their own goal, Paris Saint Germain have only let in 2 goals at home.

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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 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).

Two away games in a row for Nantes, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Paris Saint Germain in the Ligue 1. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Toulouse.

Nantes are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found four matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Of the defeats, 2 games were lost by at least two goals margin.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nantes as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. Nantes have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 9 Paris Saint Germain victories, 0 draws and 1 Nantes win. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainÁ. Di María
Á. Di María
6 goals
Paris Saint GermainM. Icardi
M. Icardi
6 goals
Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé
K. Mbappé
5 goals

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Nantes missing players

Paris Saint Germain Nantes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 8 1 Played P 2 8 16
12 7 0 Won W 0 2 7
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 1 Lost L 2 5 7
32 20 0 Scored S 1 6 14
8 2 2 Conceded C 4 11 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
80% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 50%
53% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 31%
27% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
27% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 38%
67% 88% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 38%
7% 12% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 31%
 
6.9 5.9 6 Corners For (avg) C F 10 6.2 6
3.3 3.9 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.5 5.4 4.2
1.9 1.6 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2 1.6
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
245 120 14 Total Shots T S 21 95 197
99 55 5 Shots on Target S O 5 23 65
32% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 26% 22%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Nantes has the fewest points from losing position (-1)
  • Nantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nantes haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Paris Saint Germain has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home
  • Paris Saint Germain has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals (18) at home
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals (30)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals in the first half (16)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the most scored goals in the second half (14)
  • Paris Saint Germain has the the best goal difference (+16) at home
  • Paris Saint Germain has the the best goal difference (+22)
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Paris Saint Germain have scored more than double the goals of Nantes.
  • Paris Saint Germain have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Paris Saint Germain 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 14 11 0 3 30 8 7 6 0 1 18 2 7 5 0 2 12 6 22 33
2 Olympique Marseille 16 9 4 3 22 18 8 5 2 1 11 7 8 4 2 2 11 11 4 31
3 Bordeaux 16 7 5 4 27 17 8 4 2 2 15 6 8 3 3 2 12 11 10 26
4 Lille 16 7 4 5 20 15 8 6 2 0 15 4 8 1 2 5 5 11 5 25
5 Angers SCO 16 7 3 6 19 21 9 6 1 2 15 6 7 1 2 4 4 15 -2 24
6 Montpellier 15 6 5 4 18 12 8 6 1 1 14 5 7 0 4 3 4 7 6 23
7 Nantes 15 7 2 6 14 14 8 5 1 2 8 5 7 2 1 4 6 9 0 23
8 Olympique Lyonnais 16 6 4 6 24 16 8 3 2 3 11 5 8 3 2 3 13 11 8 22
9 Saint-Étienne 15 6 4 5 16 19 7 2 4 1 7 6 8 4 0 4 9 13 -3 22
10 Rennes 14 6 3 5 19 16 7 4 1 2 12 9 7 2 2 3 7 7 3 21
11 Reims 15 5 6 4 11 8 8 2 5 1 5 3 7 3 1 3 6 5 3 21
12 Brest 16 5 6 5 21 19 9 4 4 1 15 6 7 1 2 4 6 13 2 21
13 Nice 15 6 2 7 20 22 8 4 2 2 13 11 7 2 0 5 7 11 -2 20
14 Monaco 14 5 3 6 21 24 7 4 1 2 16 13 7 1 2 4 5 11 -3 18
15 Strasbourg 16 5 3 8 16 21 8 4 2 2 12 9 8 1 1 6 4 12 -5 18
16 Amiens SC 15 4 4 7 19 28 7 3 1 3 9 12 8 1 3 4 10 16 -9 16
17 Metz 15 3 6 6 13 20 7 2 3 2 10 9 8 1 3 4 3 11 -7 15
18 Dijon 15 4 3 8 9 16 7 3 2 2 6 6 8 1 1 6 3 10 -7 15
19 Nîmes 15 2 6 7 12 24 6 2 2 2 7 5 9 0 4 5 5 19 -12 12
20 Toulouse 15 3 3 9 16 29 7 3 0 4 8 11 8 0 3 5 8 18 -13 12

Read more about Ligue 1

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.