Home advantage could prove decisive in Strasbourg - Lorient battle

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Meinau (29200 seats)

Stats, recent trends, recent fixtures, form details, head to head, selected XIs and much more: Get all you should know on Strasbourg - Lorient!

Insights:
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lorient have yet to win a game away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Lorient play their home games on artifical turf, while this match will be played on grass. The latest results for Lorient when playing on grass are 10 wins, 13 draws and 16 defeats from 39 matches. They have created 49 goals and conceded 60 times in these games.

These teams have little in common geographically as Lorient have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Strasbourg form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Strasbourg have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games.

The fans are hoping that Strasbourg will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Ligue 1 game against Rennes (placed 5th). Sanjin Prcić (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.35/10. Prcić had 25 successful passes (of 28 total).

Before that, Strasbourg had a home game versus Saint-Étienne which ended with a victory 5-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Strasbourg handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and five defeats.

Strasbourg can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 13 times. On the other hand, Strasbourg have conceded 7 goals.

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Lorient form and stats

Lorient have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 0-4-2 (6 played).

There were no winners in Lorient's previous match, a Ligue 1 home game that ended 1-1 vs Bordeaux (placed 17th). Defender Julien Laporte was the best team player with a rating of 8.13. Laporte scored one goal and won 5 of 10 duels.

Prior to that match, the Lorient manager C. Pélissier faced defeat when travelling to Olympique Marseille and losing 1-4.

Lorient are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and three defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Lorient have scored 6 goals in 6 league games away. Lorient's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the preceeding four meetings involving these two sides are: zero wins for Strasbourg, two draws and two wins for Lorient. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

StrasbourgL. Ajorque
L. Ajorque
4 goals
StrasbourgH. Diallo
H. Diallo
4 goals
LorientA. Lauriente
A. Lauriente
4 goals

Strasbourg missing players

Lorient missing players

Strasbourg Lorient
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 2 6 11
4 3 0 Won W 0 0 3
2 1 0 Drew D 1 4 6
5 2 1 Lost L 1 2 2
18 13 1 Scored S 2 6 12
16 7 2 Conceded C 4 11 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 91%
82% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 73%
55% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 36%
36% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 27%
18% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 9%
64% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 73%
18% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 27%
18% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 9%
 
4.8 5 8 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.7 3.9
5.8 5.8 8 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.8 5.9
2.3 2.5 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.2 2.9
2 1 1 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
10.3 11.7 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 10.7 10
3.9 4.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.8 3.5
42% 45% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 26% 32%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Strasbourg's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lorient have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lorient have yet to win a game away.
  • Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Strasbourg have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lorient have scored away.
  • Strasbourg 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 PSG 11 9 1 1 24 10 5 5 0 0 14 4 6 4 1 1 10 6 14 28
2 Lens 11 6 3 2 20 12 6 3 2 1 11 6 5 3 1 1 9 6 8 21
3 Nice 10 6 2 2 20 7 5 3 2 0 11 5 5 3 0 2 9 2 13 19
4 Olympique Marseille 10 5 3 2 18 11 6 3 2 1 13 7 4 2 1 1 5 4 7 18
5 Rennes 11 5 3 3 16 9 6 4 1 1 11 3 5 1 2 2 5 6 7 18
6 Angers SCO 11 4 5 2 17 13 5 3 1 1 9 6 6 1 4 1 8 7 4 17
7 Nantes 11 5 2 4 16 12 6 4 0 2 9 5 5 1 2 2 7 7 4 17
8 Monaco 11 5 2 4 17 14 6 3 1 2 10 7 5 2 1 2 7 7 3 17
9 Olympique Lyonnais 11 4 4 3 18 16 6 3 3 0 13 7 5 1 1 3 5 9 2 16
10 Lille 11 4 3 4 14 16 5 3 1 1 7 7 6 1 2 3 7 9 -2 15
11 Lorient 11 3 6 2 12 14 5 3 2 0 6 3 6 0 4 2 6 11 -2 15
12 Strasbourg 11 4 2 5 18 16 6 3 1 2 13 7 5 1 1 3 5 9 2 14
13 Montpellier 11 3 4 4 18 19 6 3 2 1 12 8 5 0 2 3 6 11 -1 13
14 Clermont 11 3 4 4 14 22 5 2 2 1 7 6 6 1 2 3 7 16 -8 13
15 Troyes 11 3 3 5 11 15 5 1 2 2 5 6 6 2 1 3 6 9 -4 12
16 Reims 11 2 5 4 12 14 5 1 2 2 7 8 6 1 3 2 5 6 -2 11
17 Bordeaux 11 1 6 4 13 22 5 0 3 2 5 8 6 1 3 2 8 14 -9 9
18 Brest 11 0 6 5 12 20 5 0 3 2 6 9 6 0 3 3 6 11 -8 6
19 Metz 11 1 3 7 12 26 5 0 2 3 5 11 6 1 1 4 7 15 -14 6
20 Saint-Étienne 11 0 5 6 11 25 6 0 4 2 6 10 5 0 1 4 5 15 -14 5

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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.