Châteauroux vs AS Nancy Lorraine Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Châteauroux

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Châteauroux will be hoping for a better result following the 1-0 Ligue 2 defeat in their last game at the hands of Paris FC.

Ali Abdi (69') scored for Paris FC.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times that Châteauroux have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Châteauroux have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 7 goals on the way. That pattern isn’t assured to follow through into this game, of course.

Going into this encounter, Châteauroux have not emerged victorious against AS Nancy Lorraine in their previous 2 matches in the league.

AS Nancy Lorraine

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Since being beaten in their last game against Grenoble in Ligue 2 action, AS Nancy Lorraine and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

The only name on the scoresheet from AS Nancy Lorraine was Giovanni Haag (23'). Jessy Bénet (79') and Moussa Djitté (93') scored for Grenoble.

The stats tell the story, and AS Nancy Lorraine have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 7 goals in all. In defence, Les Chardons have some weaknesses to address.

A look at their previous results shows us that AS Nancy Lorraine:

• are winless against Châteauroux when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 4 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings going back to 29/09/2017, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Châteauroux winning 3 of those games, AS Nancy Lorraine 3 and 0 being draws in regulation time.

An aggregate of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 6 of them for Châteauroux and 8 being from Les Chardons. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.

The previous league meeting between these clubs was Ligue 2 match day 9 on 31/10/2020 which finished with the scoreline of AS Nancy Lorraine 2-1 Châteauroux.

The match was refereed by Guillaume Paradis.

📋 Team News: Châteauroux

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the sole fitness concern for the Châteauroux gaffer Benoît Cauet to contend with from a near full-strength set of players. Chaker Alhadhur (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) will miss out.

ℹ️ Team News: AS Nancy Lorraine

Thanks to a largely full-strength squad, there is just the one fitness worry for the AS Nancy Lorraine gaffer Jean-Louis Garcia to contend with. Mehdi Merghem (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) misses out for this game.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that AS Nancy Lorraine and Châteauroux may well both score, with little between these two teams.

We’ll see, but this looks like it could end up all-square. We’re therefore tipping a hard-fought 1-1 score at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 11:23 23/02/2021