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Nantes

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Nantes will be looking for another win after the 1-2 Ligue 1 success vs Nice.

In that match, Nantes had 43% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 4 on target. For Nantes, goals were scored by Matthis Abline (19') and Mostafa Mohamed (77'). On the other side, Nice got 11 shots on goal with 3 on target. Terem Moffi (72') scored for Nice.

Nantes have struggled with their forward play in more recent games. Their ‘goals for’ figure stands at just 4 against opponents over the course of their previous 6 matches. In those meetings, Nantes have also seen the number of goals that have gone against them come to 10.

Pre-game facts show that Nantes:

• are winless against Lyon in their last 7 league games.
• are without a home win in the past 6 league games. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Lyon

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Lyon go into this meeting following a 3-0 Coupe De France win to beat Valenciennes FC in their last game.

In that match, Lyon had 67% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Lyon, the goalscorers were Alexandre Lacazette (51', 57') and Gift Orban (75'). Valenciennes had 3 shots at goal with 0 on target.

Pierre Sage's Lyon have fired home a total of 8 times throughout their latest 6 matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during those same clashes adds up to 6.

Looking at their past form shows that Lyon:

• have not been beaten by Nantes when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 4 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 27/08/2021 shows that Nantes have won 1 of these & Lyon 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 2.

A combined sum of 10 goals were produced between them in this period, with 4 of them from Les Canaris and 6 created by Lyon. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.67.

The previous league match between these sides was Ligue 1 match day 17 on 20/12/2023 and the score finished Lyon 1-0 Nantes.

That time, Lyon managed 39% possession and 8 shots on goal with 7 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Alexandre Lacazette (49').

Nantes got 8 shots on goal with 0 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Benoît Bastien.

📰 Team News: Nantes

Bastien Meupiyou (Meniscus damage), Moses Simon (Broken fibula) and Ignatius Ganago (Cruciate ligament tear) are not available for Nantes boss Antoine Kombouaré.

It seems likely that Les Canaris look set to opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this one, beginning the first half with Alban Lafont, Kelvin Amian, J. Castelletto, Eray Coemert, Nicolas Cozza, Douglas Augusto, Pedro Chirivella, Florent Mollet, Moussa Sissoko, Matthis Abline and Mostafa Mohamed.

📰 Team News: Lyon

Thanks to a fully healthy group ready to go, the Lyon manager Pierre Sage has no fitness concerns to speak of before this game.

There’s a good chance that Lyon appear most likely to begin the game with a 4-3-3 lineup, starting Anthony Lopes, A. Maitland-Niles, Jake O'Brien, Duje Caleta-Car, Nicolas Tagliafico, Maxence Caqueret, Nemanja Matic, Corentin Tolisso, Ernest Nuamah, Alexandre Lacazette and Said Benrahma.

⚡ Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Nantes will have to play well to hit the back of the net against this Lyon outfit who we reckon will win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.

We’re therefore seeing a very even match with a 0-1 winning margin for Lyon when all is said and done.

It should be a good one.

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Lucas Pereira, 18:03 07/04/2024