Nantes vs Nice Live Stream, Predictions

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Nantes

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Nantes will be looking for an improved result here following a 0-1 Ligue 1 defeat in their last game at the hands of Lyon.

In that match, Nantes had 36% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. At the other end, Olympique Lyonnais got 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Moussa Dembélé (35') was the scorer for Lyon.

Fewer than three goals per game were seen in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Nantes have been participants. Regarding the goal weighting from this period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 5 while Nantes managed the sum of 5.

Heading into this fixture, Nantes haven't won against Nice in their last 2 league games.

Nice

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Nice come into this match following a 4-0 Ligue 1 win in the defeat of Girondins de Bordeaux in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Nice had 44% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. For Nice, the goalscorers were Justin Kluivert (7'), Amine Gouiri (33', 42') and Khéphren Thuram (85'). Girondins de Bordeaux got 13 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

Illustrating their partiality to eventful encounters, goals have been celebrated 20 times in the prior six games in which Nice have played, yielding a mean average of 3.33 goals per clash. Opposing teams have got 6 of those goals. Putting that to one side, it remains to be seen if that trend might continue on in this upcoming match.

Heading into this contest, Nice are undefeated in their last 2 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 18/02/2018 shows that Nantes have won 1 of these and Nice 3, with the tally of draws being 2.

A total of 14 goals were produced between them in these games, with 6 of them for Les Canaris and 8 coming from Les Aiglons. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The last league clash featuring the two was Ligue 1 match day 31 on 04/04/2021 when it finished Nantes 1-2 Nice.

That time, Nantes had 49% possession and 18 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Their only player to score was Abdoulaye Touré (32').

Nice had 17 attempts at goal with 8 on target. Kasper Dolberg (11', 29') was the scorer.

The referee was Stephanie Frappart.

ℹ️ Team News: Nantes

The Nantes boss Antoine Kombouaré will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns whatsoever before this match with a completely healthy squad ready to go.

📰 Team News: Nice

Due to a mostly available squad, there’s only the one fitness worry for the Nice manager Christophe Galtier to be concerned about. Youcef Atal (Thigh Muscle Strain) won’t be playing here.

💭 Prediction

In our opinion, Nantes will do well to hit the back of the net against this Nice lineup who should get the vital goal that wins it.

We’re going for a good battle with a 0-1 winning score for Nice at the end of the 90.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 23:43 07/09/2021