Lyon vs Nantes Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Lyon

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Lyon go into this fixture after a 3-3 Ligue 1 drawn result versus Lille.

In that game, Lyon managed 45% possession and 6 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Lyon, the scorers were Bradley Barcola (64') and Alexandre Lacazette (83', 89'). On the other side, Lille had 8 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Jonathan David (46', 60', 80') scored for Lille.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times where Lyon have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Lyon have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 8 goals during that time. We shall soon find out if that trend will be sustained in this game.

Their past results show that Lyon:

• haven't lost in the league to Nantes in their previous 5 matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 home league matches.

Nantes

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In their previous fixture, Nantes drew 2-2 in the Ligue 1 match with Nice.

In that game, Nantes managed 45% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For Nantes, the goalscorers were Moussa Sissoko (31') and Mostafa Mohamed (88'). On the other side, Nice had 16 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Terem Moffi (5') and Youssouf Ndayishimiye (71') scored for Nice.

The numbers tell their own story, and Nantes have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 14 goals in all. Defensively, Nantes certainly have room for improvement.

Analysis of their past results shows that Nantes:

• haven't beaten Lyon when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
• are without an away win for the past 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings going back to 18/01/2020 tells us that these encounters have not been good ones for Nantes. They’ve not managed to get any wins whatsoever whereas Lyon have just been stronger than them, winning in 83% of those match-ups.

In all, 19 goals were produced between them in this period, with 13 of them for Lyon and 6 coming from Les Canaris. That is an average goals per game value of 3.17.

The previous league encounter featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 18 on 11/01/2023 which ended up with the score at Nantes 0-0 Lyon.

In that match, Nantes had 39% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target.

On the other side, Lyon had 10 shots on goal with 6 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Marc Bollengier.

🗞️ Team News: Lyon

The Lyon manager Laurent Blanc will be grateful to have no fitness worries to speak of before this match with a fully healthy group to pick from.

It’s our opinion that Lyon look set to make use of the 4-3-1-2 formation for the game with Remy Riou, Sael Kumbedi, Dejan Lovren, Castello Lukeba, Nicolas Tagliafico, Maxence Caqueret, Corentin Tolisso, Johann Lepenant, Amin Sarr, Alexandre Lacazette and Bradley Barcola.

🗞️ Team News: Nantes

In an otherwise full-strength group, there’s only the sole fitness issue for the Nantes gaffer Antoine Kombouaré to be concerned about. Quentin Merlin (Tear in the abductor muscle) won’t be playing here.

We reckon that Les Canaris might utilise a 4-3-3 formation by sending out Alban Lafont, Fabien Centonze, J. Castelletto, Nicolas Pallois, Joao Victor, Moussa Sissoko, Andrei Girotto, Florent Mollet, Evann Guessand, Moses Simon and Mostafa Mohamed.

💡 Prediction

We envisage that Lyon are likely to dominate possession and create several successful chances.

At the other end, Nantes won’t find it easy to get shooting opportunities but we can see them converting at least once here.

We’re therefore expecting to see a comfortable 3-1 victory for Lyon at full-time.

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Victor Martins, 00:42 13/03/2023