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Nantes v Lyon : Ligue 1 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 26th Jan, 16:15 BST, La Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau, Nantes

It's an away match for Pierre Sage's Lyon side on Sunday afternoon, as they head to the La Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau for a Ligue 1 showdown with Antoine Kombouare's Nantes. Ahead of the game, it's our goal to help you find the perfect bet for you. To this end, stats for the biggest betting market have been laid out below, with head-to-head records and particularly important form streaks highlighted. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are also given.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We make over 1.5 goals our best tip on this match, meaning that the teams will score a minimum of 2 goals between them during 90 mins. Both Nantes and Lyon's recent form stats suggest it's likely, while their head-to-head (H2H) record is pointing in the same direction too. The bookies make it the most probable outcome in this market too, available at 1.22.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 43% chance of Lyon coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Nantes
32%
12/523/10
Draw
25%
13/513/5
Lyon
43%
21/2011/10
Draw 1-1
12%
6/111/2
Lyon 1-0
9%
17/27/1
Lyon 2-1
9%
8/17/1
Nantes 1-0
8%
11/19/1
Nantes 2-1
8%
11/19/1
Lyon 2-0
7%
10/19/1
Draw 0-0
6%
12/110/1
Draw 2-2
6%
11/110/1
Nantes 2-0
5%
18/114/1
Lyon 3-1
5%
14/112/1
Lyon 3-0
4%
18/114/1
Nantes 3-1
3%
22/118/1
Lyon 3-2
3%
22/116/1
Nantes 3-2
2%
28/120/1
Nantes 3-0
2%
33/125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
52%
8/117/10
Under 2.5 Goals
48%
11/1021/20
Home 1st Goal
46%
13/105/4
Away 1st Goal
50%
8/133/4
No 1st Goal
4%
12/110/1
BTTS - Yes
56%
8/138/13
BTTS - No
44%
6/56/5
BTTS - Home Win
16%
5/117/4
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/310/3
BTTS - Away Win
21%
11/413/5
Home/draw
57%
8/118/11
Away/draw
68%
3/101/3
Home/away
75%
2/72/7
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
2/92/9
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
10/329/10
Over 3.5 Goals
30%
7/417/10
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
4/94/9
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
4/119/5
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
1/61/6
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
9/18/1
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/161/20
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/251/33
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
12/110/1
Home DNB
49%
6/411/8
Away DNB
61%
1/28/15
Nantes win to nil
16%
11/2-
Lyon win to nil
22%
3/1-
Nantes / Nantes
15%
9/24/1
Nantes / Lyon
4%
20/116/1
Nantes / Draw
6%
14/111/1
Draw / Nantes
11%
13/26/1
Draw / Lyon
15%
9/24/1
Draw / Draw
14%
5/117/4
Lyon / Nantes
3%
28/122/1
Lyon / Lyon
24%
12/511/5
Lyon / Draw
6%
12/111/1
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Nantes have played 17 matches so far this season and are in 15th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 6 and won 2. Nantes have conceded 22 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 2 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Nantes have played 8 games at home, winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 10 goals, conceded 11 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Lyon lay in 6th place on 28 points in the Ligue 1 league table having played 17 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below them in the table, winning 7, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored 21 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Lyon have conceded 12 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Lyon have played 9 away games, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Nantes
Lyon
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSG1713403143 
Apr 13
d
 
1-1A
Feb 23
l
 
3-1A
2
Marseille1711331936 
l
 
1-2A
Mar 2
l
 
2-3F
Feb 2
3
Monaco179441031 
d
 
2-2F
Feb 16
l
 
0-2A
May 11
4
Nice178631230 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 6
w
 
4-1F
Mar 9
5
Lille177821029 
Mar 16
d
 
1-1A
Apr 6
d
 
1-1A
6
Lyon Away17845728 
Jan 26
l
 
2-0A
-
-
7
Lens17764527 
Feb 23
l
 
3-2A
May 4
d
 
0-00-0
8
Toulouse17737024 
Apr 27
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 18
w
 
1-2A
9
Strasbourg17656123 
Mar 9
l
 
3-1A
w
 
4-3A
Mar 30
10
Auxerre17647-222 
w
 
2-0F
May 11
d
 
2-2F
Apr 13
11
Brest17719-422 
Feb 9
l
 
4-1A
Mar 2
l
 
2-1A
12
Reims17557-220 
l
 
1-2F
Feb 2
Feb 9
d
 
1-1F
13
Angers17548-819 
May 4
d
 
1-1F
May 18
w
 
0-3F
14
Rennes175210-217 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 20
Apr 27
l
 
3-0A
15
Nantes Home17377-716 
-
-
w
 
2-0F
Jan 26
16
St Etienne175111-2116 
d
 
2-2F
Jan 19
w
 
1-0F
Apr 20
17
Le Havre174013-2312 
l
 
0-2A
Mar 30
Mar 16
w
 
0-4F
18
Montpellier172312-269 
May 18
w
 
1-3F
w
 
1-0F
Feb 16
Win / draw / win form
Nantes 15TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
3
D
4
Lost
13
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Nantes2 - 2Monaco
Nantes1 - 0Rennes
Nantes0 - 2Le Havre
Nantes1 - 2Marseille
Nantes1 - 1Nice
Nantes2 - 2St Etienne
Nantes1 - 2Reims
Nantes2 - 0Auxerre
Nantes1 - 2Lille
Nantes0 - 3Rennes
Nantes1 - 3Lyon
Nantes1 - 3Strasbourg
Nantes0 - 2Metz
Nantes0 - 2PSG
Nantes0 - 1Lens
Nantes1 - 2Clermont
Nantes0 - 2Brest
Nantes1 - 0Nice
Nantes0 - 0Le Havre
Nantes0 - 1Reims
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
3
Draw
8
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNantes2 - 2Monaco
ANantes1 - 1Lille
ANantes1 - 4Brest
HNantes1 - 0Rennes
ANantes1 - 1PSG
HNantes0 - 2Le Havre
ANantes2 - 3Lens
HNantes1 - 2Marseille
ANantes1 - 3Strasbourg
HNantes1 - 1Nice
ANantes0 - 2Lyon
HNantes2 - 2St Etienne
ANantes1 - 1Angers
HNantes1 - 2Reims
ANantes3 - 1Montpellier
HNantes2 - 0Auxerre
ANantes0 - 0Toulouse
ANantes0 - 4Monaco
HNantes1 - 2Lille
ANantes0 - 0Brest
Lyon 6TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Brest2 - 1Lyon
PSG3 - 1Lyon
Angers0 - 3Lyon
Reims1 - 1Lyon
Lille1 - 1Lyon
Le Havre0 - 4Lyon
Toulouse1 - 2Lyon
Lens0 - 0Lyon
Rennes3 - 0Lyon
Clermont0 - 1Lyon
Lille3 - 4Lyon
PSG4 - 1Lyon
Nantes1 - 3Lyon
Toulouse2 - 3Lyon
Lorient0 - 2Lyon
Metz1 - 2Lyon
Montpellier1 - 2Lyon
Le Havre3 - 1Lyon
Monaco0 - 1Lyon
Marseille3 - 0Lyon
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
11
D
4
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ALyon1 - 2Brest
HLyon1 - 0Montpellier
ALyon1 - 3PSG
ALyon3 - 0Angers
HLyon4 - 1Nice
ALyon1 - 1Reims
HLyon1 - 0St Etienne
ALyon1 - 1Lille
HLyon2 - 2Auxerre
ALyon4 - 0Le Havre
HLyon2 - 0Nantes
ALyon2 - 1Toulouse
HLyon2 - 3Marseille
ALyon0 - 0Lens
HLyon4 - 3Strasbourg
HLyon0 - 2Monaco
ALyon0 - 3Rennes
HLyon2 - 1Strasbourg
ALyon1 - 0Clermont
ALyon4 - 3Lille
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Lyon have beaten Nantes in 3 consecutive league meetings
9
Lyon have not lost to Nantes in 9 consecutive league meetings
League games at Nantes since 2014
Nantes
Lyon
Goals: Scored
6
16
Games: Scored
5 / 10
7 / 10
Clean sheets
3 / 10
5 / 10
NAN
1
D
4
LYN
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nantes
1 - 3Lyon
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Lyon
1 - 2Lyon
Nantes2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 6Lyon
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Lyon
League games at Lyon since 2013
Lyon
Nantes
Goals: Scored
22
8
Games: Scored
11 / 12
6 / 12
Clean sheets
6 / 12
1 / 12
NAN
1
D
2
LYN
9
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lyon
Lyon2 - 0
Lyon1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Lyon3 - 2
Lyon3 - 0
0 - 1Nantes
Draw1 - 1Draw
Lyon2 - 0
Lyon3 - 2
Lyon2 - 0
Lyon1 - 0
Lyon3 - 1
Goal Statistics

Lyon have been steady in attack of late, scoring in 13 consecutive Ligue 1 matches. Their PG of 1.5 against Nantes on Sunday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Nantes 15th Lyon 6th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.5
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Nantes will score no more than 1 goal
0
22%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 78% probability that Lyon will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-40
Nantes have scored 40% fewer goals at home than predicted
+18
Lyon have scored 18% more goals when away than predicted
0.8
average goals scored
1.7
average goals scored
1.6
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2024/2025 season
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Nantes
PG (predicted goals)
Lyon
1.3
1.5
Attack rating
NAN
LYN
12%
better
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Games scored14
14
Failed to score3
3
Scored first8
9
Goals scored20
29
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.7
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for15
18
Avg. XG for1.2
1.6
KickOff rating
+12%
Defence rating
NAN
LYN
22%
better
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Games conceded14
11
Clean sheets3
6
Conceded first8
7
Goals conceded27
22
Avg. goals conceded1.6
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded9
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
8
Conversion rate against18%
12%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.4
KickOff rating
+22%

Nantes v Lyon Ligue 1 lLine ups will show here when available.

Nantes Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16555
M AblineM AblineM SimonN Pallois
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Abline FWD175
1
-
P Chirivella  MID161
2
-
J Castelletto DEF15
4
-
D Augusto MID1522
4
-
S Thomas FWD1512
1
-
M Mohamed FWD151
1
-
M Simon FWD1545
1
-
N Cozza DEF141
2
-
J Lepenant MID1421
2
-
K Amian DEF131
1
-
A Lafont GLK12
1
-
N Pallois DEF121
5
-
N Zeze DEF12
3
-
J Gbamin MID10
1
-
I Ganago FWD10
1
-
J Duverne DEF9
2
-
M Coco FWD91
2
1
T Kadewere FWD812
1
-
B. Guirassy FWD82
-
F Mollet MID6
-
P Carlgren GLK3
-
F Centonze DEF2
-
Lyon Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
17537
L PerriA LacazetteM FofanaD Caleta-Car
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Perri GLK17
1
-
A Maitland-Niles DEF1712
-
G Mikautadze FWD1741
1
-
M Fofana FWD1733
1
-
A Lacazette FWD1652
1
-
D Caleta-Car DEF141
7
-
M Niakhaté DEF14
-
C Mata DEF143
2
-
C Tolisso MID1412
2
-
N Matić MID13
-
R Cherki MID1333
2
-
Abner DEF121
1
-
S Benrahma FWD1213
-
E Nuamah FWD11
1
-
T Tessmann MID10
1
-
N Tagliafico DEF92
3
-
M Caqueret MID9
1
-
W Zaha FWD4
-
S Kumbedi DEF3
-
G Orban FWD32
1
-
M. Diawara MID2
-
W Omari DEF1
-
Adryelson DEF1
1
-