The French top flight Ligue 1 will see Lorient square off Nantes at Stade Yves Allainmat in the seventh round of the campaign. Kickoffs schedules for September 11 at 16:00 EAT.
The hosts were one of worst the teams last season, they finished 16th in a table of 20, and avoided relegation into the second division with the clear of just four points. Coming into this game, Lorient are fifth in the table with 13 points after six matches so far. In their campaign they have recorded four wins against a loss and a draw (WDWLWW).
FC Lorient gets into this meeting confident coming off 3-1 Ligue 1 victory to beat Lyon in their previous fixture. In that match, FC Lorient had 33% possession, 11 shots with six of them on target and goals scored by Enzo Le Fée (6′), Terem Moffi (33′) and Dango Faissal Ouattara (49′). Lyon got 15 shots at goal with seven of them on target and a goal by Alexandre Lacazette (28′).
Meanwhile, Nantes looks weaker than last season when they finished inside the first 10 of the league standings, as they have posted just one win in their opening six matches to occupy 13th spot in the table with six points so far. Coming into this game, Nantes won two, drew two and lost two of the opening six matches (DLWDLW).
Nantes head into this meeting off the back of 2-1 Europa League win to beat Olympiacos in their most recent game. In that match, Nantes had 53% possession, 14 with five of them on target and goals scored by Mostafa Mohamed (32′), Samuel Moutoussamy (50′ OG) and Evann Guessand (93′). Olympiacos got 13 shots with none of them on target.
Lorient vs. Nantes head to head
Nantes boasts the upper hand in the head to head history of this game having won 15 times from the 28 meetings since 1998; Lorient won seven times while six matches ended in draws.
- Nantes 2-0 Lorient 23/07/22
- Nantes 4-2 Lorient 23/01/22
- Lorient 0-1 Nantes 05/12/21
- Nantes 0-1 Lorient 28/07/21
- Nantes 1-1 Lorient 21/03/21
Home
- Lorient 3-1 Lyon
- AC Ajaccio 0-1 Lorient
- Lens 5-2 Lorient
- Lorient 2-1 Clermont Foot
- Toulouse 2-2 Lorient
Away
- Nantes 2-1 Olympiacos
- Nantes 0-3 PSG
- Strasbourg 1-1 Nantes
- Nantes 3-1 Toulouse
- Marseille 2-1 Nantes
Lorient team news
Quentin Boisgard and Igor Silva will be unavailable for boss Régis Le Bris’s selection for this game through injuries.
Nantes team news
Charles Traoré is the only fitness concern for the visitors ahead of this game.
Prediction and odds
Lorient possess a 100% winning record in front of their home supporters this season while Nantes has generally offered weaker performances on travels than at home lately.
- Lorient Win
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
