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

Sat 31st Jan, 18:00 BST, Stade du Moustoir, Lorient

Olivier Pantaloni's Lorient side will have home backing in the Ligue 1 on Saturday evening, as Luís Manuel Ferreira de Castro's Nantes travel to the Stade du Moustoir. Ahead of the game, it's our goal to help you find the perfect bet for you. To this end, statistics for the biggest betting market have been laid out below, with head-to-head history and particularly important form streaks highlighted. Odds from leading bookmakers are also given.


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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
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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Lorient
53%
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Draw
23%
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Nantes
24%
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Draw 1-1
10%
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Lorient 2-1
10%
--
Lorient 1-0
9%
--
Lorient 2-0
8%
--
Nantes 2-1
6%
--
Lorient 3-1
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Nantes 1-0
6%
--
Lorient 3-0
5%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Lorient 3-2
4%
--
Nantes 2-0
3%
--
Lorient 4-1
3%
--
Nantes 3-1
3%
--
Lorient 4-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
59%
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Under 2.5 Goals
41%
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Home 1st Goal
54%
--
Away 1st Goal
44%
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No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
59%
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BTTS - No
41%
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BTTS - Home Win
27%
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BTTS - Draw
18%
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BTTS - Away Win
14%
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Home/draw
76%
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Away/draw
47%
--
Home/away
77%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
37%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
63%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
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Under 4.5 Goals
80%
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Over 5.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
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Over 0.5 Goals
95%
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Under 0.5 Goals
5%
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Home DNB
69%
--
Away DNB
40%
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Lorient win to nil
25%
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Nantes win to nil
11%
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Lorient have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 12th place in the Ligue 1 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 6 games against teams below in the table, having won 1, drawn 3 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 0 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Lorient have outscored their opponents by 23 goals to 16 goals.

Home League Performance

Lorient have played 9 games at home winning 4, drawing 4 and losing 1 game. They have scored 18 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 15 goals at home.

Nantes are in 16th position in the Ligue 1 on 14 points having played 17 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 13 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 8 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 5 and won 2. Nantes have conceded 26 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Lorient
Nantes
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSG1813322542 
d
 
1-1A
May 3
l
 
0-1A
Mar 15
2
Lens1713131840 
Mar 15
l
 
3-0A
l
 
1-2A
May 9
3
Marseille1710251932 
Apr 19
l
 
4-0A
May 3
w
 
0-2F
4
Lille181026832 
l
 
1-7A
Mar 8
l
 
0-2A
Mar 1
5
Lyon17935830 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 12
Feb 8
l
 
3-0A
6
Rennes17863530 
w
 
4-0F
Jan 24
d
 
2-2A
Apr 26
7
Strasbourg17737524 
Apr 26
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 22
l
 
1-0A
8
Toulouse17656223 
d
 
1-1F
Mar 22
May 16
d
 
2-2F
9
Monaco18729-523 
w
 
3-1F
w
 
1-3F
l
 
3-5A
Feb 15
10
Angers17647-222 
Feb 15
l
 
2-0A
Mar 8
l
 
4-1A
11
Brest17647-422 
d
 
3-3F
Feb 8
Apr 19
d
 
0-00-0
12
Lorient18576-722 
-
-
d
 
1-1A
Jan 31
13
Le Havre17467-818 
May 16
d
 
1-1F
Feb 22
d
 
1-1F
14
Nice17539-1018 
w
 
3-1A
Feb 22
Jan 25
l
 
1-0A
15
Paris FC17449-916 
Apr 5
l
 
2-0A
Jan 18
w
 
1-2F
16
Nantes17359-1214 
Jan 31
d
 
1-1F
-
-
17
Auxerre173311-1312 
Mar 1
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
Apr 12
18
Metz173311-2012 
d
 
1-1A
May 9
l
 
0-2A
Apr 5
Win / draw / win form
7
Lorient have not lost in 7 consecutive home league games
Lorient 12TH
20 league games
Home
7
Overall
Goals: Scored
49
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
13
Draw
5
L
2
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
Nantes 17TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
4
Draw
7
Lost
9
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Lorient since 2013
Lorient
Nantes
Goals: Scored
7
11
Games: Scored
4 / 8
7 / 8
Clean sheets
1 / 8
4 / 8
LOR
2
D
1
NAN
5
League games at Nantes since 2014
Nantes
Lorient
Goals: Scored
17
9
Games: Scored
9 / 9
6 / 9
Clean sheets
3 / 9
0 / 9
D
3
NAN
6
Goal Statistics

Lorient's defensive record is very strong, O. Pantaloni's men having conceded 1 or less in 7 consecutive Ligue 1 games. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.2 for Nantes makes sense in this context.

Lorient 12th Nantes 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.9
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
15%
1
29%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
12%
There is a 85% probability that Lorient will score 1 or more goals
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Nantes will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+37
Lorient have scored 37% more goals at home than predicted
-1
Nantes’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.5
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2025/2026 season
Lorient
PG (predicted goals)
Nantes
1.9
1.2
Attack rating
%
better
LOR
NAN
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
LOR
NAN
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

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

Lorient Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
17545
M TalbiP PagisK. KouassiL Abergel
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K. Kouassi DEF1714
2
-
M Talbi DEF17
1
-
T Bris MID1721
-
L Abergel MID171
5
-
S Soumano FWD1742
2
-
K Dermane MID1612
3
-
A Avon MID161
3
-
Mohamed Bamba FWD1612
3
-
Y Mvogo  GLK15
-
J Makengo MID1511
-
J Mvuka FWD15
-
P Pagis FWD155
1
-
D Yongwa DEF14
2
1
A Tosin  FWD143
1
-
N Cadiou MID131
-
B Meïté DEF122
2
-
I Silva DEF91
1
-
A. Faye DEF7
5
-
B Dieng FWD621
1
-
N Adjei DEF4
-
B Kamara GLK3
-
P Katseris MID3
1
-
Nantes Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
17326
K AmianY ArabiM AblineC Awaziem
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Amian DEF171
2
-
M Abline FWD1722
3
-
A Lopes GLK16
2
-
C Awaziem DEF161
6
-
D. Assoumani MID15
2
-
M Mohamed FWD152
1
-
Y Arabi FWD153
-
B. Guirassy FWD1421
1
-
N Cozza DEF13
-
J Mwanga MID131
2
1
L. Leroux MID1311
1
-
K Hyeok-Kyu MID12
2
-
J Lepenant MID111
1
-
Y Benhattab FWD101
-
B. Deuff MID9
-
A. Camara FWD9
-
M. Lahdo FWD811
1
-
F Centonze DEF72
1
-
H Hyun-seok MID6
-
F Coquelin MID5
1
-
U Radakovic DEF4
-
P Carlgren GLK2
-
S. Doucouré DEF1
-