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

Sat 7th Feb, 20:05 BST, La Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau, Nantes

Lyon, led by manager Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca, visit Luís Manuel Ferreira de Castro and his Nantes side at the La Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau on Saturday night in the Ligue 1. You'll see statistics supporting our top of below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other betting markets we're covering too. We aim to give you as full a picture as possible, with Ligue 1 performances and head to heads (H2Hs) included, so that you feel able to make a well-informed bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.


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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

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Nantes
29%
--
Draw
25%
--
Lyon
45%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Lyon 1-0
10%
--
Lyon 2-1
9%
--
Nantes 1-0
8%
--
Lyon 2-0
8%
--
Nantes 2-1
7%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Nantes 2-0
5%
--
Lyon 3-1
5%
--
Lyon 3-0
4%
--
Nantes 3-1
3%
--
Lyon 3-2
3%
--
Nantes 3-2
2%
--
Nantes 3-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
--
Home 1st Goal
45%
--
Away 1st Goal
51%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
54%
--
BTTS - No
46%
--
BTTS - Home Win
14%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
21%
--
Home/draw
55%
--
Away/draw
71%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
--
Home DNB
47%
--
Away DNB
63%
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Nantes win to nil
15%
--
Lyon win to nil
24%
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Nantes have played 18 matches so far this season and are in 16th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 5 and won 2. Nantes have conceded 28 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Nantes have played 9 games at home, winning 1, drawing 2 and losing 6 fixtures. They have scored 9 goals, conceded 17 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Lyon lay in 4th place on 33 points in the Ligue 1 league table having played 18 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below them in the table, winning 8, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored 23 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Lyon have conceded 15 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Lyon have played 9 away games, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.2 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
PSG1914322645 
l
 
0-1A
Mar 15
l
 
2-3A
Apr 19
2
Lens1814131943 
l
 
1-2A
May 9
May 16
w
 
0-1F
3
Marseille1811252235 
May 3
w
 
0-2F
w
 
1-0F
Mar 1
4
Lyon181035933 
Feb 7
l
 
3-0A
-
-
5
Lille181026832 
l
 
0-2A
Mar 1
Feb 1
w
 
0-1F
6
Rennes18873531 
d
 
2-2A
Apr 26
May 3
l
 
3-1F
7
Strasbourg18837627 
Mar 22
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1A
Feb 22
8
Toulouse18756626 
May 16
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-2F
May 9
9
Monaco18729-523 
l
 
3-5A
Feb 15
Mar 22
w
 
1-3F
10
Brest18648-522 
Apr 19
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
11
Angers18648-522 
Mar 8
l
 
4-1A
w
 
1-0F
Apr 5
12
Lorient18576-722 
d
 
1-1A
Jan 31
Apr 12
l
 
1-0A
13
Paris FC18549-819 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-2F
Mar 8
d
 
3-3F
14
Le Havre18477-819 
Feb 22
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
Mar 15
15
Nice185310-1418 
Jan 25
l
 
1-0A
Feb 15
l
 
3-2A
16
Nantes183510-1314 
-
-
w
 
3-0F
Feb 7
17
Auxerre193313-1512 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 12
Apr 26
d
 
0-00-0
18
Metz183312-2112 
l
 
0-2A
Apr 5
w
 
3-0F
Jan 25
Win / draw / win form
Nantes 17TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Nantes1 - 2Paris FC
Nantes1 - 2Lens
Nantes1 - 1Lorient
Nantes0 - 2Metz
Nantes3 - 5Monaco
Nantes0 - 2Lille
Nantes2 - 2Rennes
Nantes1 - 0Auxerre
Nantes0 - 1PSG
Nantes3 - 0Montpellier
Nantes0 - 1Angers
Nantes0 - 0Toulouse
Nantes1 - 1PSG
Nantes1 - 0Lille
Nantes0 - 1Strasbourg
Nantes3 - 1Lens
Nantes0 - 2Brest
Nantes1 - 1Lyon
Nantes2 - 2Monaco
Nantes1 - 0Rennes
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNantes1 - 2Paris FC
ANantes2 - 0Marseille
ANantes1 - 4Angers
HNantes1 - 2Lens
ANantes0 - 3Lyon
HNantes1 - 1Lorient
ANantes1 - 1Le Havre
HNantes0 - 2Metz
HNantes3 - 5Monaco
ANantes2 - 1Paris FC
HNantes0 - 2Lille
ANantes0 - 0Brest
ANantes2 - 2Toulouse
HNantes2 - 2Rennes
ANantes0 - 1Nice
HNantes1 - 0Auxerre
ANantes0 - 1Strasbourg
HNantes0 - 1PSG
HNantes3 - 0Montpellier
ANantes1 - 1Auxerre
Lyon 5TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Monaco1 - 3Lyon
Lorient1 - 0Lyon
Auxerre0 - 0Lyon
Brest0 - 0Lyon
Paris FC3 - 3Lyon
Nice3 - 2Lyon
Lille0 - 1Lyon
Rennes3 - 1Lyon
Lens0 - 1Lyon
Monaco2 - 0Lyon
St Etienne2 - 1Lyon
Auxerre1 - 3Lyon
Strasbourg4 - 2Lyon
Nice0 - 2Lyon
Montpellier1 - 4Lyon
Marseille3 - 2Lyon
Nantes1 - 1Lyon
Brest2 - 1Lyon
PSG3 - 1Lyon
Angers0 - 3Lyon
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HLyon2 - 1Brest
ALyon3 - 1Monaco
HLyon1 - 0Le Havre
ALyon0 - 1Lorient
HLyon3 - 0Nantes
ALyon0 - 0Auxerre
HLyon2 - 3PSG
ALyon0 - 0Brest
ALyon3 - 3Paris FC
HLyon2 - 1Strasbourg
ALyon2 - 3Nice
HLyon1 - 2Toulouse
ALyon1 - 0Lille
HLyon1 - 0Angers
ALyon1 - 3Rennes
HLyon1 - 0Marseille
HLyon3 - 0Metz
ALyon1 - 0Lens
HLyon2 - 0Angers
ALyon0 - 2Monaco
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Nantes since 2014
Nantes
Lyon
Goals: Scored
7
17
Games: Scored
6 / 11
8 / 11
Clean sheets
3 / 11
5 / 11
NAN
1
D
5
LYN
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nantes
Draw1 - 1Draw
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
25
8
Games: Scored
12 / 13
6 / 13
Clean sheets
7 / 13
1 / 13
NAN
1
D
2
LYN
10
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lyon
Lyon3 - 0
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's defensive record is very strong, P. Rodrigues Fonseca's men having conceded 1 or less in 6 consecutive Ligue 1 games. An average PG rating of 1.2 for Nantes makes sense in this context.

Nantes 17th Lyon 5th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.5
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% 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
-17
Nantes have scored 17% fewer goals at home than predicted
+2
Lyon’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.1
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2025/2026 season
Nantes
PG (predicted goals)
Lyon
1.2
1.5
Attack rating
%
better
NAN
LYN
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
NAN
LYN
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%

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

Nantes Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18326
K AmianM AblineM AblineC Awaziem
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Amian DEF181
2
-
M Abline FWD1832
3
-
A Lopes GLK17
2
-
C Awaziem DEF161
6
-
Y Arabi FWD163
-
D. Assoumani MID15
2
-
M Mohamed FWD152
1
-
B. Guirassy FWD1521
1
-
N Cozza DEF14
-
J Mwanga MID1411
2
1
L. Leroux MID1311
1
-
K Hyeok-Kyu MID12
2
-
J Lepenant MID121
1
-
A. Camara FWD10
-
Y Benhattab FWD101
-
B. Deuff MID9
-
M. Lahdo FWD811
1
-
F Centonze DEF72
1
-
H Hyun-seok MID6
-
F Coquelin MID6
1
-
U Radakovic DEF4
-
P Carlgren GLK2
-
S. Doucouré DEF1
-
Lyon Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
17855
C MataP SulcA MoreiraC Tolisso
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Maitland-Niles DEF1713
3
1
C Mata DEF17
4
-
P Sulc MID1782
2
-
C Tolisso MID173
5
-
M Niakhaté DEF162
3
-
A Karabec MID161
2
-
T Morton MID1611
3
1
T Tessmann MID161
-
A Moreira FWD1625
2
-
D Greif GLK141
-
N Tagliafico DEF143
3
1
Abner DEF123
3
1
K. Merah MID12
2
-
M Satriano FWD1121
1
-
M. de Carvalho MID9
1
-
M Fofana FWD921
1
-
R Kluivert DEF81
1
-
R Ghezzal  FWD7
-
H Hateboer DEF6
1
R Descamps GLK4
-
O Mangala MID3
-
E. Honoré Molébé FWD1
-