Lorient and Nantes will play on Sunday the 5th of December at 3:00 pm in the 17th week of the Ligue 1. The match will be played in Lorient at the Stade Yves Allainmat – Le Moustoir. The encounter will be officiated by Ruddy Buquet.
Lorient is in the 16th place in the league with 15 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against Troyes in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won 3 times, draw 6 times, and lost 7 times.
Nantes is in the 13th place in the table with 19 points. It comes from a 0-1 loss against Olympique Marseille in its last match in the Ligue 1. As of now, it has won 5 times, draw 4 times, and lost 7 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Lorient
Lorient has mostly adopted the 5-3-2 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 68.75%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 5-3-2 (11 times), 3-5-2 (4 times) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Christophe Pélissier is expected to play against Nantes with the following players: P. Nardi, L. Pétrot, J. Laporte, H. Mendes, S. Loric, E. Le Fée, L. Abergel, T. Monconduit, J. Hergault, T. Moffi and A. Lauriente.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Lorient would be 25.64.
M. Jenz, J. Morel, V. Le Goff and F. Lemoine will definitely miss the match.
Nantes
Nantes has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 50.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (8 times), 4-3-3 (3 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 4-4-1-1 (2 times) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Antoine Kombouare is expected to play against Lorient with the following players: A. Lafont, F. Pereira da Silva, J. Castelletto, D. Appiah, A. Girotto, M. Simon, P. Chirivella Burgos, W. Cyprien, S. Moutoussamy, R. Kolo Muani and L. Blas.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Nantes would be 25.91.
S. Corchia, A. Limbombe Ekango and R. Emond will definitely miss the match.
Antoine Kombouare will not be able to have the presence of N. Pallois who is suspended.