Nantes and Lorient will clash on Sunday the 23rd of January at 3:00 pm in the 22nd week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to take place in Nantes at the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau. The chosen referee is Pierre Gaillouste.
Nantes occupies the 10th place in the standings with 29 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against Nice in its last match in the Ligue 1. As of now, it has won 8 times, draw 5 times, and lost 8 times.
Lorient sits in the 18th position in the table with 17 points. It comes from a 3-1 loss against Lille in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won 3 times, draw 8 times, and lost 10 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Nantes
Nantes has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 38.10%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (8 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 4-3-3 (3 times), 5-4-1 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 4-4-1-1 (2 times) and 5-3-2 (once).
Antoine Kombouare is expected to play against Lorient with the following players: A. Lafont, Q. Merlin, A. Sylla, A. Girotto, F. Pereira da Silva, S. Corchia, O. Bukari, S. Moutoussamy, P. Chirivella Burgos, L. Blas and R. Kolo Muani.
If the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Nantes would be 26.10.
D. Appiah, J. Castelletto, N. Pallois, C. Traoré, W. Cyprien, A. Limbombe Ekango, M. Simon and K. Coulibaly will definitely miss the match.
Lorient
Lorient has mostly adopted the 5-3-2 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 57.14%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 5-3-2 (12 times), 3-5-2 (5 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 5-4-1 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
J. Laporte, J. Morel, S. Diarra and D. Faissal Ouattara will definitely miss the match.