Strasbourg and Nantes will clash on Sunday the 6th of February at 3:00 pm in the 23rd week of the Ligue 1. The match will be played in Strasbourg at the Stade de la Meinau. The appointed referee is Amaury Delerue.
Strasbourg sits in the 4th place in the standings with 35 points. It comes from a 4-3 loss against Bordeaux in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 10 times, draw 5 times, and lost 7 times.
Nantes occupies the 10th place in the league with 32 points. It comes from a 4-2 win against Lorient in its last match in the Ligue 1. Up to now, it has won 9 times, draw 5 times, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Strasbourg
Strasbourg has mostly adopted the 5-3-2 line-up most used during the season (18 times or 81.82%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 5-3-2 (18 times), 3-5-2 (3 times) and 4-4-2 (once).
Julien Stéphan is expected to play against Nantes with the following players: M. Sels, G. Nyamsi, I. Sissoko, L. Perrin, D. Liénard, J. Aholou, A. Thomasson, S. Prcić, F. Guilbert, K. Gameiro and L. Ajorque.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Strasbourg would be 28.64.
M. Le Marchand, J. Bellegarde and H. Diallo 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 36.36%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (8 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 4-3-3 (3 times), 5-3-2 (2 times), 5-4-1 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times) and 4-4-1-1 (2 times).
Antoine Kombouare is expected to play against Strasbourg with the following players: A. Lafont, Q. Merlin, A. Girotto, D. Appiah, N. Pallois, F. Pereira da Silva, P. Chirivella Burgos, S. Moutoussamy, O. Bukari, R. Kolo Muani and L. Blas.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Nantes would be 26.73.
J. Castelletto, C. Traoré, W. Cyprien, A. Limbombe Ekango, M. Simon and K. Coulibaly will definitely miss the match.