Strasbourg and Nantes will face on Sunday the 6th of February at 3:00 pm in the 23rd week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be staged in Strasbourg at the Stade de la Meinau. The chosen referee is Amaury Delerue.
Strasbourg occupies the 5th place in the table with 35 points. It comes from a 4-3 loss against Bordeaux in its last match in the Ligue 1. As of now, it has won 10 times, draw 5 times, and lost 7 times.
Nantes sits in the 10th place in the table with 32 points. It comes from a 4-2 win against Lorient in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, 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, I. Sissoko, G. Nyamsi, L. Perrin, D. Liénard, J. Aholou, S. Prcić, A. Thomasson, F. Guilbert, K. Gameiro and L. Ajorque.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, 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, D. Appiah, N. Pallois, A. Girotto, F. Pereira da Silva, P. Chirivella Burgos, S. Moutoussamy, O. Bukari, R. Kolo Muani and L. Blas.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Nantes would be 26.73.
Antoine Kombouare will probably not be able to employ C. Traoré, M. Simon and K. Coulibaly because of injury.
J. Castelletto, W. Cyprien and A. Limbombe Ekango will definitely miss the match.
