Nantes and Saint-Étienne will take on on Saturday the 21st of May at 9:00 pm in the 38th week of the Ligue 1. The match will be staged in Nantes at the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau. The appointed referee is François Letexier.
Nantes is in the 9th position in the league with 54 points. It comes from a 3-2 loss against Olympique Lyonnais in its last match in the Ligue 1. Up to now, it has won 15 times, draw 9 times, and lost 13 times.
Saint-Étienne occupies the 19th position in the league with 31 points. It comes from a 1-2 loss against Reims in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 7 times, draw 10 times, and lost 20 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 (11 times or 29.73%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (11 times), 5-3-2 (5 times), 3-5-2 (3 times), 3-4-3 (3 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), 3-5-1-1 (once), 3-4-1-2 (once) and 4-3-1-2 (once).
Antoine Kombouare is expected to play against Saint-Étienne with the following players: A. Lafont, A. Girotto, J. Castelletto, F. Pereira da Silva, D. Appiah, W. Cyprien, Q. Merlin, L. Blas, M. Coco, R. Kolo Muani and M. Simon.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Nantes would be 26.45.
C. Traoré, P. Chirivella Burgos and A. Limbombe Ekango will definitely miss the match.
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne has mostly adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 21.62%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (8 times), 4-2-3-1 (6 times), 5-4-1 (5 times), 4-3-3 (5 times), 3-4-3 (4 times), 3-4-2-1 (3 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Pascal Dupraz is expected to play against Nantes with the following players: M. Nade, S. Sow, M. Trauco Saavedra, Y. Macon, M. Camara, L. Gourna Douath, A. Nordin, D. Bouanga, R. Boudebouz and W. Khazri.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Saint-Étienne would be 25.50.
Pascal Dupraz will probably not be able to employ T. Kolodziejczak because of injury.
J. Gnagnon will definitely miss the match.