Nimes – Nantes Prediction & Picks (16.01.2019)

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Nimes – Nantes SOCCER PICKS

Nîmes and Nantes meet at Stade des Costières, in a match for the 17 th round of League 1. There is no record of direct confrontations between these two teams in the last 3 years. The last match was played on 11-01-2013 and ended with the score: Nantes (1-2) Nîmes.

Nîmes:

The home team is currently in the 8 th position of the league, with 23 points won, after 6 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Amiens SC, by (3-0). In the last match, they won in an away match against Caen, by (1-2). For the league, Nîmes won 9 points out of 21 possible points, after 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses in the last 7 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (3 out of 7 matches). In 16 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 7 times and never got the comeback. There are 3 periods in highlight in the last 10 home matches for all competitions: he scored 4 of his 10 goals between the minutes (61′-75 ‘) and 4 of his 10 between (76′-90′); He suffered 3 of his 8 goals between the minutes (76’-90 ‘).

Nimes came to this match with a triumph, 1-2, in the move to the stadium of Caen: the goals of the team were marked by Bozok and Landre. It is important to underline that the locals register three consecutive victories in the French championship. In this game against Nantes, coach Bernard Blaquart should keep the team in a 4-3-3, with Bouanga, Bozok and Alioui being the most offensive references of the home team: the first is the great highlight of Nîmes with 4 goals annotated We emphasize that Nîmes needs to improve in the maintenance of ball possession and in the finalization. For this game the coach does not have Diallo, a player who recovers from injury.

Nantes:

The away team is currently in the 12 th position of the league, with 20 points won, after 5 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Saint-Étienne, by (3-0). In the last match, they won in a home match against Olympique Marseille, by (3-2). In the last 8 away league matches Nantes has a record of 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, so they have won 8 points out of 24 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 1-0 (3 out of 8 matches). The team has conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, so they have not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 8 of the last 8 matches for this competition have ended with Over 1,5 goals. This is a team that usually scores a few times first: they only opened the scoring in 3 of their last 16 games for League 1, of these 3 they came to rest in advantage in all and won at the end of the 90 ‘in all. In 16 matches in this tournament, they suffered the first goal 12 times and only managed 2 comebacks.

Nantes come to this game motivated, after a great triumph at home, 3-2, against Olympique Marseille: the goals were scored by Toure, Sala and Boschilia. However, we emphasize that visitors only have 2 wins in 8 away games. Normally coach Vahid Halilhodzic plays in 4-3-3, benefiting possession of the ball and organized attacks, especially through the flanks: Boschilia is a very fast player and competent in the transport of the ball towards the attack. One of the great highlights of Nantes is striker Emiliano Sala, player who scored 12 goals so far. Everything indicates that the coach has all the players available.


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