Ligue 1 – Match-day 4: Nantes v Tolouse FC
Next Sunday at 1:00pm GMT, on matchday 4 of the Ligue 1, we will see Nantes play Tolouse at the Stade de la Beaujoire.
Visitors Tolouse, will be keen to maintain or improve their League position, (sixth), when they face sixteenth placed Nantes.
Nantes have two points to their name, going into this tie
Nantes will be buoyant, following a 2-1 away win against Olympique de Marseille in their last fixture.
Also, with two draws in three fixtures, Nantes need to develop a strategy for getting over the line in games. With two points (0W, 1L and 2D), they are established in sixteenth position in the League having drawn two meetings and lost one game.
When Nantes host Tolouse, they will do so on the back of one dart on their own ground.
A victory for Nantes would put them on 5 points.
Injury and illness have depleted Antoine Kombouare’s Nantes and they will likely be missing three key personnel for Sunday’s match.
Tolouse FC’s Ligue 1 season, has so far seen them gain five points, going into this game
Only a positive result will be acceptable for Philippe Montanier’s Tolouse, having drawn away to FC Lorient, which itself followed a loss to Troyes. A win would go some way to restoring the team’s confidence.
Also, a draw statistic of two in three matches is not all bad, but unfortunately will not bring the success Philippe Montanier’s men wishes for ultimately. With five points, they currently sit sixth in the League. The breakdown for the team’s record is 1 wins, 0 losses and 2 draws having won one game and drawn two matches.
Tolouse have won one game of their one League matches playing away this season.
A win in this fixture would take Tolouse FC’s points to 8 in the League.
Good Attacking Performance
This has been a good season so far for Tolouse, in terms of goals scored (6). Their stand out attacking players have been Rafael Ratao (2), Thijs Dallinga (2), and Rhys Healey (1). Tolouse have conceded three goals.
Tolouse’s ever growing list of players missing due to injury or illness to be a concern for Philippe Montanier, ahead of this Sunday’s fixture against their opponents.
Nantes v Tolouse FC – Head-to-Heads.
Regarding their historical duels Nantes and Tolouse have faced each other 35 times in the past, with the balance of wins sitting in Nantes’s favour (14 – 10). Further, six of the past 10 matches between Nantes and Tolouse have resulted in a Nantes win. May 2021 was the most recent time these two clashed in this competition and Tolouse FC took all three points winning 0-1 away.
Players to watch
For Nantes, Nicolas Pallois is a top performing player who has scoredone goal in three League games this season, while Rafael Ratao contributed withtwo goals in three League fixtures this Ligue 1 Season for Tolouse.
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