Very little to separate Lorient from Nantes

Lorient and Nantes go head-to-head at the Stade du Moustoir this Saturday in the Ligue 1. Currently, Régis Le Bris's team are 15th in the table with 22 points, while Jocelyn Gourvennec's team are 16th with 22 points. The match will be broadcast live at 11:00 on beIN SPORTS en Espanol.

After winning 1x3 in the last match against Strasbourg (Ligue 1 2023/24), Lorient receive Nantes, who lost 0x2 against Paris SG (Ligue 1 2023/24). On arrival at this matchday, Régis Le Bris's team is on a scoring run that has seen them score at least one goal a game in their past 4 matches in the Ligue 1 Uber Eats 23/24. When analysing the previous encounters between the teams, Lorient and Jocelyn Gourvennec's team have faced each other twenty-six times, with Nantes holding the advantage: 14 victories, against 6 victories of Régis Le Bris's team. Specifically in the Stade du Moustoir, Jocelyn Gourvennec's team has the advantage in the duels against Lorient: 6 wins in 13 games, while Régis Le Bris's team has 5 wins.

Considering only the Ligue 1, there have been twenty-three games played between the two teams, with 12 wins for Nantes, 6 draws and 5 wins for Lorient.

Considering the Ligue 1 Uber Eats 23/24, from Lorient's most influential players, Laurent Abergel participated in 22 games, and Yvon Mvogo is the one with more minutes played (1980). Mohamed Bamba is their current best scorer with 5 goals. As for Nantes, Pedro Chirivella is the most used player in a total of 21 games (1817 min). Mostafa Mohamed has scored 7 goals, the most across Nantes's squad.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Nantes winning 5x3. It is expected to be a competitive match, that can fall to either side.