Week 2 brings us a match on Aug 12th where Nantes will play host to Lille in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Nantes recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Angers SCO. Neither Angers SCO nor Nantes could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 16 and 13 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 0 of their last 10, while in their last match, Lille recorded a 4-1 win against Auxerre. Benjamin André struck first for Lille in the 1st minute, then Jonathan David added another in the 3rd minute on a feed from Rémy Cabella. Lille is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Lille won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Both Timothy Weah and Jonathan David have been the hottest scorers for Lille in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Nantes’s most prolific scorer has been Ludovic Blas. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches
Antoine Kombouare’s Nantes squad will be without Moses Simon, Charles Traoré and Jean-Charles Castelletto, while Rémy Cabella is unavailable to play for Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca’s team.