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Saturday 6 December 2025 · 16:00 · HT 1-1 · Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes · Referee Benoît Bastien

Nantes v RC Lens: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Nantes's last 7 home games and RC Lens's last 7 away games in Ligue 1 before kick-off, both teams scored in 7 of 14, over 2.5 goals in 6 of 14, with 8.4 corners per match (league 9.6) and 4.6 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Nantes' 14 Ligue 1 games and RC Lens' 14 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Nantes v RC Lens, full match

34%

Possession

66%

1.19

Expected goals (xG)

2.30

10

Shots

20

4

Shots on target

6

1

Corners

12

8

Fouls

13

1

Yellow cards

0

Red cards

0

Offsides

3

Goals and cards

34'

Goal

Florian Thauvin RCL

38'

Goal

Youssef El Arabi NAN

38'

Penalty missed

Youssef El Arabi NAN

81'

Goal

Wesley Saïd RCL

83'

Yellow card

Dehmaine Tabibou NAN

At a glance

Nantes

17th in the table

L

D

L

RC Lens

2nd in the table

W

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Nantes's home games and RC Lens's away games in Ligue 1 this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Nantes's last 7 home games and RC Lens's last 7 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

50%

7/14 games · League 51%

Over 1.5 goals

79%

11/14 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

43%

6/14 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 goals

21%

3/14 games · League 33%

Over 9.5 corners

36%

5/14 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 cards

64%

9/14 games · League 57%

Nantes clean sheet

14%

1/7 games · League 28%

RC Lens clean sheet

14%

1/7 games · League 28%

Nantes fail to score

43%

3/7 games · League 28%

RC Lens fail to score

43%

3/7 games · League 28%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.7

League 2.8

Corners

8.4

League 9.6

Cards

4.6

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Nantes

4-3-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Anthony Lopes

DEFENDERS

3

6

78

98

MIDFIELDERS

5

Hyeok-kyu Kwon

8

Johann Lepenant

52

Bahmed Deuff

FORWARDS

10

Matthis Abline

11

Bahereba Guirassy

19

Youssef El Arabi

SUBSTITUTES

30

18

26

7

17

90

14

15

31

RC Lens

3-4-2-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

40

Robin Risser

DEFENDERS

2

6

14

20

25

MIDFIELDERS

5

Andrija Bulatović

8

Mamadou Sangare

FORWARDS

10

Florian Thauvin

11

Odsonne Édouard

22

Wesley Saïd

SUBSTITUTES

1

23

32

15

18

26

7

19

38

Referee: Benoît Bastien

20 games in Ligue 1 this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.5

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.5

Red cards per game

0.20

Fouls per game

23.4

League 24.1

Penalties per game

0.40

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

All Benoît Bastien's stats ›

Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

NAN

RCL

Match

League

Goals per match

2.4

2.6

2.5

2.9

Over 0.5

93%

13/14

93%

13/14

93%

26/28

95%

Over 1.5

64%

9/14

79%

11/14

71%

20/28

70%

Over 2.5

36%

5/14

64%

9/14

50%

14/28

52%

Over 3.5

21%

3/14

14%

2/14

18%

5/28

33%

Over 4.5

7%

1/14

7%

1/14

7%

2/28

19%

Bet

NAN

RCL

Match

League

Yes

43%

6/14

50%

7/14

46%

13/28

50%

Yes and win

7%

1/14

50%

7/14

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

29%

4/14

50%

7/14

39%

11/28

41%

Yes and draw

29%

4/14

0%

0/14

14%

4/28

18%

Yes and loss

7%

1/14

0%

0/14

16%

Yes in both halves

7%

1/14

0%

0/14

4%

1/28

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Bet

NAN

RCL

Match

League

Corners per match

9.6

10.7

10.1

9.6

Over 7.5

71%

10/14

64%

9/14

68%

19/28

66%

Over 8.5

64%

9/14

64%

9/14

64%

18/28

55%

Over 9.5

57%

8/14

57%

8/14

57%

16/28

47%

Over 10.5

50%

7/14

50%

7/14

50%

14/28

36%

Over 11.5

36%

5/14

50%

7/14

43%

12/28

30%

Over 12.5

29%

4/14

36%

5/14

32%

9/28

23%

Referee Benoît Bastien: 3.5 cards and 23.4 fouls per game in 20 games this season

Bet

NAN

RCL

Match

League

Cards per match

4.2

4.9

4.6

4.1

Over 2.5

79%

11/14

93%

13/14

86%

24/28

78%

Over 3.5

64%

9/14

86%

12/14

75%

21/28

63%

Over 4.5

36%

5/14

50%

7/14

43%

12/28

38%

Over 5.5

14%

2/14

29%

4/14

21%

6/28

21%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Odsonne Édouard

10 starts · 0.7 per 90

40%

4/10

50%

5/10

0%

0/10

0%

0/10

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Nantes

Last 5 games before this match

30 Nov

Olympique Lyonnais

(A)

0-3

L

23 Nov

Lorient

(H)

1-1

D

8 Nov

Le Havre

(A)

1-1

D

2 Nov

Metz

(H)

0-2

L

29 Oct

AS Monaco

(H)

3-5

L

RC Lens

Last 5 games before this match

30 Nov

Angers

(A)

2-1

W

22 Nov

RC Strasbourg

(H)

1-0

W

8 Nov

AS Monaco

(A)

4-1

W

2 Nov

Lorient

(H)

3-0

W

29 Oct

Metz

(A)

0-2

L

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Nantes and RC Lens haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

Ligue 1 table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

PSG

34

24

4

6

74

29

+45

76

L

W

D

W

2

RC Lens

34

22

4

8

66

35

+31

70

W

L

W

D

3

Lille

34

18

7

9

52

37

+15

61

L

W

D

W

D

4

Lyon

34

18

6

10

53

40

+13

60

L

W

5

Marseille

34

18

5

11

63

45

+18

59

W

L

D

L

6

Rennes

34

17

8

9

59

50

+9

59

L

W

L

W

7

AS Monaco

34

16

6

12

60

54

+6

54

L

W

D

8

Strasbourg

34

15

8

11

58

47

+11

53

W

D

L

W

9

Lorient

34

11

12

11

48

51

-3

45

L

W

D

L

W

10

Toulouse

33

12

8

13

47

46

+1

44

W

D

L

11

Paris FC

34

11

12

47

50

-3

44

W

L

W

L

W

12

Brest

34

10

9

15

43

55

-12

39

D

L

D

13

Angers

34

9

16

29

48

-19

36

D

L

D

14

Le Havre

34

7

14

13

32

44

-12

35

W

L

D

15

Auxerre

34

8

10

16

34

44

-10

34

W

L

D

16

Nice

34

7

11

16

37

60

-23

32

D

L

D

17

Nantes

33

5

8

20

29

52

-23

23

L

W

L

D

18

Metz

34

3

8

23

32

76

-44

17

D

L

D

L

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Nantes v RC Lens: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Nantes

RC Lens

Referee: Benoît Bastien

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Nantes

RC Lens

Head to head

Ligue 1 table