Nice 1–2 Nantes — Ligue 1 2023/24 Match Stats

Ligue 1 · 2023Sun, 31 Mar 2024, 13:00 UTC

Nice

LDLLW

1–2Historical match

Nantes

LWLLL

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Nantes won 1–2.

Shots: 1213
Shots on target: 34
Expected goals: 1.311.69
Possession: 57%43%

Full time

What the match recorded

Nantes beat Nice 2–1. Recorded in this match (Nice – Nantes): shots 12–13, shots on target 3–4, expected goals 1.31–1.69, possession 57%–43%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Nantes's recent record differs from the season

weak

Nantes's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.8 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season0.96 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	0.8 goals/match	0.96 goals/match	1.26 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Nantes show a distinct attacking-volume record

weak

Nantes's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines.

13.7 shots/match ▲ShotsNice · Nantes11.5 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Nice	Nantes	Baseline
Shots	13.7 shots/match	11.5 shots/match	13.1 shots/match
Shots against	10.7 shots/match	12.9 shots/match	12.5 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

Both teams have elevated corners records

weak

Each team's season corners average is above the competition baseline.

5.7 corners/match ●CornersNice · Nantes5.07 corners/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

Metric	Nice	Nantes	Baseline
Corners	5.7 corners/match	5.07 corners/match	4.61 corners/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

This match

Match statistics

Shots12 shots13 shotsNice 12 shots, Nantes 13 shots
Shots on target3 shots4 shotsNice 3 shots, Nantes 4 shots
Expected goals1.31 xG1.69 xGNice 1.31 xG, Nantes 1.69 xG
Possession57%43%Nice 57%, Nantes 43%
Corners9 corners3 cornersNice 9 corners, Nantes 3 corners
Fouls7 fouls19 foulsNice 7 fouls, Nantes 19 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

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Nice: 12 shots, 3 on target, 1.35 xG. Nantes: 13 shots, 4 on target, 1.72 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Nice 1.35 xG · Nantes 1.72 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Nice

2Draws

1Nantes

2 Dec 2023Nantes — Nice · Ligue 11–0

12 Mar 2023Nantes — Nice · Ligue 12–2

23 Oct 2022Nice — Nantes · Ligue 11–1

14 Jan 2022Nice — Nantes · Ligue 12–1

12 Sept 2021Nantes — Nice · Ligue 10–2

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Nice favored in 11 of 11 directional metrics · Nantes in 0

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Nice27 matchesNantes27 matches

1.04 goals/match ▲Goals scored27/270.96 goals/match

0.81 goals/match ▲Goals allowed27/271.56 goals/match

1.44 xG/match ▲Expected goals27/271.15 xG/match

13.7 shots/match ▲Shots27/2711.5 shots/match

4.59 shots/match ▲Shots on target27/274 shots/match

53.4% ●Possession27/2745.7%

5.7 corners/match ●Corners27/275.07 corners/match

11.7 fouls/matchFouls27/2712.7 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited

Season samples27 / 27home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 31 Mar 2024, 17:00 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Ligue 1

Goals per match ranking xG per match ranking Shots per match ranking

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Match at a glance

What the match recorded

Nantes's recent record differs from the season