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Nantes is doing better in this first period, without being really dangerous.
Following a cross from the right, Talbi sees his clearance arrive at Mwanga who sees his recovery narrowly miss.
Opportunity for Lorient: on a long ball, Soumano progresses to the edge of offside and transmits to Karim whose tackling shot ends on the post!
More than 20 meters away, Cadiou takes his chance and sees his shot go over.
Nantes’ first foray into the opponent’s area with Abline who shifts Mwanga, but the Nantes midfielder pushes the ball too far.
Lorient dominated at the start of the match, with Nantes struggling to keep the ball.
Avom’s shot off target from 20 meters after a ball was repelled by Nantes following a cross.
Lorient’s first offensive with a shot from Soumano blocked by the Nantes defense.
Lorient kicks off the match.
The two teams enter the field.
Nantes must do without Coquelin and Leroux, both injured.
Lorient is without Faye, Katseris, Igor Silva, Abergel and Sansui for this match.
The dynamics are not good for the two teams since Nantes has just pocketed one point out of nine, at Le Havre (1-1), after two defeats at home against Monaco (3-5) and Metz (0-2). It’s even worse for Lorient, which has just gone six games without winning. The FCL, beaten in Lens three weeks ago (3-0), had however caught PSG just before (1-1) and Toulouse just after (1-1).
The Sunday match brings together two clubs stuck in the standings and currently stuck in the red zone. Nantes (16th) has the same number of points as Lorient (17th), but also as Brest (15th). The Canaries have the same goal difference as the Finistériens (-7) but a less good attack (11 goals scored against 14) while the Merlus have a -12 goal difference.
Welcome to our site to follow the 13th day of Ligue 1 live and the meeting between Nantes and Lorient at the Stade de la Beaujoire. Kick-off is scheduled for 5:15 p.m. this Sunday.