The first match of the weekend in Ligue 1 takes place on the 6th of October as Strasbourg meet Nantes.
The match will be played at the Stade de la Meinau and the hosts begin the weekend in 8th place on 10 points while the visitors are in 13th place on 8 points.
🏁 90' C'est terminé.Le Racing s'incline sur le plus petit des scores.Il faut relever la tête pour rebondir dès vendredi prochain contre Nantes à la Meinau !#RCSARCL (0-1) pic.twitter.com/IwsADuXxar— Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace (@RCSA) September 29, 2023
🏁 90' C'est terminé.Le Racing s'incline sur le plus petit des scores.Il faut relever la tête pour rebondir dès vendredi prochain contre Nantes à la Meinau !#RCSARCL (0-1) pic.twitter.com/IwsADuXxar
Strasbourg come into the game on the back of a 1-0 defeat at home against Lens in Ligue 1 last weekend.
The only goal of the game was scored in the 16th minute and Strasbourg could not find a way back into the match despite having plenty of time.
The defeat against Lens was the first loss in 3 matches for Strasbourg but they have won only 1 of their 4 most recent fixtures, all of which have been in Ligue 1.
The victory came at Metz and was a 1-0 win but there have defeats to Nice away and Lens at home. Strasbourg also picked up a point thanks to a 2-2 draw at home against Montpellier.
Trends show Strasbourg are undefeated in 5 of their last 6 home Ligue 1 matches.
They have scored twice in the 3 of their 4 most recent home Ligue 1 games but have also been conceding goals.
Strasbourg have kept just one clean sheet in their last 5 Ligue 1 fixtures on home soil.
Nantes make the trip to the Stade de la Meinau having lost 3-1 at Rennes last weekend in Ligue 1.
Having conceded the opening goal in just the 6th minute, Nantes scored the equaliser on the stroke of half time.
It was Rennes who scored the only goals of the second half and Nantes had a man sent off in the 77th minute.
The defeat at Rennes was the first defeat in 5 games for Nantes, with all those matches being played in Ligue 1.
Nantes have won 2 of their last 3 fixtures, with the wins coning at home over Lorient and away to Clermont.
Trends show that despite the recent win at Clermont, Nantes have a poor away record in Ligue 1.
Nantes have recorded only 3 wins from their last 22 away league matches and have lost 3 of their 4 most recent Ligue 1 fixtures on the road.
Looking ahead to the team news and Strasbourg are without the injured trio of Karol Fila, Mehdi Chahir, and Maxime Bastian.
Nantes travel without suspended forward Mostafa Mohamed following his red card last weekend. Ignatius Ganago, Fabien Centonze, and Nathan Zeze are all on the treatment table.
Given the poor away record of Nantes in the league and the recent home run of Strasbourg, the hosts must be considered favourites to take maximum points. Nantes should have enough to find the back of the net, but it will not be enough for them to take anything from the match.