Putting four past Rangers on Thursday night, Lyon will come into this weekend's clash full of confidence and expecting to collect maximum points.
Nantes have struggled against two relegation candidates over the past fortnight, so we cannot envisage a positive result for Les Canaris at Groupama Stadium on Sunday.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Lyon win with a probability of 50.18%. A win for Nantes had a probability of 26.37% and a draw had a probability of 23.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a Lyon win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.61%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.99%) and 2-0 (7.91%). The likeliest Nantes win was 1-2 (6.63%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.91%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 7.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Lyon in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Lyon.