Nimes take on the visitors Saint-Etienne at the Stade des Costieres in the 11th tour of the Ligue 1 Conforama. The match will be played in the eponymous city Nimes on Friday, October 26th.
Nimes have been surprising everyone with them getting positives results in the start of the new season. They have managed to score four goals against Angers, three goals against Marseille and three goals against Bordeaux too already this Ligue 1 Conforama season. Les Crocodiles have even managed to score two goals against the reigning champion of the league Paris Saint-Germain recently. Maybe, all of that success for Nimes happened because all of those teams were leaning on their respective offensive lines against Les Crocodiles. Interestingly, the team of Bernard Blaquart has been struggling to beat the fully defensive teams in the Ligue 1 Conforama lately. Now they have been unable to score for four league games in a row. Nimes have been unable to score against Lyon, Stade Reims and Guingamp all recently. Despite of their great start in the 2018/2019 Ligue 1 Conforama season the team of Bernard Blaquart is only two points above the relegation zone at the moment. They have been struggling in the defense lately and have conceded zero goals in only two of their fixtures so far this season. However, Les Crocodiles are likely to start scoring goals once again soon. In their last three matches Nimes lost to Lyon with a 0-2 score, drew against Stade Reims with a 0-0 score and lost to Montpellier with a 0-3 score.
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Saint-Etienne had been on a three match winning streak in the Ligue 1 Conforama before the ninth tour. They were really close to the Eurocups zone in the table back then. However, the Sainte lost to Lille and drew against Stade Rennais in their following league fixtures. They scored two goals and conceded four overall in those games. It`s worth noting that the team of Jean-Louis Gasset has been conceding a lot on the away fields lately. Even though they are considered the favourite in the lead-up to the upcoming fixture it won`t be that easy for them to beat Nimes on Friday because the hosting side will be super motivated to get a positive result against Les Verts. In their last three matches Saint-Etienne drew against Stade Rennais with a 1-1 score, lost to Lille with a 1-3 score and beat Monaco with a 2-0 score.
Saint-Etienne have lost only several fixtures under the management of Jean-Louis Gasset so far. It is likely that the final result of the upcoming fixture will be either a draw or a tough victory for Les Verts. However, both Les Crocodiles and the Sainte are unlikely to keep their respective goals safe on Friday. Nimes will have to risk and to show an open playing style in the match against Saint-Etienne. They are likely to score some goals in that game. On the other hand, the team of Jean-Louis Gasset should also score some goals against the team of Bernard Blaquart. Thereby we should see more than 2.5 goals scored on Friday.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 goals scored.
