Carrying a three-game unbeaten streak into Saturday's clash, Nantes will back themselves to avoid defeat on home soil, but Lorient look set to get something from their trip to the Stade de la Beaujoire as they have lost just one of their five matches this season.
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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 Nantes win with a probability of 41.52%. A win for Lorient had a probability of 31.87% and a draw had a probability of 26.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Nantes win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.85%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.66%) and 2-0 (7.43%). The likeliest Lorient win was 0-1 (9.24%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.65%). The actual scoreline of 5-3 was predicted with a 0.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Nantes would win this match.