The year 2025 gets off to a flying start with the reception of FC Nantes this Saturday. LOSC managed to surpass their opponent from Nantes during their last opposition to Villeneuve d'Ascq.
Where and how to follow the meeting?
Twenty-four days have passed since the last steps of the Mastiffs at the Decathlon Arena Stade Pierre Mauroy. This pretty band, led by Bruno Genesio, ended the year with an unbeaten run of 17 matches in all competitions and could, in the event of two new positive results, equal its longest (19 matches) in more than forty years . The first of these two meetings is the reception of FC Nantes by Antoine Kombouaré and Anthony Lopes, who both appeared at a press conference this Thursday, two days before the clash.
This meeting, scheduled for this Saturday, January 4 at 7 p.m., will be broadcast on the antennas of DAZN. It will also be done in a friendly atmosphere at our partner restaurant / pub: At Office V2 located at 21 avenue Avenir at Heron Parc, 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq.
The kick-off of this opposition, counting for the sixteenth day of Ligue 1, will be given by Jeremy Pignard
(37 years old). The fourteenth best referee of the 2023-2024 season will be accompanied by his sidekicks: Aurélien Drouet et Laurent Coniglio along the sidelines. Oliver Thual will be the fourth referee when William Lavis et Julien Schmitt will be responsible for video assistance to the refereeing. This duel between LOSC and FC Nantes will be the thirteenth outing for Jérémie Pignard, he who has never crossed paths with the Dogues this season. However, it displays a very positive outcome with the Mastiffs, with 8 wins in 8 matches.
History of recent meetings
As LOSC did in Rouen (0-1), FC Nantes closed the year 2024 with an away victory in the Coupe de France, against JA Drancy (0-4), resident of the same pool as the Lille reserve in National 3. The task ahead will not be easy, however, as the Canaries have not had an away victory in Ligue 1 since the end of August. Even less positive, or at least in the same vein, they have won only one of their last twelve Ligue 1 matches since the international break in September (4 draws, 7 defeats). It is therefore logical that Antoine Kombouaré and his men are currently in fourteenth place in the ranking, one point from the red zone.
The dynamics of the Nantes residents against LOSC are no more encouraging since the Mastiffs have not lost against Nantes in Ligue 1 for ten years, on September 29, 2015 and a short success (0-1) snatched in the North. It has been seventeen consecutive matches (13 wins, 4 draws) since the Canaries have not won, the longest series of its kind for the Lille team in its history.
The latest meetings between the two clubs
- FC Nantes – LOSC : 1-2, the 12th of 2024
- LOSC – FC Nantes: 2-0, August 20, 2023
- LOSC – FC Nantes: 2-1, May 27, 2023
- FC Nantes – LOSC: 1-1, August 12, 2022
- FC Nantes – LOSC : 0-1, March 19, 2022
Summary of the last meeting
The last reception of FC Nantes in Lille dates from August 20, 2023. At that time, LOSC made its first appearance at home during the 2023-2024 season and had to win after being manhandled by OGC Nice ( 1-1) on the French Riviera. In their den, the Dogues had produced a successful copy, extending a series of 17 consecutive matches without defeat at home. They won thanks to achievements by Jonathan David (66′) and Adam Ounas (94′). This victory allowed them to climb to fifth position in the ranking.
