Nantes vs Auxerre

Nantes picked up their first Ligue 1 home win since 2 December 2023 (1-0 v Nice), ending a run of nine defeats on home soil, the longest in the league’s history.

Nantes have not conceded a goal in their first two matches of a Ligue 1 season for the first time since 2015-16.

Nantes have won their last two Ligue 1 matches against a promoted side (1-0 at le Havre on 14 April 2024), having failed to do so in the previous five such encounters (D2 L3).

Nantes lost their most recent Ligue 1 match against Auxerre (1-2 in April 2023), but have not lost consecutive games against them in the top flight since April-December 2005 (2).

Nantes are unbeaten across their last six home games against Auxerre in Ligue 1 (W4 D2), their longest active unbeaten home run against an opponent currently in the top-flight.

Nantes are winless across their last six Ligue 1 games (D3 L3), their longest such run since February-May 2023 (14 – D5 L9).

After their 2-1 win over Nice in MD1, Auxerre could start a Ligue 1 campaign with two wins in as many games for just the third time, after 1992-93 and 1996-97.

Nantes ended the 2023-24 Ligue 1 season with nine straight home defeats, the longest run in the league's history; only Sunderland (10 between January 2003 and August 2005) and Watford (11 between December 2021 and April 2022) have had a longer run of consecutive defeats at home in Europe's top five leagues in the 21st century.