Annecy vs Nancy Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent Form

Annecy's run has cooled off. They won at PAU and Rodez, then lost to Reims, drew with Metz, and won away at Grenoble, before dropping back-to-back defeats to Guingamp and Dijon in their last two outings.

Annecy: 20 completed matches; Nancy: 20 completed matches.

Annecy

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

29

Conceded

29

Difference

0

Nancy

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

40% 8 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

38

Conceded

27

Difference

+11

Nancy have been up and down too, but they finished this recent stretch on a positive note. After home losses to Montpellier and Reims, plus an away defeat at Nantes, they won away at Rodez 4-3 in their most recent match, having also won at PAU and beaten Dunkerque at home earlier in the run.

Nancy head into this with the better recent trajectory, even if neither side has been consistent.

Comparative Team Statistics: Annecy vs Nancy

Head-to-Head

These two drew 1-1 in a July friendly, which doesn't tell us much about league form. The last competitive Ligue 2 meeting, back in April, saw Annecy win 5-1 away at Nancy.

Go back to the previous two meetings played at Annecy's own ground, though, and Nancy have won both: 2-1 in a Ligue 2 fixture last September and 1-0 in a Coupe de France tie back in 2018.

Home advantage hasn't obviously helped Annecy against this opponent in the recent past, though the sample is small and mixes competitions.

A Tightly Packed Table

Annecy sit seventh with ten points from seven games, having won three, drawn one and lost three, scoring nine and conceding nine.

Nancy are just above them in sixth, on the same ten points and the same win-draw-loss split, but with a slightly tidier goal difference at eight for and seven against.

There's barely anything to split these two right now beyond that goal difference.

Goal difference is the only thing separating them in the table, which tells you how evenly matched this looks on paper.

What to Expect

Neither side looks settled defensively. Nancy have shown they can be part of a high-scoring game, as their 4-3 win at Rodez demonstrates, while Annecy have conceded regularly during their recent slide.

With both teams level in the table and both capable of scoring and leaking goals, this has the look of an open contest rather than one where either side holds a clear edge.

Key player statistics: Annecy vs Nancy

Annecy:

Best assist providers:

P. Venot - 2

Penalty cards:

C. Billemaz x 1

M. Koné x 2

Nancy:

Best scorers:

P. Meïssa Ba - 2

Best assist providers:

I. Housni - 2

N. Kandil - 2

Penalty cards:

E. Mendy x 1

N. Fernandez-Veliz x 3