About Match
The table reads 15th (Istres, 1 pts) against 1st (Nîmes, 12 pts), 11 points apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Istres 0.33 scored and 1.67 conceded per game, Nîmes 2.75 and 0.25, with the league averaging 1.27. A win would lift Istres to 4 points and up to 8th (other results unchanged).
A win has eluded Istres for 7 matches. Nîmes come in having won four on the spin, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Istres have banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Nîmes, 12.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Istres, 0 draws and 2 for Nîmes, at 3.75 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 100% of the meetings. 75% of the meetings finished with three goals or more.
The venue is Stade Parsemain in Fos-sur-Mer, with room for 17,363 spectators.




