Nantes vs PSG prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2024-02-16 20:00.
Nantes put three points between themselves and the Ligue 1 relegation zone by beating Toulouse last week – the Canaries’ first league victory since Jocelyn Gourvennec’s first match in charge. Success brought a welcome end to a six-match winless run (D1, L5), but while there’s still plenty of work to do to secure survival, that may need to be put on hold as they prepare to welcome runaway leaders Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday night.
Nantes have suffered more defeats at the Parisians’ hands (49) than any other side in their history, but they have at least won two of the last five meetings on their own turf (L3). That may give the home fans a glimmer of hope as their side look to end a three-match losing run in the league at Stade de la Beaujoire, but Gourvennec might be more skeptical than most having suffered a career-high 13 H2H defeats (W3, D1).
After a wobbly start to the campaign, PSG are cruising through the 2023/24 season, unbeaten since early November (W13, D4) across all competitions. Luis Enrique’s men have only found themselves behind in two of their 21 league matches, one of which came in last week’s victory over Lille that helped extend their lead at the summit to a whopping 11 points pre-round.
The Parisians backed that up by beating Real Sociedad 2-0 in the UEFA Champions League in midweek, not allowing the Spaniards a single shot on target! That may prove the perfect tonic as PSG travel here looking to extend an unbeaten away run in Ligue 1 that spans over 12 months (W13, D4).
Players to watch: Nantes forward Mostafa Mohamed has directly contributed to six goals in as many games for club and country (G5, A1), while he was also on target in the 2-1 defeat in this season’s reverse fixture. PSG’s Bradley Barcola opened the scoring that day, and he finally appears to be finding his feet at the club having had a hand in goals in back-to-back appearances (G1, A1).
Hot stat: Of the 50 goals these two sides have cumulatively conceded in Ligue 1, 37 of them have come in the second-half of matches.