Nantes vs Lille prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2025-10-18 18:45.
[p]Nantes and Lille have endured contrasting starts to the season, with the hosts looking likely to be embroiled in another relegation battle, while Lille are eyeing up the European places. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]After going winless in their four games following the last international break (D3, L1), Nantes will be hoping the October pause has served them better than September’s did. Three successive draws have at least shown that they can be competitive, but those stalemates have contributed to Nantes posting their joint-worst start to the Ligue 1 campaign since 2018/19. A home game would ordinarily be a perfect opportunity to start building some momentum, but not necessarily for the Canaries, who have won only two of their last seven home league games (D3, L2). [/p]
[p]Lille went into the international break sat seventh in Ligue 1, but having played four of the six sides above them already coming into this round, they can lay claim to having had an incredibly tough start to the campaign. They played three of those sides in succession before the break (D1, L2), but against a much lower-ranked opponent, they should be confident of April 2022 remaining the last time they failed to win four Ligue 1 games in a row. A 3-0 defeat to Lens in their last away league game will undoubtedly plant a seed of doubt in Lille heads, but with that equalling their loss tally from their five such games prior (W3, D1), recent history suggests it should be an anomaly. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Nantes won the last H2H 1-0, but that’s their only victory across the last 20 meetings (D5, L14). Things have been bleak when they’ve hosted this match up, with Lille winning on five of the last seven occasions. [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Nantes have faced a pre-round league-high 109 shots this season. [/p]
[p]Nantes have taken an average of 3.71 corners per game in Ligue 1 this season, the second-fewest in the league pre-round. [/p]
[p]Lille have scored 12 of their 14 Ligue 1 goals this season after half-time. [/p]
[p]Pre-round, only PSG (107) have attempted more shots than Lille (106) in Ligue 1 this season. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]It could be a late showing from Youssef El-Arabi, who has scored his last nine club goals after half-time. Lille’s Hákon Arnar Haraldsson may be glad to hit the road again having netted all three of his seasonal strikes in away games, two of which arrived in the opening half-hour. [/p]
[p]Nantes could be without as many as four midfielders for this game, while Lille look to have a relatively clean bill of health. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Given how one-sided this match up has been down the years, we’re backing a Lille win here. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Chris Wilson[/i][/p]