Angers vs Nantes prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2025-12-11 19:45.
[p]Ligue 1’s Friday night action pits a resurgent Angers against a relegation-threatened Nantes who are desperate for points to move towards safety.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Angers have pulled themselves away from danger by winning three of their last four Ligue 1 games (L1), getting their December off to a flyer by beating Nice 1-0 on Sunday. They now have the opportunity to lift themselves into the top half, even if only temporarily, so morale should be high at Stade Raymond-Kopa. Their most recent home outing ended in defeat, but that was against current league-leaders Lens, and with all three of their Ligue 1 home wins this term coming against sides now below them in the table they should be confident ahead of Nantes’ visit.[/p]
[p]Second-bottom Nantes trail their hosts by eight points, and are in danger of becoming detached from safety following a six-match winless run in the league (D2, L4), although a battling performance in a 2-1 defeat to Lens on Saturday at least displayed some positive signs. Conceding late goals has been a recurring theme for the Canaries and it now seems inevitable that manager LuĂs Castro will soon be replaced. Changing Nantes’ fortunes on their travels could greatly help his cause in the meantime, given they’ve won just one away league game all season (D3, L3).[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Although Nantes have only lost one of the last nine H2Hs (W4, D4), that defeat was the most recent meeting. Nantes are unbeaten here since March 2020 (W3, D2).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Four of Angers’ last five matches produced under 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p]Angers haven’t lost a second half at home in Ligue 1 this term (2H: W3, D4).[/p]
[p]Seven of Nantes’ last eight fixtures witnessed either two or three goals being scored.[/p]
[p]Nantes scored first in three of their last five league away games.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Yassin Belkhdim has scored the only goal of the game in two of Angers’ last three fixtures, both times before half-time, although all three of his goals for Angers have come on the road. Matthis Abline has scored in two of Nantes’ last three league away games, with four of his last five club goals curiously arriving in either the fourth or 38th minute![/p]
[p]Angers captain Haris Belkebla is suspended here, while Nantes are still unable to call on the injured Louis Leroux.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]The home side look primed to inflict more misery on struggling Nantes here given their recent upturn in form, so our tip is to back Angers to win.[/p]
[p][i]Author: John Pennington[/i][/p]