Nantes vs PSG prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2025-08-16 18:45.
[p]Nantes narrowly avoided relegation from Ligue 1 last season, and could not have wished for a more challenging start than against reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Nantes responded to last season’s disappointing 13th-place finish with the appointment of ex-Dunkerque manager LuĂs Castro as boss, who oversees his first competitive match looking to lead the Canaries into the top half for the first time since the 2021/22 campaign. The Portuguese has been backed in the transfer market, with Hong Hyun-seok and Chidozie Awaziem signing from Mainz and Colorado Rapids respectively, but the future of Matthis Abline remains in doubt. He scored a career-best 11 goals last season, and the forward missed their recent 3-2 friendly defeat to Paris FC.[/p]
[p]PSG head into this clash buoyed by winning the UEFA Super Cup for the first time, performing a stunning comeback to beat Tottenham on penalties. Gianluigi Donnarumma missed the match against Spurs and looks set to leave the French capital this summer, with Lucas Chevalier arriving from Lille as his replacement. If he can help the Parisians to domestic glory, it’ll mark the first time that PSG have won five successive Ligue 1 titles.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Nantes are winless in the last seven H2Hs against PSG (D2, L5), but held the champions to a 1-1 draw in both meetings last season. PSG will be confident of scoring having netted at least once in each of their previous 28 Ligue 1 meetings since February 2006. [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Nantes have failed to win their Ligue 1 opener in each of the last eight seasons (D4, L4). [/p]
[p]Only one of the Nantes’ last six home league fixtures last season featured 3+ goals. [/p]
[p]PSG have lost just one of their last 41 away matches in Ligue 1 (W31, D9).[/p]
[p]PSG have scored in each of their last 20 league matches.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Nantes may be relying on Mostafa Mohamed to grab them a goal, and his last seven have all come after half-time. Ballon d’Or favourite Ousmane Dembélé was Ligue 1’s top marksman last season with 21 goals, but PSG have failed to keep a clean sheet in his last ten league goalscoring appearances.[/p]
[p]Nantes have a full squad to choose from, while PSG will be without the suspended JoĂŁo Neves, who serves the second game of a two-match suspension.[/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Given that there have been goals for both sides in four of the previous five meetings, backing both teams to score seems sensible.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Matt Jones[/i][/p]