Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lille
Match Time & Date:
27/05/2023
21:00
Prediction: 2-0
Nantes
Buoyed by a 2-1 win over Olympique Marseille, Lille will look to give fans yet another reason to celebrate when they face Nantes on Matchday 37. Les Dogues are eager to book their place in the Conference League and we are positive that they will go all guns blazing at the relegation-threatened visitors. Ismaily limped off with injury in the last league match, with fellow defender Gabriel Gudmundsson likely to step up, while both Alexsandro and Jose Fonte are back from suspension.
Les Canaris, on the other hand, are eager to escape the relegation zone. Nantes, though, experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 3-0 defeat to Montpellier, which is probably the main reason why we are going to bet on the hosts this time out. Both Ignatius Ganago and Pedro Chirivella are out of contention through injuries, speaking of the visiting team.
Highlighted Player (Andre Gomes):
Andre Gomes is a Portuguese footballer who represented the likes of Porto, Boavista and Benfica during his youth career, but eventually signed a professional deal with the Eagles. Even if he hadn’t made too many first team appearances for the Portuguese giants, the midfielder saw his economic rights sold to a private company in January 2014, and the deal eventually saw him join Spanish giants Valencia.
The attacking midfielder immediately nailed down a regular starting berth at Mestalla, proving his undoubted potential, and catching the eye of top Italian sides such as Juventus and Napoli. Gomes has yet to establish himself as an important player for the Portugal national team, but he has made several appearances under Fernando Santos and is expected to play a key role for the Selecao in the future.
Possessing impressive technical skills and capable of covering a number of positions in midfield, Gomes is a modern midfielder who has been showing incredible maturity for his age, so no wonder he is predicted a bright future in the game.
Highlighted Team (Nantes):
Founded on April 21, 1943 Nantes is a professional football club that compete in French Ligue 1. Les Canaris are considered one of the most famous French clubs and they had a lot of success during the sixties and the seventies. Nantes won their first Ligue 1 title in the 1964/1965 season and 36 years later (2000/2001) they clinched their eighth (last) domestic trophy.
Speaking of the club’s European success, les Canaris did well to make it to the Champions League semis in 1996, but Italian giants Juventus proved to be a big catch for the French outfit. Nantes welcome their rivals at La Beaujoire-Louis Fonteneau and the capacity of the stadium is 38.004.
The likes of Vahid Halilhodzic, Adel Selimi, Michel Der Zakarian, Viorel Moldovan, Mario Yepes, Marcel Desailly, Didier Deschamps, Claude Makelele, Christian Karembeu and Dimitri Payet are the notable footballers who played for the club in the past. Nantes are well known for their yellow jerseys and that is the reason why they are nicknamed the Canaries (les Canaris).
