Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lille
Match Time & Date:
04/01/2025
19:00
Prediction: 2-0
Nantes
Lille will look to kickstart 2025 in great manner when they take on Nantes in the Ligue 1 round 16. Les Dogues enjoyed a very successful 2024 and a triumph over Nantes will see them stay in the Champions League berth. Mitchel Bakker should be recalled to the starting XI after coming as a substitute in a 1-1 draw with Olympique Marseille, while fellow defender Pol Lirola is back from suspension. Experienced midfielder Benjamin Andre is back from suspension.
Les Canaris, on the other hand, faced no difficulties in a Coupe de France win (4-0) over JA Drancy, but they will have a mountain to climb against Lille, who are a real force to be reckoned with at home. In their last meeting at Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille defeated Nantes 2-0 and we predict that history is going to repeat itself. Both Anthony Lopesand Tino Kadewere are out of contention with injuries for the visiting side.
Highlighted Player (Benjamin André):
Benjamin Andre is a French footballer, who began his career at Stade Raphaelois youth team. At the age of 16 Andre moved to Ajaccio and he played for the first team from 2008 to 2014. The right-footed midfielder scored 12 goals in 187 appearances in the league for the Corsican team and in the summer of 2014 he moved to fellow French club Rennes.
Andre scored his first goal for les Rouges et Noirs on January 25, 2015, in a 4-1 defeat to Caen. The French player made provided three assists for his teammates in 36 appearances for Rennes in the 2016/2017 Ligue 1 campaign and the club chiefs decided to extend his contract in June, 2017. His deal with the Roazhon Park outfit should expire on June 30, 2022.
Benjamin Andre, who was born in Nice on August 3, 1990, has seven caps for France U21 team. The Rennes footballer plays as a central midfielder, but he is often used as both left and right midfielder.
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).
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