Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Nantes will be looking to make amends for back-to-back losses to PSG and Strasbourg when they take on Auxerre in the Ligue 1 round 3. Les Canaris made a slow start to the season, with the team obviously struggling up front, but Saturday’s clash could turn their fortunes around. There are no fresh injury worries in the home team, but forward Matthis Abline could sneak into the starting XI.
Auxerre, meanwhile, experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 3-1 loss at Nice. As over the years Nantes have turned their Stade de la Beaujoire into a real fortress, we predict that the visitors will return home empty-handed. To make things even worse for the visiting team, goalkeeper Donovan Leon misses out through suspension. Theo De Percin is widely expected to start in goal this time out. In their last meeting at the venue, Nantes defeated Auxerre 2-0.
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).