Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Nantes
Match Time & Date:
10/12/2021
21:00
Prediction: 1-1
Lens
Nantes play host to Lens at their Stade de la Beaujoire on day 18 of the new Ligue 1 campaign. Nantes quickly bounced back from a 1-0 loss to Olympique Marseille, with the team beating Lorient on the road thanks to Wylan Cyprien’s goal. The 26-year-old midfielder is pushing for a start, while defender Nicolas Pallois is back from suspension. All Sebastien Corchia, Renaud Emond, and Roli Pereira De Sa are out of contention with injuries.
Lens, on the other hand, were on the verge of beating star-studded PSG at the weekend, but Georginio Wijnaldum eventually scored a late equalizer for les Parisiens. The Yellow-Reds are likely to stick to their attacking style of play, and, taking everything into account, we believe that there is a big value in betting on both teams to score. Both Wesley Said and Deiver Machado miss out with injuries for the away team.
Highlighted Player (Alban Lafont):
Alban Lafont is a French goalkeeper who plays for Ligue 1 side Toulouse. Born in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Lafont joined AS Lattoise youth school at the age of nine and he stayed at the academy until 2014 when he moved to Toulouse.
The 193-cm-tall goalkeeper has established himself as a first-choice goalkeeper at Toulouse and it has to be noted that he made 36 appearances for the club in the 2016/2017 season, keeping 10 clean sheets in the process. Due to his dual citizenship, Alban Lafont is eligible to represent both Burkina Faso and France on international stage, but he has yet to play for the African team.
Alban Lafont represented les Tricolores at youth level and, no doubt, there is a bright future ahead of the talented shoot-stopper who was born on January 23, 1999. The rising star has a contract with Toulouse which expires on June 30, 2020.
Highlighted Team (Lens):
Based in the Pas-De-Calais department, Lens is a French club that plays home games at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. The Sang et Or are well known for their red shirts with yellow stripes, while black is the dominant colour of their away jersey.
The club was founded back in 1906 and the Sang et Or originally played in green and black shirts. Speaking of their home ground, Stade Bollaert-Delelis can hold up to 38,058 spectators. The venue was opened back in 1933, and renovated during the 2014/15 season. Lens did well to win the Ligue 1 trophy in the 1997/98 season, with the team finishing the process level on points with second-place Metz.
As a result, the Sang et Or represented France in the Champions League group stages the following season. The club’s biggest European success came in the 1999/00 season when they made it to the UEFA Cup semis. Lens have won two Coupe de la Ligue trophies as well.
