Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Nantes
Match Time & Date:
26/01/2025
17:15
Prediction: 2-1
Lyon
Stade de la Beaujoire will be the centre of attention when Nantes and Lyon lock horns in the Ligue 1 round 19. Les Canaris are now on a four-game winless run and we are positive they will go all guns blazing at Les Gones. Both Louis Leroux and Jean-Philippe Gbamin are pushing for recalls to the starting XI, while midfielder Lamine Diack serves a one-game ban.
Olympique Lyon, on the other hand, failed to impress in a goalless draw with Toulouse. Lyon have been struggling to find their best form of late and given Nantes’ desperation for points in the battle for survival, home win should be considered. Left-back Nicolas Tagliafico is back from the Europa League ban, while key attacker Alexandre Lacazette faces race against the clock to be fit for Sunday’s showdown. In their last meeting in the French top flight, Lyon defeated Nantes 2-0, meaning that the hosts are hungry for revenge.
Highlighted Player (Saïd Benrahma):
Said Benrahma is an Algeria international who started his club career at Nice. The pacey winger made his Ligue 1 debut during the 2013/2014 season and after scoring 3 goals in 17 appearances for les Aiglons in the French top flight, he moved to the Championship team Brentford in the summer of 2018.
Said Benrahma was born in Ain Temouchent, Algeria on August 10, 1995 and it has to be noted that he played for the likes of Angers, Gazelec Ajaccio and Chateauroux on loan before joining the Griffin Park outfit. The Algerian footballer impressed in the 2018/2019 Championship season, scoring 10 goals and providing 15 assists for his teammates.
His main position is right winger, but he is used as a left winger as well. Speaking of his international career, Said Benrahma made his debut for the Algeria national team on October 13, 2015 in a 1-0 win over Senegal.
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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