Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Nantes
Match Time & Date:
31/10/2020
04:00 PM
Prediction: 0-2
PSG
All eyes will be on Stade de la Beaujoire when Nantes and PSG face each other in the Ligue 1 derby. Nantes desperately needed a win against Brest at the weekend, and they managed to get one. Les Canaris aim to escape the danger zone, but they will have a big fish to fry in Saturday’s football match against the star-studded title holders. Les Parisiens have been in a splendid form of late, with the team recording a win in each of their last five league fixtures.
PSG aim to cement top position in the standings, and we are positive that Thomas Tuchel’s troops will go all guns blazing at Nantes. The good news for the visitors is that Angel Di Maria returns from suspension. Anyhow, PSG are more of a team, and despite their tough fixture list due to participation in the Champions League, we believe that away win should be considered.
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 (PSG):
Formed by the merger of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain in 1970, Paris Saint-Germain or as they call it PSG is the most successful club in French football with 31 domestic titles to their name. Having won six Ligue 1 title so far, a record ten Coupes de France, a record six Coupes de la Ligue, six Trophees des Champions and one Ligue 2 title, PSG are also one of only two French clubs to ever win a European title.
Les Parisiens were crowned UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup champions back in 1995-96, while their last European trophy was the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup. Beginning of the new millennium was particularly hard for the celebrated club who flirted with relegation in 2000s before they were bought by the Quatar Sports Investments group in 2011 when the rebirth of the Paris Saint-Germain as we know it today began.
Following heavy squad investments and team boosting, PSG won their first Ligue 1 title in 19 years with Swedish legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic almost singlehandedly leading his side towards the trophy with 30 goals. Having established domestic dominance, PSG now set their sights on winning the Champions League which remains an elusive dream for the club from Paris.
