Lille vs Nantes Predictions and Tips 11.08.2019

Reason for our betting tips:

Lille ended the last Ligue 1 (L1) campaign with a four-game winning streak at home, scoring 4.0 goals per fixture on average across this period. The hosts have every right to believe they can continue where they left off, especially after winning each of their league openers over the last two seasons, while scoring exactly three goals on both occasions.

Impressively, ‘Le LOSC’ ended the 2018/19 L1 campaign losing just two of their 19 home league fixtures (W13, D4). Furthermore, the hosts scored an average of 2.21 goals per home fixtures last season, finishing as the league’s second-best home attack. That’s not surprising though, as Lille failed to score in just three of their 19 home outings.

For their part, Nantes have struggled away from home in the top-flight, winning just two of their last 13 L1 away fixtures (W2, D4, L7). Moreover, the fact that ‘Les Canaris’ have failed to score in each of their last eight away L1 losses will concern interim coach Patrick Collot.

The visitors have also lost each of their last two opening day fixtures, while conceding exactly three goals in both, including a 3-0 lost away to Lille back in 2017/18 season. Encouragingly though, they have scored first-half openers in each of their last three L1 away fixtures (W1, D2).

Stat attack: Lille managed a league-high of ten clean sheets in their 19 home league games last season.

Nantes registered a clean sheet in just two of their 19 away fixtures last L1 campaign (10.53%) – L1’s joint-worst ratio.

Each of the last 18 top-flight H2H meetings have seen at least one team fail to score before half-time.

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