Nantes vs Lille Prediction and Odds | France Ligue One August 12
Nantes vs Lille Betting Preview
After a very poor season as the defending champs last year, Lille appears to have things started on the right foot for the 2022-23 French Ligue One season. WagerTalk soccer handicapper Kevin Dolan shares his thoughts on Friday’s Nantes vs Lille clash.
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| Friday, August 12 | French Ligue One Betting Notes |
|---|---|
| Nantes: | +185 |
| Lille: | +155 |
| Draw: | +230 |
| Total: | 2.5 Goals (Odds Above Courtesy of DraftKings) |
| Game Time: | 3:00pm ET / 12:00pm PT |
Nantes vs Lille Analysis
The 2020-21 French Ligue One champions, Lille, look to build off a 4-1 demolition of Auxerre last week with another win on the road against Nantes on Friday.
Nantes, for their part, had a very evenly-contested game against Angers last Sunday in the always-competitive Derby de l’ouest, ending in a 1-1 draw which was a fair result for both teams.
Lille has a fantastic record in the Stade de la Beaujoire, not having lost to Nantes in this venue since 2004, with wins in each of the last four head-to-heads here as well.
Lille Back To Business
After enduring an incredibly tough season last year as defending champions, one in which Lille had the dubious honor of finishing in the second-lowest position as defending champions since the turn of the century in Ligue One, it’s now back to business for the former champs.
New coach Pablo Fonseca has focused on a much greater level of intensity in games to start the season and that showed to full effect last week with Lille scoring after just 36 seconds against Auxerre, their second-fastest goal in club history.
Nantes Needs A Solution In Front Of Goal
Nantes top scorer from last season, Randal Kolo Muani, left for Europa League champions Eintracht Frankfurt in the summer and Nantes has had a difficult time replacing him.
Three-straight games now without a goal and failing to even muster a single shot on target in the first half of last week’s game against Angers has seen fans call for an immediate solution to the team’s offensive woes.
Nantes vs Lille Prediction
With Nantes having such huge problems in front of goal to start the season, along with their incredibly poor record at home against Lille over seasons past, it’s difficult to suggest making a wager on Nantes to either win this game outright or take the handicap on them against Lille in this game.
Nonetheless, however, I do expect Nantes to be competitive in this one and really like the value on the outright draw at +230.
Nantes owned the league’s sixth-best defense at home last season and outside of friendlies, has lost just one game at home going all the way back to December, a loss that coincidentally came against this very same Lille side.
That was a game Nantes was more than competitive in, however, having more possession, attacks, and dangerous attacks than Lille in that one, and we believe they can hang tough in this one as well.
Take the outright draw at +230 in the French Ligue One matchup between Lille and Nantes on Friday night.
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‘The sharpest sports mind in Ireland’ is how one prominent newspaper dubbed Kevin Dolan after he became the first foreigner ever to win the World Series of Handicapping tournament back in 2015. “The Irishman” made his start wagering on GAA, football, soccer and boxing, all to immense success. Since becoming a professional bettor, he has since lit up the sports betting scene in the U.S. and abroad, winning two handicapping awards and writing a best-selling book on sports handicapping named ‘The Complete Guide to Sports Betting’.
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