Bastia vs Nantes Betting Tips & Predictions

Bastia have managed to put together an excellent run of results together during the second half of the season to make up for a disappointing start to the campaign, with this good form allaying the relegation fears some had been thinking of.

They have won four of their last six Ligue 1 matches, pushing them up to 11th in the table. With the middle of the pack so tight in the French top flight, this means they are nine points clear of the relegation zone and six points off 4th placed Nice.

Nantes are one of the sides positioned just above them, with their 40 point total leaving them two points better off than the hosts and four points adrift of the top four.

But Nantes aren’t in the same vein of form as their hosts Bastia. They were knocked out of the Coupe De France last week by Sochaux after a gruelling 120 minutes, and they followed this disappointment up with a 4-1 defeat at Rennes.

I think they could be in for a third straight defeat on Wednesday too. They are coming up against an in form side and Nantes must still be feeling their midweek 120 minutes of football. The hosts also haven’t lost to Nantes since 2010, which makes odds of 2.025 for a Bastia 0.0 Asian Handicap Win excellent value. I’m backing a 1-0 correct score prediction as well considering Bastia have kept four clean sheets on the bounce.