Lorient vs Nantes Predictions

• Lorient have lost each of their last five league games, scoring just once in reply.
• Nantes have just one clean sheet across their last 14 games.
• Three of Nantes’ last four victories also saw both teams score.
• Nantes are unbeaten in each of the last four away H2Hs.

Lowly Lorient’s woes to continue

Lorient are currently on Ligue 1’s longest run of defeats and that could well continue here against a side they have often struggled against. Moreover, the hosts are in serious trouble of getting sucked into the bottom three before long unless they can rectify their form here.

This woeful run has not appeared from thin air, it has been underpinned by a raft of injuries which have understandably knocked the club down a few pegs. Evidently, this depleted squad bagged just one goal across their last 464 minutes of play, hinting at another awful showing here.

Antoine Kombouare-managed sides have typically performed poorly at Lorient with just one win from nine prior personal H2Hs. However, the Nantes manager now oversees a team which could move into the top-half with victory.

At the time of writing, Nantes edge out favouritism in this game. Why is this relevant? Well, Nantes are yet to lose as pre-match favourites in league action this term (W4, D1) with those games accounting for 68% of their points. Consequently, I predict a narrow 2-1 win for the visitors.

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