Nantes vs Strasbourg Prediction: An opportunity neither side wants to throw away.

Nantes and Strasbourg will face each other in the round 26 of the Ligue 1 at the Stade de la Beaujoire. Nantes are in 16th place with 25 points, while Strasbourg are in 14th place with 26 points on the Ligue 1 table.

Nantes

Nantes are one of the poorest teams in the division currently and they are on course for relegation if they fail to improve their results. Despite being so close to breaking out of the relegation zone, there's still a huge doubt that Nantes will ever be able to due to their consistent poor results. They lost their last 2 games and they have 2 wins in their last 9 matches in all competitions.

Last weekend they lost 2-0 against Olympique Marseille away from home and it was yet another poor performance from the team. They managed to get 46% possession, 3 shots on target, 8 corner kicks and they created 0 big chances. 

Nantes manager Jocelyn Gourvennec deployed a 5-3-2 formation in the game against Olympique Marseille, in a bid to prevent the team from conceding. However many feel the team needs to be on the front foot as they sit on the edge of the relegation zone. They need to start picking up points and Jocelyn Gourvennec might be forced to switch to attack mode in the upcoming game.

Strasbourg

Strasbourg are not doing any better than Nantes and their results in the last couple of weeks have been worse. Strasbourg are without a win in the last 6 games and 5 of those 6 games ended in a defeat.

Their most recent game against AS Monaco ended in a 1-0 defeat. Despite keeping things tight for most parts of the game, they finally conceded in the 72nd minute of the game. According to the stats, they had just 34% possession, 1 shot on target and 5 corner kicks and they also created 0 big chances throughout the game.

The Strasbourg manager Patrick Viera has to see the upcoming game as an opportunity to push further away from the relegation zone. He deployed the 3-4-3 formation against Monaco and he's expected to stick to the same style against Nantes.

Head to Head

According to the h2h, the last 20 meetings between Nantes and Strasbourg ended with 10 wins for Nantes and 7 wins for Strasbourg. While 3 games ended in a draw.

Analysis and Predictions

It's a crucial bottom table clash and both sides are hoping to pick up all 3 points. Nantes is believed to hold the greater advantage because they play at home and Strasbourg are in a much worse form compared to them. 

According to the h2h, Nantes have not kept a clean sheet in the last 11 meetings while Strasbourg scored first in 6 of the last 8 meetings. 5 of the last 6 meetings ended with less than 4.5 cards and 4 of the last 5 meetings ended with more than 10.5 corners.

• Under 2.5 Total Goals at 1.79 Odds
• Under 2.5 Total Goals at 1.79 Odds
• Correct Score 1-1 at 6.50 Odds