Nantes vs Lille: Nantes and Lille have the chance to put pressure on the top 4 spots when they face each other in the Ligue 1 on Saturday.
Match Details:
Teams: Nantes vs Lille
Venue: Stade de la Beaujoire-Louis Fonteneau, Nantes, France
Date: Sunday 20th March, 2022
Time: 01:30 AM IST
Live Link: http://www.voot.com/
LOSC LILLE – FC NANTES (1 – 1) – Highlights – (LOSC – FCN) / 2021-2022 – YouTube
Preview
Nantes suffered a minor blip after their 1-0 away loss to Troyes in their previous Ligue 1 clash on the weekend.
Ugbo scored the goal which made the difference for the hosts to inflict a 10th loss of the season on Nantes, as they remain in 7th place on the table.
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With just a win from their last 4 matches across competitions, Nantes need to gain consistency as they look to make a last dash towards the end of the season.
On the other hand, Lille were knocked out of the UCL by Chelsea after the Blues beat them 2-1 at their home and qualified 4-1 on aggregate.
Yilmaz broke the deadlock for the hosts before Pulisic and Azpilicueta found the net to turn the game and tie around. Hence, sealing their place in the last 8.
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In their previous Ligue 1 clash, Lille played out a goalless draw against Saint Etienne and hopeful of getting back to winning ways.
Lille is in 6th place on the table with 43 points as they have a lot to do in order to get into the top 4 spots.
Both sides last met in November, where it finished 1-1 at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy.
Form Guide
Nantes: LWDDW
Lille: LDWWL
Last Matches of both teams:
Troyes 1-0 Nantes
Lille 1-2 Chelsea
🗣 Didier Deschamps à propos d’Alban Lafont :
« On le suit. Il est performant depuis plusieurs mois, il réalise une bonne saison. Mais il y a du monde à son poste. À lui de maintenir ce qu’il réalise avec le FC Nantes depuis le début de la saison. » pic.twitter.com/5Vu1Y0JrN4
— PFC (@PassionFootClub) March 17, 2022
Where to watch the live streaming and broadcast of Nantes vs Lille in India?
The match can be live streamed on the Voot Select App, Jio TV; while the broadcast is on VH1.
Team News
Traore, Coco, Pallois and Corchia are ruled out of contention for the hosts due to injuries while Sanches and Botman miss out for the defending champions.
Nantes possible 11: Â
Lafont, Appiah, Castelletto, Girotto, Merlin, Chirivella, Cyprien, De Sa, Blas, Muani and Simon
Top bins 🗑#LOSC | @yilmazburak17 | @ChampionsLeague pic.twitter.com/t0Or6mp32R https://t.co/y57OXiHTJk
— LOSC (@LOSC_EN) March 18, 2022
Lille possible 11:
Leo, Gudmundsson, Djalo, Fonte, Celik, Bamba, Xeka, André, Weah, Yilmaz and David
Prediction: Nantes 2-1 Lille
The absence of Sanches is a big miss for the visitors and we do not see them getting the result in this one.
Despite Nantes being below Lille; we see the home support egging them on and helping them get the three points here.
Players to watch out for: Blas, Simon, David and Yilmaz.