Nantes vs Angers Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Nantes are still not safe and this is now a huge game as Angers make the trip to Stade de la Beaujoire with both sides still in this season’s Ligue 1 relegation battle with three games to go.
Kick-off date/time: Sunday 4th May, 2025: UK – 2:00pm / US ET – 9:00am / US PT – 6:00am
How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – beIN Sports
How to watch online: UK – Ligue 1 pass / US – beIN Sports
Nantes Preview: Nantes’ solidity
Under the management of Antoine Kombouare, who is in his second stint in charge of Nantes, the Canaries begin this weekend’s round of fixtures sitting a couple of places but a few points above the bottom three and the relegation places in Ligue 1.
The home team come into this one on the back of a run of form whereby they have suffered just one defeat in their last four matches. They most recently shared a goalless draw at home to Toulouse last weekend, who had Noah Edjouma sent off after 38 minutes.
Angers Preview: Angers on the slide
Following their promotion to then top-flight last season, Angers had enjoying an impressive first six or seven months or so but a defeat to Stade de Reims on penalties in the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France at Stade Raymond Kopa has brought about a bad turnaround.
The visitors, under the management of Alexandre Dujeux, begin this weekend’s round of fixtures sitting two points behind Nantes in the Ligue 1 table with their 2-0 loss at home to Lille last weekend their eighth loss in nine matches across all competitions.
Nantes Team News: Coco still suspended
Predicted XI (3-5-2): Lopes; Castelletto, Zeze, Pallois; Amian, Lepenant, Pedro Chirivella, Douglas Augusto, Cozza; Abline, Simon
Unavailable: Sow (Injured), Coco (Suspended), Mahamoud (Injured)
Questionable: Doucoure (Injured), Coquelin (Injured)
Angers Team News: A few doubts
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Fofana; Arcus, Bamba, Lefort, Hanin; Belkhdim, Ould Khaled; Ferhat, Abdelli, Allevinah; Lepaul
Unavailable: Cherif (Injured)
Questionable: Hountondji (Injured), Belkelba (Injured), Capelle (Injured), Aholou (Injured), Biumla (Injured)
Nantes vs Angers Prediction
Nantes come into this one on the back of showing some fight of late but the pressure has been growing on Kombouare throughout the season due to their poor performances and they have been the subject of supporter unrest and protest. They now face an Angers side that have, in contrast, now shown much fight and are lacking any sort of cohesive threat in the final third so siding with Nantes appears the way to go for this one at Stade de la Beaujoire.
Nantes vs Angers Tip: Nantes to win & under 3.5 goals
