Lorient vs Nantes Prediction: Get ready for war!

Lorient are building something special at the moment and for the very first time this season they are hoping to win 4 league games in a row. After securing 3 wins in their last 3 games and going unbeaten in 4 games, Lorient are finally looking like a team worthy of retaining their place in the Ligue 1. Despite being just a place above Nantes in 16th spot, they head into this game with lots of confidence behind them and they hope to win once again and continue their perfect run.

Nantes need a fix as quick as possible or they might be heading down to the bottom. At the moment, they are in a good position to climb off the relegation zone if they can manage to beat Lorient in this game. But Nantes are not even looking like a decent team at the moment with their very poor record in the past couple of months.

Lorient

Lorient have put together something special over the last couple of weeks and they have their fans hoping for a better end to the campaign. Lorient won all of their last 3 league games in a row after beating Strasbourg last weekend by 3 goals to 1.

Mohamed Bamba got Lorient in a strong position in the first half of the game against Strasbourg by scoring a brace. Julien Ponceau extended Lorient's lead to 3 goals in the 49th minute, before Strasbourg pulled one goal back 51st minute through Frederic Guilbert. Lorient looked lost in possession throughout the game but they managed to snatch all 3 points at the end of the game.

Now while the recent results have gotten them away from the relegation zone, there's still a lot of work to do in the team. 

Lorient are in 15th place with 22 points and they face Nantes who are 16th with 22 points. It's going to be a tough game no doubt, but it's going to be a game to regret for either side if they fail to win.

Nantes

Nantes have been poor when their results are put on the table. They are lucky the teams behind them are poorer, else they would be at the bottom of the log after such performances. Nantes have lost 6 of their last 8 matches in a row, they managed to win 1 and draw 1.

Their last game was against Paris Saint Germain and they lost the game 2-0. Nantes were able to hold out in the first half against PSG as there were no goals scored in the opening 45 minutes. But the game opened up in the 60th minute with Lucas Hernandez drawing first blood for PSG and then Kylian Mbappe scored from the spot in the 78th minute to make it 2-0. Nantes had only 23% possession throughout the game, but they managed to get 7 shots directed on target. They will hope for better luck in the next game against Lorient.

Nantes are 16th on the league table with 22 points from 22 matches. 

Head to Head

Nantes have won 12 matches against Lorient in their last 20 meetings. Lorient won 5 matches and they played to a draw in 3 matches.

Analysis and Predictions

This looks like a potential thriller considering what's at stake for both clubs. The only thing that makes sense will be for both clubs to avoid the defeat at all costs. Nantes have the odds against them and their reaction to that would be to shut Lorient out and earn a point. Lorient on the other hand will hope to apply the advantage to get all 3 points.

According to analysis, Lorient are without a clean sheet in their last 8 matches against Nantes. Both teams scored in 4 of their last 5 meetings and all 4 meetings ended with more than 2.5 goals. There's also been less than 4.5 cards shown in 9 of the last 10 meetings between Lorient and Nantes and less than 10.5 corners in 4 of their last 5 meetings.

• More than 2 Goals at 1.64 Odds
• Both Teams to Score at 1.9 Odds
• Lorient to Win 2-1 at 10.00 Odds