Nantes vs Saint Etienne Prediction & Betting Tips - Ligue 1

Prediction published on 18/05/2022, 15:37  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 18/05/2022 at 15:37 in Ligue 1 Predictions

Saint Etienne have one last chance to try and avoid automatic relegation; they are set to travel to Nantes for their final game of the Ligue 1 campaign. Hosts Nantes are safely confirmed for next season in the top flight, having managed 54 points, in ninth place, while Saint-Etienne have 31 points in 19th place. Nantes are coming from a 3-2 loss to Lyon. That loss ended a run of four unbeaten matches, while four of their last five matches have produced over 2.5 goals. They have one clean sheet only in their last five matches, which came in the French Cup final, a 1-0 victory over Nice. With 12 goals in their last five matches, Nantes should be high in confidence going into this game and will hope to finish with a home win.

Saint Etienne can only get to the relegation playoff position, and then also, that is not in their control. An inferior goal difference puts them in the red zone going into this game and a run of four straight losses rightly hands them the underdogs’ tag. Saint-Etienne have no win in five matches and have conceded twice in each of those five games. In their last 10 matches, they’ve managed just one win and four of their last five matches have produced over 2.5 goals, though the team has failed to score just once in those five matches. Six losses in their last 10 away matches doesn’t paint the picture that this will be an easier outing, and especially the fact that they’ve conceded two or more in each of the last four.