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Both teams are in very good shape and after two consecutive league victories they were also successful in French Cups. The Parisians were dominant in their previous head-to-heads and have 15-game winning streak against Nantes.

FC Nantes

The fact doesn’t give much reason to the home team to be optimistic about their next match with the Parisians, regardless that are in very good shape. Experienced coach Ranieri has made a number of positive changes in the team since the beginning of season, which is why Nantes still in the race for European positions, although at the moment it has five points fewer than fifth-placed Marseille.

Primarily thanks to good defence Nantes won in two previous league matches Angers and Amiens, both by 1-0, while in the French Cup it routinely did the job against lower-league Senlis last weekend as they defeated them away by even 4-0. Ranieri even managed to rest several standard starters in that match. We need to add that match with PSG will skip from before injured midfielder Kayembe and forwards Coulibaly and Sigthorsson.

Probable lineups FC Nantes: Tatarusanu – Dubois, Diego Carlos, Pallois, Lima – Girotto, Toure, Rongier – Thomasson, Bammou – Sala

Paris Saint-Germain

This match with Nantes comes for the visiting team from Paris after the latest series of six victories, out of which three were won in the league and three in domestic cups; all won away against Strasbourg, Rennes and Amiens. In the League Cup PSG is on good path to win its next title, where it won away Amiens 2-0 and qualified for the semi-finals, in which it will play the 2nd leg match with Rennes near the end of January.

Regarding the French Ligue 1, coach Emery players are undisputed leaders given that after 19 rounds they have even nine points more than Monaco and Lyon, so they can face worry-free very tough Nantes. On the other hand, Emery is worried with rumours about departure of several of his players, while midfielders Pastore and forward Cavani have just returned from vacation and will probably skip the Sunday’s match, just like not fully ready midfielder Motta.

Probable lineups Paris Saint-Germain: Areola – Alves, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Kurzawa – Verratti, Rabiot, Draxler – di Maria, Mbappe, Neymar

Verdict

Regardless of losing previous 15 matches to the Parisians we expect from Nantes players to put up a good resistance in this match, especially as their defence functions much better after Ranieri’s arrival.

Pick: under 3 goals 1.84 - 21/25 @1XBet