- Team form: Nantes have been on a three-game losing streak, all 1-0.
- Recent results: Red Star 93 Saint Ouen have secured five wins across their last 10.
- Last five: In their last five, Nantes are 1-0-4, while Red Star are 2-1-2.
Ligue 1’s fallen giants face Ligue 2’s in-form side
Odds and market
Nantes enter this Ligue 2 2026-2027 matchup as 1.65 favourites, but Red Star 93 Saint Ouen can provide a decent challenge at 5.1 for the victory on Saturday, while the draw is priced at 3.7.
Playing styles and key threat
This will be a clash of styles with Nantes looking to control the rhythm and play a possession-based game with a compact shape, while Red Star will press high and look to break fast in transition, using their pace and directness to make a match of it.
That should lead to a chess match, where Nantes are looking to pick Red Star off through the centre of the pitch, and Red Star are looking to break at pace and exploit the gaps that they create. Ignatius Ganago is Nantes' main threat with two goals in his last five appearances and two of the club's four in the same spell.
Nantes need to get tight against Red Star
Nantes have struggled recently with a run of 1-3-6 across their last 10 in all competitions, but Michel Der Zakarian has brought a sense of organisation and pragmatism to their play during the build-up to this matchup.
Their home record across all competitions is 1-1-1, but they've conceded just four times across three home matches so far, so they will need to be tight and disciplined against a good Red Star side on Saturday.
- Damien Perrinelle has been tasked with making his new team disciplined, intense and energetic, which should be key as they look to hunt turnovers and counter-attack.
Away form the key factor
Red Star have won twice and lost three times across their five away games in all competitions, averaging 1.40 goals scored and conceded per-away-match.
This match looks likely to go the way of a home win, but Nantes are favorites so we'll take the tighter odds on Under 2.5 goals at 1.83, while Both Teams To Score looks almost a 50-50 bet with 1.85 for Yes and 1.8 for No, so we're backing the No option in the correct score prediction.
