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This Week's Ligue 1 Showdowns 18-20 April 2025 - Football Predictions!
Peter & The Moose analyse the upcoming Ligue 1 matches and where to watch them on official live broadcast channels & streaming.
Games featured in this episode:
⚽ Paris Saint-Germain vs Havre AC Live
⚽ Marseille vs Montpellier Live
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Hi, it's Peter Guest, and I'm here with The Moose for another episode of the Ligue 1, France, footballpredictions.net podcast, covering matches from the 18th to the 20th of April, 2025. And you can see the details for all the games we're about to discuss in the description of this podcast. And it takes you to footballpredictions.net, where you can see all these games, plus the fixtures from just about every other football competition in the world from A to Z.
Moose:Yes, and on our website I will show you where to watch the games on local broadcast channels plus video streaming services, as well as match odds from local bookmakers. Look in the description of this podcast episode for direct clickable links to all of the matches we're about to discuss. If you're streaming any matches on Bed365, geolocation and live streaming rules apply. 18 plus gamble aware.
Peter Guest:Let's go with Ren, who are in 11th, taking on Nantes, who are in 13th. It's on Friday, 18th of April, quarter to eight, UK time. Click the link in the description and you'll be able to find your local kickoff time, betting odds and broadcast streaming options. This one is watchable on the League One Pass. If you don't want to pay for a subscription, you can watch it on Bet365. To qualify for that, all you need is any funds in your account or to have placed a bet with them in the last 24 hours. Don't forget to use the bonus code FP365 when you sign up. Well, you know, Moose, looking at these two sides, it's a bit like stripes, isn't it? It's like win-loss, win-loss, loss-loss, win. In fact, they've got identical records. haven't they over the last six.
Moose:Yeah exactly identical records three wins and three defeats each what's actually quite remarkable is that ren has played 21 matches in league and not managed to draw a single one of those so no draws in 21 games for the home team here and that's not to say that that's a massive hint for what our prediction is later on but yeah let's let's dive in obviously They're a very mixed bag of results. If we do look at Rennes, I mean, literally, if we look last 10 matches, they are slightly leaning towards the winning side. They have six wins and four defeats. At home, Rennes, though, has been struggling. Five defeats from the last seven. Just two wins and those were two 1-0 wins against Hans and Strasbourg. Although Strasbourg, at the moment, is starting to pick up some really good form in Ligue 1. But yeah, not a lot of draws. Last weekend, we had Rennes to win at Avra and did the win. They won that game 5-1, so they're certainly in good form there. Against Oxer in the last home game, our main prediction was under two and a half goals and it ended 1-0 to Oxer. At Angers, we had Rennes to win. He ended up winning that game 3-0. And then we had a correct score prediction when Rennes went to Lens and lost 1-0. We had 1-0 Lens in that one. Maybe we can just cap it off on the outcomes here because at home to PSG, we had both teams to score and PSG to win. And at Montpellier, we had Rennes to win. So yeah, wow, our predictions on Rennes has been pretty spot on, both in terms of the goals markets and the outcomes. But yeah, let's move on to the opponents. Nantes. Nantes equally. no draws in the last nine matches so once again a team that likes to either win or lose but yeah last weekend they did a win we had both teams to score this was a little bit of a surprise because they went to nice and beat them 2-1 in that game they had another away game prior to that at afra at the end of 3-2 afra we had both teams to score in that game now this is nance third away match in a row. Yeah, the last two has ended with a defeat and a win, but yeah, I guess leading into the tip for this one, it's one of those where you should probably put your money on draw no bet, but we don't tend to give that option, so I'm going to hand it over to Gesty for the prediction.
Peter Guest:Yeah, well, just with Ren in them, have usually been very high scoring, haven't they? So in their last half dozen matches alone, 20 goals have been scored for both sides combined, that is. That's 3.33 goals per game on average. Wren have scored 13 of those goals, by the way. I mean, you can't guarantee it's going to happen in this game, can you? But, you know, the stats sometimes do tell a story. Nantes have also been scored against in five of their last six. That's eight goals have gone in against them in those games as well. So they've got some problems at the back, Nantes, haven't they? We think it's probably going to be a Wren, well, a comprehensive victory. We've gone four in this game, both teams to score. Odds there you can get at 1.8. And actually, exactly the same odds you can get for a Wren win. So, you know, take your pick. But our tip is for both teams to score, Ren to win, both 1. For the score, we've gone for something a bit tastier, actually. We've gone for both teams to score. We've gone for a big Ren win. We've gone 3-1 to the home side and very good odds for that. You can get 15. That's 14 to 1 odds for them to win by that exact score line. And other sort of top odds for the game at the moment, looking at all the bookies here on my screen, we've got Nantes 4.75, a draw 3.5, and Ren are best priced at 1.8. so they are odds on to win the game. Let's move on to another high-flying team, PSG, who are still in the Champions League as well, taking on Avra, who's 16th. It's on Saturday the 19th of April, 4pm. Look in the description of this podcast. Click the link and you'll find your localised kick-off time, odds, TV channels and streaming services. This one, you can catch on Bet365. You can live stream it there. To qualify for that, all you need is funds. Any funds in your account or to a place to bet with them in the last 24 hours. And when you join, use the bonus code, of course, Now, even though they did lose to Aston Villa on the night, they won, they got through on the tie in PSG in the Champions League. But before that, they'd been going very swimmingly in all competitions, whereas Avra got thumped.
Moose:Yes, PSG actually in Ligue 1 has not played since the 5th of April. They've had those two Champions League games against Aston Villa as their last two games. So probably not too much to cover here on PSG, but they have won their last nine games in Ligue 1 and also in Coupe de France. They are through so yeah they are doing really really well and obviously they won the they won the aisle but i'm pretty sure that they would like to just keep up this momentum considering the cup competitions and the chairman's league but yeah the last game was a home game it was against our share that was on the 5th of april and that ended with a 1-0 win to psg prior to that they had a 6-1 win at sandy chen and a 3-1 home win against marseille but this is back in March so yeah moving on to the visitors from Afra like you said they got thumped last weekend they played again at home and lost that game 5-1 they were in fact 3-0 down after 15 minutes so that that kind of laid the ground for for that game but yeah 5-1 defeat but in general Afra actually leading up to that had been in a fairly good form they had three wins from five but now obviously three wins from six and one draw and two defeats. The last away game was at Montpellier. We had under two and a half goals as our main prediction. Avoua ended up winning that one 2-0 and then prior to that they lost 4-2 at Lyon. Now going into this game, Avoua is sitting in 16th. That's a relegation playoff spot but they are just two points below Horns. They're still in with a shout to kind of dig themselves out of that relegation mess but it's going to be really really hard and a big ask if it's going to happen at PSG.
Peter Guest:Yeah for sure I mean PSG really kind of unbackable in the league out there at the moment especially when they're playing low league teams you know for PSG win you can only get 1.13 so is that even worth it so our tip for this one better value is both teams to score we've got odds there currently of 1.8 so that would be a little bit better profile if you're. Correct score prediction, we've gone for 3-1 and your odds there at the moment, just looking now, 10. So 9-1 to get them to win by three goals to one. Difficult one, isn't it, this game? But yeah, we think maybe the both teams to score is the one to look at. Look at the overall odds, the best odds. You can get Avra at odds of 17, a draw at 9 and PSG to win at 1.14. So, you know, is it one you really want to go near? I mean, it's probably, it's a safe bet, isn't it, for PSG to win? If you don't mind picking up small amounts, then maybe that's one for you. But yeah, we think both teams to score is a bit better value. Next up, we've got Monaco. Talking of top teams, they're in second and they're taking on Strasbourg, who are in sixth. It's on Saturday the 19th of April. It's 6 p.m. UK time, that is. Click the link in the description of this podcast and you'll find your localised kick-off time. Odds, TV channels, streaming service. It's on League One Pass, but you can also stream it, if you don't want to pay for a subscription anyway, on Bet365. To qualify for that, all you need is any funds in your account or to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. Use the bonus code FP365 if you haven't signed up with them already. Now, actually, this is a really interesting looking game because the only team to have lost in the last six is Monaco. Yes, Monaco.
Moose:Both teams actually are in very good form, but none as good as Strasbourg. But let's start with Monaco because actually, When we isolate them to just their home form, they have been nothing but exceptional this season and especially over the past 10 or so matches. They have some really big wins in there. And the last home game was against Marseille, who at the time was second and Monaco was sitting in third. Monaco went into that game knowing that they could deepfrog Marseille and so did they beat them, Marseille, 3-0. So quite convincing win. And Marseille has been a little bit out of form of late, but yeah, to beat them 3-0, go into second, Monaco has put themselves in a very good position for these playoff spots. But as we know, it's very competitive at the top of Ligue 1. There is only three points separating Monaco and Strasbourg in sixth. So this is another key game for Monaco. You just cannot slip up in this race for the Champions League spots. There's only five matches to go and all points count. But yeah, for Monaco, six wins in a row now at home and they've had some really high scoring games. Sorry, they've had high scoring games, but they've certainly also scored a lot of goals themselves. Across those six games, they have scored a total of 23 goals. So yeah, that is nearly four goals on average for Monaco at home over the last six matches. So yeah, that's really impressive. But what's also impressive is Strasbourg and the way that they've turned their season around. Because if you looked at them at the beginning of the season, in fact, all the way up to the Christmas break, they only had four wins. But then coming back off the Christmas break, I don't know what's happened to Strasbourg, but they must have worked quite hard because they've just not been able to stop winning. Although they did stop winning last week. And we did predict that as well. We had a score draw at home to Nice that ended 2-2. But prior to that, Strasbourg had won five matches in a row, and they have got just one defeat this side of Christmas. So that was at Rennes in February. One thing that has to be said about Strasbourg is it's not the most high-scoring games, but obviously 2-2 last weekend. And then they've had a few high-scoring games of late. So yeah, don't write that possibility off. What's quite interesting, though, is that when we do look at the Strasbourg games, So if we go back to January, the last 10 matches, it's only been scored four goals in the first half. That is well below one goal a game in the first half when Strasbourg is playing. So it seems like they have a clear strategy there. Keep a tight ship during the first 45 minutes and then just slowly grind down the second half. But yeah, we are not so convinced that Strasbourg is going to manage that against Monaco.
Peter Guest:Yeah, I'll tell you what, it's interesting, this fixture. You know, looking at the head-to-head. The last six games they've played, stretching back to 13th of March, 2022, Monaco have won five. Strasbourg only have won one of them with no draws. There were 19 goals produced in those clashes combined. 13 for Monaco and six from Le Ressing. So that's an average of 3.17 goals per match. The last time the score was Strasbourg won Monaco 3. That was back in November. And maybe that will repeat itself. Strasbourg haven't beaten Monaco when they've played them away from home in the last four league games, yet they're also unbeaten themselves in the last four away league matches. So, yeah, it's going to be a very interesting game. But, yeah, Monaco are unbeaten in their last six at home as well. So, I could take that into account. They didn't have the slip-up against Brest a couple of weeks ago. We fancy them to win here. We've gone for a Monaco win. 1.57 is what you can get for that. We think it'll be both teams to score. 1.53 is the odds you get for both teams to score. I mean, both teams do score, don't they? They have all in the last six. They've both scored on every occasion. So we can't see this one being any different either. Take a pick between those two, really, the Monaco win or the both teams to score. Maybe both teams to score is a little bit safer. For the correct scoreline, though, we've gone for a 3-1, bit of a big one, for Monaco to win by. And your odds there are 11. That's 10 to 1 in fractional. Look at the other odds. Five you can get for Strasbourg to win, which is very high. A draw, still very high, 4.75. But yeah, everyone's kind of, the bookies are piling onto Monaco and only giving you 1.57 for them to win. And that's what we think will happen as well. Next up, we've got Marseille. This is a very different game from the last one. Although they're up in third, they're taking on Montpellier, who are 18th. It's on Saturday, the 19th of April. Five past eight UK time, evening kickoff. You can click the link in the description of this podcast and you'll be able to find your local kick-off time, odds, TV channels and streaming. This one is available on League One Pass or TV Mond, but you can also, subscription free of course, watch it on Bet365 to qualify for that. All you need is any funds in your account or to have placed a bet with them in the last 24 hours. And of course, when you join, use the bonus code that we provide for you, which is FP365. Well, Moose, Montpellier haven't had anything at all to shout about for a long time, and Marseille have really been spluttering.
Moose:Yeah, Marseille really has fallen out of form just at the wrong time because they were, for a long time, actually, the only challenger to PSG at the top. But now they have five defeats from seven. They're just one point above Lyon for the direct spots for the Champions League. And with this trajectory of form, they are going to miss out of the Champions League spots altogether because they picked up just six points from their last seven matches. And when you look at some of the in-form teams around them, Monaco, Strasbourg, even Lyon and Lille have got more points over the past seven matches. It's not looking good for Marseille, but what a game to actually be able to turn it around. And if Marseille cannot turn it around against Montpellier, they probably don't deserve a Champions League spot either. But let's look at Marseille, because like we just covered with Monaco last weekend, they went to Monaco and lost 3-0 there, Marseille did. We did have Monaco to win that game. It was not that it was a big surprise to us, but once again, it was kind of based on Marseille's form of late, especially away from home, where they're now on four away defeats in a row. In fact, we've lost five, our last six away from Holt.
Speaker2:But at home, Marseille is a lot stronger.
Moose:They've just got one defeat from the last nine. That was at home to Lens in the beginning of March. But their last home game, that did result in a win. That was a 3-2 home win against Toulouse. We had both teams to score and Marseille to win in that game. So we did believe in Marseille in that game. If we do look at Montpellier, that is a sorry sight. Ten defeats in a row for Montpellier. That is not a good look. but it gets even worse. Guess how many goals Montpellier have
Peter Guest:Scored over the last 10 matches? Well, do you know what? None?
Moose:They've scored one. One. So Montpellier has managed one goal across the last 10 matches. So I think we know what way it's going to go at Marseille.
Peter Guest:Yes, I think so. Yeah, so for this one, we've got those collective thoughts together and rather than not both teams to score, We've gone for over 2.5 goals. And so we think they're all going to go to Marseille as well. So we've got over 2.5 goals tip. 1.4 is the odds you can get for that, which isn't that high really. But it's better than you can get for Marseille to win because you can only get 1.22 for that. So completely odds on favorites. Pellier in a pathetic downward spiral. Haven't won away from home in the last five league matches. Haven't beaten Marseille away from home in nine league matches. We don't think it's going to change here. In fact, the last time they played was in October, match day eight. It was Montpellier nil, Marseille five. And that was them being at home. So, yeah, it's not looking great. We've gone for a correct score of three nil. Probably that's a minimum for Marseille. And your odds there, would you believe, for three nil correct score, you can only get odds of eight, seven to one for that. So it's looking pretty likely, isn't it? And just looking at the other odds, for a Montpellier win, you can get 11 and a half, 11.5. For a draw, you can get seven. And like I said, for a Marseille win, you can get 1.22 only. But that's how we think it'll go. 3-0 to the home side. Let's move on to the summary games. Lillian 5th taking on Augs' Air in 10th. It's on Sunday the 20th of April, 2 p.m. UK time kickoff. You can stream it on Bet365. It's on League One Pass as well. To qualify for the Bet365 stream, all you need is a funded account or to have placed a bet with them in the last 24 hours. Sign up with the bonus code FP365 for this one. We think it's going to be an under 2.5 goals game. We've gone for a Lille win, though. We've gone for a correct score prediction of Lille 2, Oxair nil.
Moose:Yeah, moving on to Nice in 7th, takes out our share in 14th. This game also kicks up Sunday, 20th of April, quarter past four UK time. It's another game you can watch on Bet365. In order to qualify, all you need is to have a funded account or to have placed the bet in the last 24 hours. Use that bonus code FP365 on sign-up. Now, for this game, we are going to go with a home win for Nice. Both teams to score prediction. That is our main prediction. Both teams to score. And a correct score of Nice 3 on share 1.
Peter Guest:Yes, and next up, we've got Bryce, who are in 8th, taking on nearby Alonso, who are in 9th on the table, that is. It kicks off on Sunday, the 20th of April, quarter past 4 in the afternoon UK time. It's on League One Pass if you've got a subscription to that. But otherwise, you can watch it on Bet365 to qualify for that. All you need is any funds in your account, of course, or to a place to bet with them in the last 24 hours. Use the bonus code FP365 when you sign up. This one should be a really tightly contested game. And we think that will be reflected in the scoreline. There have been a lot of 1-0s involving Longs in the last recent times. And we think it's going to go the same way. We think for this one, we're going for a tight under 2.5 goals tip with a correct score of a breast 1-0.
Moose:Yes, and then we've got Hans in 15th, who takes on Toulouse in 12th. This game kicks off Sunday, 20th of April, also quarter past four UK time. It's another game you can watch on Bet365. And in order to qualify, all you need is to have a funded account or to place the bet in the last 24 hours. Sign up using that bonus code FP365. Now, for this game, we're also going with a low-scoring game, so under two and a half goals is our main prediction. We're going with an away win, a narrow away win of Hans Nell,
Peter Guest:To lose one and finally sent etienne in 17th for taking on leon who are fourth and it's on sunday the 20th this is the evening game quarter to eight uk time kickoff for this one we've actually gone for both teams to score we think it'll be tight but we think the away team will get it we've gone for a correct score of saint etienne one leon two and of course a reminder that that one is also available for streaming on bet365 make use of our bonus code fp365 when you register to qualify All you need is any funds in your account or to have placed a bet with them in the last 24 hours. Geolocation and live streaming rules apply. Full details are available on the Bet365 website. 18 plus gamble aware.
Moose:Yes, and in the description area of this podcast, you'll find links to all the matches we've just covered or simply visit footballpredictions.net. There you can browse the online places to see the games from your location while streaming and TV channels. Our tips for different betting markets, team news, as well as the latest offers and odds.
Peter Guest:If you like this podcast, we record podcasts across several competitions, as well as Ligue 1, and you can hear them all at podcast.footballpredictions.net, or where you usually download your favourite podcasts from such as YouTube, Apple, and Spotify. Well, that is all. Thank you for joining us. Until the next time, it is.
Moose:Au revoir.
Peter Guest:Au revoir.