Nantes vs. Monaco (Friday, 6.00pm)
![Antoine Kombouare, coach of FC Nantes during his side's match against Montpellier on April 26, 2024 [on August 9, 2024]](https://sm.imgix.net/24/32/antoine-kombouare.jpg?w=640&h=480&auto=compress,format&fit=clip "Antoine Kombouare, coach of FC Nantes during his side's match against Montpellier on April 26, 2024 [on August 9, 2024]")
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Under-fire Nantes manager Antoine Kombouare will need a result when they welcome Monaco to the Stade de la Beaujoire in Ligue 1 on Friday night.
With their 12-year stay in the top flight under threat, a visit from one of the strongest travelling sides in Ligue 1 this weekend is not the ideal scenario for Nantes.
We say: Nantes 1-2 Monaco
With just one defeat in five games, fortunes have certainly improved for Nantes in recent weeks, but this will be a tough ask against a strong Monaco side that love playing away.
With 12 wins in their last 17 away games in Ligue 1, the visitors will be favourites, but Hutter's men also know that a win is imperative, given they have only come out victorious in two of their last eight in all competitions.
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Auxerre vs. Lille (Friday, 8.00pm)
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Lille will look to equal a club-record unbeaten run when they travel to the Stade de l'Abbe-Deschamps in Ligue 1 on Friday night to face Auxerre.
The hosts have been brilliant on home soil this season though, even if they have hit a brick wall in recent weeks.
We say: Auxerre 0-1 Lille
Auxerre have been superb all season at home, but recent results are cause for great concern, and there will be worries that their purple patch may have abruptly come to a halt.
Simply matching the club-record unbeaten record will not be enough to satisfy the visitors, who have ambitions of breaking into the top three, especially after dropping two points last weekend, and despite missing some key players, Lille will be slight favourites.
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Oliver Thomas
