Ligue 1 predictions: Round 29: 11/04-13/04
Marseille bounced back to winning ways over the weekend following a tight 3-2 win over Reims at home, but can they build on that this weekend when they take on Monaco away from home?
Lyon will continue their push for a top-three finish in Ligue 1 this term and book their place in the Champions League next term when they face Auxerre away from home on Sunday night, while Strasbourg and OGC Nice are expected to entertain their fans with goals on Saturday.
We looked at this round’s Ligue 1 fixtures and came out with the best possible predictions for every one of them.
Ligue 1 predictions: Round 29: 11/04-13/04
Lens to continue their dominance in these meetings: Lens vs Reims
- Date: 11/04/2025
- Kick-off: 20:45 CET
- Lens enjoy coming up against Reims, and their current form suggests the upcoming game will go in their favor.
Reims haven’t won a game against Lens in the history of Ligue 1 after 11 attempts. Both teams haven’t met many times in this competition, but when they do, Lens would either win or draw. Their most recent five meetings ended with three wins for the hosts and two draws. With the visitors fighting against relegation as a result of their slow start to the season, we believe Lens would go on to take all three points.
Lens vs Reims prediction: Home team to win
Both teams will entertain fans with goals: Monaco vs Marseille
- Date: 12/04/2025
- Kick-off: 17:00 CET
- Goals are usually scored when these two teams come up against each other in this competition, and their current forms suggest the same will repeat itself in the upcoming game.
Monaco and Marseille are old rivals in this competition, as they regularly meet every season. However, we narrowed the nature of these meetings to their last five encounters, yet we weren’t disappointed by the number of goals scored by both French giants. Four of their last five league meetings ended with three or more goals, including the reverse fixture, so we can anticipate the same thing from the upcoming game without any fear.
Monaco vs Marseille prediction: Total goals - over 2.5
Corner kicks will be in excess: Toulouse vs Lille
- Date: 12/04/2025
- Kick-off: 19:00 CET
- Both teams usually force off many corners when they cross paths in this competition, and there’s no reason not to anticipate the same from the upcoming game.
Toulouse and Lille have a decent list of encounters in Ligue 1. Although Lille dominated the last five meetings, we believe they are too inconsistent to rely on them to get the win against Toulouse. What we found consistent in these encounters was their services from the corner flags. They averaged 13.6 corner kicks per game in their last five league encounters, and while we doubt if the upcoming game will produce this many, we expect both teams to play on the front foothis predictionf this becomes true, expecting at least ten corners shouldn’t be far-fetched.
Toulouse vs Lille prediction: Total corner kicks - over 9.5
Loads of throw-ins expected: Strasbourg vs OGC Nice
- Date: 12/04/2025
- Kick-off: 21:05 CET
- Both teams struggle to keep the ball in play when they cross paths, so we expect many restarts from the throw-in lines in this weekend’s encounter.
Both teams love to exchange goals when they meet in this competition, but we found out that they are not ball possession teams. When we analyzed their last five league meetings, we found out that on average, both teams combined produced 30.2 throw-ins per game. There’s a big chance both teams will struggle to control the game, hence putting the ball out of play on many occasions.
Strasbourg vs OGC Nice prediction: Total throw-ins - over 29.5
Saint-Etienne and Brest will entertain fans with goals: Saint-Etienne vs Brest
- Date: 13/04/2025
- Kick-off: 14:00 CET
- Fans are usually entertained by goals scored when these two teams cross paths, so we can lean on the same to happen in the upcoming game.
Both teams have crossed paths many times in Ligue 1, so we narrowed the nature of these encounters to their last five meetings. We discovered that three or more goals were scored in four of their last five encounters, and something else happened: Brest won five of their last six games against this side. We can bank on the visitors to get the win but choose to count on both teams to produce three or more goals.
Saint-Etienne vs Brest prediction: Total goals - over 2.5
The centre referee to display his yellow card a few times: Angers vs Montpellier
- Date: 13/04/2025
- Kick-off: 17:15 CET
- These encounters are rather fierce, so the referees are usually busy displaying their yellow cards when officiating matches involving both teams.
The last time both teams met, two red cards were shown to Montpellier, and eight yellow cards were shown in the encounter. Neither team dominated in their last five meetings, although Angers won three of them, losing the remaining fixtures. What we found consistent was the referee’s bookings. On average, both teams received 5.2 yellow cards per game in their last five matches. While we are uncertain if the upcoming game will be as fierce as the reverse fixture, banking on both teams to produce at least five yellow cards isn’t delusional.
Angers vs Montpellier prediction: Total yellow cards - over 4.5
Loads of tackles will be made: Le Havre vs Rennes
- Date: 13/04/2025
- Kick-off: 17:15 CET
- Both teams are fond of displaying their tackling abilities when they meet each other, so we can count on the upcoming game to contain loads of them.
Le Havre and Rennes met three times since they last met in 2009, and that’s down to Le Havre’s relegation to the lower division. So, we decided to analyze their most recent Ligue 1 meetings and found out that both teams are fond of making clean tackles. They averaged 38.66 tackles per game, so we can count on them to produce at least 35 tackles combined in the upcoming encounter.
Le Havre vs Rennes prediction: Total tackles - over 34.5
Auxerre and Lyon will display their attacking mastery: Auxerre vs Lyon
- Date: 13/04/2025
- Kick-off: 20:45 CET
- Goals are usually scored when both teams come up against each other, and we expect the upcoming game to follow suit.
Auxerre and Lyon have met several times in this competition, but because Auxerre spent many years in the lower division, we can only focus on their most recent meetings that took place between 2022 and 2024. All three league meetings ended with over 2.5 goals, and both teams exchanged goals in each of them. We can count on three or more goals to be scored in the upcoming game, but we would rather bank on both teams to exchange goals, as we expect the visitors to be short on energy following their encounter with Manchester United on Thursday night in the Europa League.
