Sunday's Serie A and Ligue 1 predictions and free football betting tips

Best bets and predictions for Sunday's matches in Serie A and Ligue 1.

Best bet

Over 2.5 goals in Milan v Napoli
BT Sport 1, 7.45pm
1pt 10-11 bet365

Lens to beat Nantes
BT Sport 4, 4.05pm
1pt 5-4 Coral, Hills

Sunday European preview

Milan and Napoli are setting the pace in Serie A and could serve up a spectacle when they clash at San Siro on Sunday evening.

Both sides have started the league season with four wins and two draws with defending champions Milan picking up where they left off last term and Napoli dazzling despite a summer of comings and goings.

They will both be missing key forwards for this contest - Rafael Leao is suspended for the hosts and the visitors are without injured marksman Victor Osimhen - but neither side have had issues finding the net this season.

Napoli have racked up 4-1 and 3-0 wins over Liverpool and Rangers in the Champions League, while Milan, who have already beaten rivals Inter, are averaging two goals per game in Serie A this term.

The sides are incredibly tough to separate right now and over 2.5 goals could be the way to go.

In France, Lens are enjoying their best start to a Ligue 1 season since the 1985-86 season with five wins and two draws from their seven league games.

Spearheaded by in-form Lois Openda and Florian Sotoca, who have nine league goals between them this season, they should get the better of Nantes, who were thumped 3-0 by Qarabag in the Europa League on Thursday.

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