Lorient vs Caen
13th January 1945hrs
Football – France – Ligue 2
Pick Lorient win
Bookmaker Bet Victor
Odds: 1.70 odds taken 0409 GMT, Sunday 12 January
Next up is a clash between Lorient and Caen in the French second tier as the betting tips continue in Ligue 2 at the Stade Yves Allainmat.
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Lorient Preview – Can Lorient return to winning ways?
Following a disappointing and heavy 3-0 defeat away at 8th placed Valenciennes, Monday night’s hosts, Lorient, will be keen to return to winning ways when they return to their Stade Yves Allainmat to take on lowly Caen.
Prior to that heavy loss last time out in Ligue 2, Lorient had strung together an impressive 5-match winning streak which had helped the hosts up into 2nd place and one of the automatic promotion spots, just 1 point behind league leaders, Lens.
Recent victories over Niort 4-1, Chateauroux 3-1, Grenoble Foot 2-1, Orleans 4-0 and a 1-0 win against Auxerre have given Lorient plenty of momentum and despite their loss last time out, they’ll still be in confident mood ahead of this upcoming clash against Caen.
A home record of 6-1-2 13/5 includes winning their last 3 home matches on the trot as well as keeping 4 clean sheets to date on home turf so far this season, while forwards Wissa (11 goals) and Hamel (7 goals) will look to add to their tallies here.
Caen Preview – Can Caen get anything at Lorient?
Visitors, Caen, look to have their work cut out ahead of their Monday night clash away from home at high-flying Lorient as they’ve picked up just 1 win out of their last 6 matches overall in the French second tier, which was a 1-0 home win against Nancy.
Although Caen have also lost just 1 of their last 10 matches, the visitors have been involved in a number of stalemates during this period which has meant that they’ve been unable to pull away from the relegation zone.
Indeed, Caen have drawn 9 of their 19 matches played to date in this season’s Ligue 2 campaign with only Nancy (12) and Grenoble Foot (11) drawing more matches than the visitors so far this term.
An away record of 2-4-3 11/11 looks fairly ordinary and the bigger picture shows that Caen have won just 2 of their last 10 away matches in Ligue 2 as well.
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