Jason Collins
Dailysports's expert
On Friday a number of French Ligue 2 games are scheduled, including the battle between Amiens and Laval. I offer my betting odds on this event, who will be stronger?
Amiens
The current season for Amiens is going well, the team occupies the seventh line in the standings, the gap from the top 5 is only three points. In the last round the club managed to beat Grenoble away - 2:0, which broke the series of four matches without wins in the championship.
Also the club continues to fight in the French Cup, where in 1/32 final will play against little-known Tane on the road. If you find stability, you can quite fight for promotion.
Laval
According to the results of 15 rounds, Laval is eighth in the standings, trailing the upcoming opponent by only a point. In the last round the team defeated Caen on their field with a score of 1:0, although the opponent looked at least not worse.
Laval has now formed a series of four matches without defeat in the championship, during this period the club managed to score 8 points. The club also continues to fight in the French Cup, where in the 1/32 finals will play against Mérignac.
Possible line-ups
- Amiens: Gurtner, Vita, Jauab, Urhoghide, Chabane, Kaibue, Jean, Leote, Lutin, Kandil, Mafuta.
- Laval: Samassa, Vargas, Kouassi, Tavares, Bianda, Kokolo, Sellouki, Roye, Sanna, Camara, Chokunte.
H2H
Statistics show that the rivals play each other with mixed success, last season both their meetings ended in a 0-0 and 1-1 draw.
Facts about the match
- Amiens plays great at home, 5 wins two draws and no defeats.
- Laval plays away with mixed success, 3 wins, the same number of defeats and two draws.
- Quotes for the meeting are as follows: P1 - 2.31, X - 3.2, P2 - 3.2.
Prediction
I expect a difficult confrontation between two direct competitors, on paper Laval is the minimum favorite, which is easily explained by the factor of their field. I think the game will be closed, with a minimum number of dangerous moments. I consider a bet on a total of less than 2.5 goals promising.
