📊 Form Guide

Stade Lavallois

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Stade Lavallois will be hoping to bounce back here following a 1-0 Ligue 2 losing effort in their last game against SM Caen.

In that game, Stade Lavallois managed 35% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Caen got 16 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Bilal Brahimi (86') was the scorer for SM Caen.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times that Stade Lavallois have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Stade Lavallois have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 12 goals in the process.

ESTAC

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Previously, ESTAC drew 0-0 in the Ligue 2 tie with Amiens SC.

In that game, ESTAC had 53% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 1 on target. At the other end, Amiens got 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

Looking at their form, and ESTAC have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 11 goals overall. Defensively, ESTAC certainly have room for improvement. It will be interesting to find out if that trend can be continued on in this game.

Analysis of their past results shows that ESTAC:

• haven't won against Stade Lavallois in away games against them for the last 7 matches in the league. Not the best of away records.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 9 matches in the league. What a terrible run of away results.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 11/04/2014 shows us that Stade Lavallois have won 3 of these & ESTAC 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

In all, 12 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 6 of them for Les Tangos and 6 belonging to Troyes. That’s an average goals per game of 2.

The previous league fixture between these clubs was Ligue 2 match day 2 on 12/08/2023 which ended up with the score at ESTAC 3-1 Stade Lavallois.

The match was refereed by Abdelatif Kherradji.

📰 Team News: Stade Lavallois

There’s just the sole fitness concern for the Stade Lavallois manager Olivier Frapolli to contend with from a near full-strength group of players. Maxime Hautbois (Knee injury) will miss out.

📰 Team News: ESTAC

ESTAC manager David Guion has a number of players out of action. Nicolas de Préville (Injury to the ankle), Thierno Baldé (Cruciate ligament tear) and Abdoulaye Kanté (Ankle injury) miss out here.

💡 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that ESTAC will do well to see themselves scoring against this Stade Lavallois side who will likely gain the upper hand.

That’s why our selection here is for a narrow 1-0 victory for Stade Lavallois at the end of the 90.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 18:08 10/05/2024