France: Ligue 2 betting tip : Nancy -Lorient
Mar 08, 2019
France: Ligue 2 : Nancy -Lorient
Step up in quality of opponent for Nancy but they are on the up , look a different team from early season and buoyed by a fine 4-0 win at Sochaux last Friday ahead of which my notes included ...........
Nancy are much improved and have won their last two, away to Le Havre (2-0) and home to Gazelec (3-1), those points have taken them to within two of Sochaux and the visitors could move out of the bottom 3 for the first time this season and that seemed highly unlikely when they lost their first seven starts without scoring a single goal !
Nancy are a big club by Ligue 2 standards, have spent 5 of their last 10 campiagns in the top flight and three of the other five in the top 5 of the second tier. They have the 4th biggest budget in L2 and a decent squad, head coach Alain Perrin took charge at the end of October and has started to work some magic, he has been wildly successful in French management, less so elsewhere, had been in charge of Troyes ( taking them from 4th to top tier and European football in 6 seasons) and at St Etienne/Marseille/Lyon and Sochaux, the latter of which will ensure he has his team really "up" for this. Perrin was busy in the transfer window bringing in some experienced but hungry players and this team looks far removed from the early season version. They have lost two from six, in both defeats they played 70-80 minutes with ten men after an early dismissal, taking 10 points from the other 4 starts ( all wins versus in form opposition). ASNL have provided free entry for all supporters who make the two hour trip to the game this evening which is a fine gesture.Over 750 have already taken up the offer and that is big away support in this league on a Friday night and could make a difference.
Lorient are third, but are coming off a bit of a shocker from last week, a 3-1 home loss to a tired Orleans who had played a Ligue 1 side in the quarter final of the Coupe de France a few days earlier and spent a lot of time on the road travelling to the two games and little preparing for the second. Lorient were three down inside 50 minutes, managing just two attempts on goal all game and with the visitors also being a little wasteful in front of goal ! We might see a reaction from them, but they will need one to get anything here. Nancy have put huge effort into getting out of the bottom three and they will not forfeit that without a fight. Hosts can name the same line up today should they wish, no recognised right back in the Lorient squad again this week and a vulnerability on that flank.
2 units Nancy level ball 2.09 asian line/Sportmarket.
Nancy : Ndy Assembe, Chernik, Paye, Saint-Ruf, El Kaoutari, Seka, Moimbé-Tahrat, Néry, Diagne, Busin, Clément, N’Guessan, Poha, Abergel, Bassi, Vagner, Ngom, Triboulet, Dembélé.
Lorient : Petkovic, Meslier – Delaplace, Sainati, Saad, Saunier, Le Goff – Cabot, Lemoine, Sarr, Wadja, Ponceau, Etuin, Claude-Maurice – Hamel, Courtet, Wissa, Sissoko.
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