Lorient - Saint-Étienne betting tips and odds

Though the home team can be called favourites, they can’t quite relax going into the match at Saint-Étienne. Their advantage is quite narrow, and just a few mistakes could end up costing them the game.

Things are looking problematic for the visiting side. They are going up against a stronger team which also has a home pitch advantage. Victory is still within reach – they’ll just have to work harder than usual to get it.

Lorient’s painful defeat in their previous away match could have been seen from a mile away. They were facing Paris Saint Germain as visitors, so betting predictions never gave them much of a shot. The home team took an early lead which culminated in a 5:1 loss for Lorient.

Saint-Étienne’s home 2:4 loss in the previous round against Olympique Marseille was unsurprising, but it does not give us proper insight into their form. They performed well enough in the first half by managing to hold on to a draw, but it all went downhill from there.

Lorient have a 16th place in the standings going into round 31. There’s still time left to improve their position, but the teams placed lower will be highly motivated to avoid relegation. The showdown this Friday is evenly-matched, but all teams are motivated to give it their best.

Saint-Étienne find themselves placed 18th in the standings as thisLigue 1 season enters round 31. With little time for significant changes, the most they can hope for is to stay the course and avoid relegation. Considering they’ll be the clear underdogs in Stade Yves Allainmat-Le Moustoir, though, even that may be challenging.

Even though we’ve seen Lorient and Saint-Étienne clash multiple times this season, none of the two teams managed to secure a conclusive record. There have several tied games throughout multiple competitions.

A string of injuries put a large chunk of the visitors’ lineup out of contention. They’ll have to make do without Miguel Trauco, Yvan Neyou Noupa, Aimen Moueffek, Wahbi Khazri, Romain Hamouma, Joris Gnagnon. Given that they were already underdogs anyhow, this puts them at a severely disadvantaged position.

Going for a Home Win is already a fairly safe bet but we’d like to shore it up even further. The highest-value way of achieving this is through a Draw No Bet wager, which shortens the odds to 1 but is well worth the price.