Lorient - Troyes betting tips and odds

With bookies pricing a home win at 2.20, it’s clear the match may yet go either way. The hosts have a distinct advantage, of course, but both a draw and an away win are quite possible outcomes.

Out of their home field and heading into this match as underdogs, Troyes would need to play their best to have a hope of winning. That said, even a draw would be a positive outcome, and all three results are quite possible.

The hosts can feel pretty satisfied with their previous match. Lorient had a difficult trip to survive in the Ligue 1 and they did it by holding on both at the halftime mark and following the final whistle for an HT/FT Bordeaux draw.

Unlike in this match, Troyes had the support of their home fans in the previous matchup. Unfortunately, they were still the clear underdogs compared to Lens and predictably lost the game 1:3 after spending most of the runtime playing from behind.

Lorient’s recent Ligue 1 away games were marked by a lot of concessions – 7 over the last 3 matches, to be exact. Therefore, betting on goals might be a fairly reasonable option here.

Looking over the visitors and their recent history, we noticed they’ve scored more than 5 goals in their previous 3 appearances. This signals a consistent ability to score in most matchups, which is good news for their supporters.

The last time we saw these two squads play against each other was earlier in this Ligue 1 season. Lorient narrowly lost. With the home-field advantage on their side this time, however, most bookies see them as the favourites.

To make things even more difficult for the visitors, they’ve had an unfortunate run of injuries recently. Karim Azamoum, Youssouf Koné, Tanguy Banhie-Zoukrou have all been put out of contention, leaving the team’s coach with a more limited set of options at his disposal.

Over 2.5 Goals is easily the safest bet when it comes to this matchup. The best part is that it also maintains a decent betting value, especially if you use the 1.9 odds offered at Unibet.