Lorient vs Strasbourg Prediction: will home advantage be enough?!

Lorient’s fortunes remain unchanged in the last 2 months, with their last 6 league 1 games ending in either a defeat and a draw. As a result, they find themselves fighting for their lives at the bottom of the league table, with only 2 points above the bottom spot. A win for Lorient after such a tough period seems almost impossible, but the team will hope this is the game to finally break the duck.

 Strasbourg ended an 8-match winless run with a 2-1 victory over Le Havre at home last weekend. Another win for Strasbourg would be a huge step for the team and will boost their chances of contending for a top spot. But at the moment, they would need to grind out a win against a very desperate Lorient team.

Lorient

Lorient have failed to win in their last 6 league games in a row. In that time, they had 4 defeats and 2 draws. They lost against Stade Reims, Clermont Foot, Metz FC and Marseille, and they played a draw against RC Lens and Toulouse. Currently, they remain in 16th spot, with 12 points from 15 league games. Altogether they have recorded just 2 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats this season.

 Lorient and Olympique Marseille played a 6-goal thriller last weekend, with the latter getting the win at full time. Romain Faivre found the back of the net for Lorient in the 41st minute, after they had conceded 3 goals already. And in the 52nd minute Benjamin Mendy scored Lorient’s second, but once again it didn’t make much of a difference as they were down by 4 goals. Finally the game ended in a 4-2 defeat for Lorient at full time.

 Lorient fans are hoping the team responds against Strasbourg. Lorient won the previous meeting against Strasbourg last season. They won the game by 2 goals to 1.

Strasbourg

Strasbourg can not afford another defeat after they finally got a win in their last match against Le Havre. Prior to the win, they played 8 matches without a win. They faced RC Lens, Nantes, PSG and Stade Reims and they lost against all 4. Then they played a draw against Stade Rennes, Olympique Marseille, Clermont Foot and Stade Brest. Strasbourg are now 10th on the league table, with 17 points from 15 matches played. They have a record of 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats since the start of the season.

 Strasbourg got the better of Le Havre in their last game. They took the lead through Emanuel Emegha in the 21st minute, but then they lost the lead to an equalizer in the 49th minute. The winning goal came in the 97th minute through Abakar Sylla to seal the 2-1 win at full time.

 Strasbourg failed to beat Lorient last season and they have not beaten them in their last 3 meetings. They played a draw in 2 encounters and lost their most recent match by 2 goals to 1.

Head to Head

There’s nothing much to separate both clubs on the head-to-head table. In their 10 meetings, Lorient and RC Strasbourg have both won 3 matches and they played a draw in 4 matches.

Analysis and Prediction

For some reason Lorient are the bookies favorites. A win for Lorient is priced at 2.488 odds on 1xbet and Strasbourg’s win is priced at 3.105 odds, and a draw is priced for 3.43 odds.

 Apart from the fact that Lorient remains unbeaten in Strasbourg’s last 4 visits to the Stade Yves Allainmat-Le Moustoir, there’s no real reason they are considered favorites. The home advantage is the major factor here, but I don’t see Lorient scoring a lot of goals in this clash. Also, 5 of their last 6 meetings have ended with less than 10.5 corners.

• Lorient to take More Corners at 1.98 Odds
• Draw or Under 2.5 Goals at 1.60 Odds
• Both Teams to Score No at 1.90 Odds