Bitesize Prediction: Lorient vs Strasbourg – 17/12/23

Competitors: Ligue 1

Market: Each groups to attain

Odds: 10/11 @ BetUS

In what may show to be an pleasing Ligue 1 showdown from the Stade du Moustoir on Sunday afternoon, Lorient will welcome Strasbourg to city.

Beginning with the hosts, though Lorient may need shocked many throughout Ligue 1 final season as they punched a top-half end, Les Merlus have come crashing again right down to earth this time round. Final seen placing in one other worrying efficiency as they slumped to an action-packed 4-2 loss at house in opposition to Marseille, Regis Le Bris finds his squad on the coronary heart of a relegation scrap. Marking their return from November’s worldwide break with a woeful 3-2 loss by the hands of Metz, the Brittany-based outfit have secured only a single victory from any of their earlier 12 straight Ligue 1 showdowns – a run that stems all the way in which again to August twenty seventh. Opening this weekend’s fixtures sat within the relegation play-off spot, Lorient have continued to indicate some relatively evident defensive points. Together with a 5-3 loss in opposition to Nantes on September twenty third, Le Bris’ downbeat squad have already shipped 29 top-flight strikes since opening up the 2023/24 marketing campaign.

As for the guests, managing to make what was a welcomed return to profitable methods final weekend, Strasbourg will now be hoping to seek out some essential Ligue 1 stability. Finally claiming a 2-1 victory in opposition to Le Havre, Patrick Vieira’s facet have their sights set on clinching a top-half end this season. Drawing a line below their nightmare eight-match winless rut on the Stade de la Meinau final outing, the previous Crystal Palace boss will now be calling on his facet to seek out some much-needed defensive resolve. Opening December with a 2-1 defeat by the hands of Reims, Strasbourg have recorded only a single Ligue 1 clear sheet because the begin of September. Nonetheless, hit with a 2-1 loss once they final travelled to Lorient again on June third, the Alsace-based outfit must also be involved by a downbeat file in opposition to Sunday’s opponents. The truth is, Vieira’s facet have remarkably received simply one among their earlier eight showdowns.

Wager: Each groups to attain at Lorient vs Strasbourg 10/11 for Sunday’s Ligue 1 matchup @ BetUS