Laval vs Rodez Prediction & Betting Tips (19 August)

It's a duel between 2 teams that fought to the end to maintain their status last season. Stade Lavallois got off to a pretty good start in this new edition. Before losing on the lawn of ES Troyes AC 3-1, he won against SCO Angers 1-0. From now on, Olivier Frapolli's men will therefore challenge Rodez AF, this Saturday at 7:00 p.m. And they could find it difficult to afford a second victory in this championship. Indeed, the Rodez AF got off to an even better start! However, nothing suggests such a start to the season for this team. Traveling to AC Ajaccio for their entry into the running, Didier Santini's team managed to take 1 point 1-1.

And she clearly hasn't given up. She struck a big blow the following week, beating AS Saint-Étienne in the very last minutes 2-1. Still undefeated, the Rodez AF will therefore aim to continue its good series. And he will have enough to do during this 3rd day of Ligue 2. Certainly, it will be difficult to win on the move. However, he could be satisfied with a parity score and maintain a good lead in the red zone.

Several fairly important players from this Laval team left the club this summer. We think of defender Bryan Goncalves (Bevenren), goalkeeper Sauvage, striker Geoffray Durbant (3 goals and 4 assists in 33 Ligue 2 games) and promising Sylla (20, Lorient). As if that were not enough, the excellent Maggioti (7 goals in the first part of the season last year, Bastia), the providential scorer Elisor (8 goals, Seraing back from loan then Metz), the interesting Naidji (MC Alger ) have also yielded to the sirens of bigger stables while the usual substitutes Duterte and Cros have not been extended and the center-forward Kader N'Chobi has left for Dijon. To compensate for all these departures, Junior Kadile (Rennes, right winger), Peter Ouaneh (defender, Châteauroux), Thibaut Vargas (midfielder, Nîmes), Sam Sanna (TFC, central midfielder), Malik Tchokounté (Nîmes, center forward), the doorman Samassa (ex Guingamp) and Labeau-Lascary (on loan RC Lens) arrived as did the latest recruit, the young midfielder Titouan Thomas.

As in the first two games, the fragile Ferhaoui, the important Bobichon, the regularly absent Fumu-Tamuzo, the substitute defender Seidou as well as the midfielder Adéoti will not be available while the defender Ouaneh could also forfeit after going out on injury last week. Last week, experienced centre-forward Tchokounté scored his first goal for Tango.