Rodez vs Lorient Prediction & Betting Tips (25 October)

Rodez delighted his audience and observers last year by rising to 4th in the Ligue 2 standings before falling in the play-offs against Saint-Etienne. Unfortunately for Raf, he was stripped of a huge part of his staff during the summer transfer window and he is trying as best he can to rebuild at the start of the season. Much weaker than last year, the Sang et Or lost 6 of their first 9 matches in this championship. But after being dominated by Laval 1-3 and Amiens 2-1, the Aveyronnais got back on track by dominating Grenoble 2-1, before the international break, then a Martigues team completely on the street last week 0 -2 . These 2 successes allowed the Ruthenois to leave the red zone and move up to 13th place in the ranking.

Opposite, FC Lorient of course does not wish to linger in this Ligue 2 championship. Relegated from the elite to the last spring after experiencing enormous difficulties, this team seems to be bouncing back very well for the moment. The Merlus occupy 2nd place in this championship with only 2 small units behind the leader, Paris FC, who only play on Saturday. Since their last setback suffered against Pau 1-0, Olivier Pantaloni's men have raised the bar to win their next 3 matches against Ajaccio 3-0, Caen 1-2 and finally Annecy 4-2 last week .

Raf will have to prepare for this meeting without the young Lipinski and without the replacement goalkeeper Crombez who are still treating their respective physical problems. Coming out injured against Martigues last week , defender Vandenabeele has a good chance of missing this match too. Otherwise, Didier Santini should be able to align his best assets for this poster. We inevitably think of the promising Nkada who scored, last week, his 4th goal of the season against Martégaux (to which we can add his 2 assists). The Moroccan Bentayeb scored his second goal. Unsurprisingly, full-back Benjamin Mendy will not be traveling to Aveyron.

In addition, the defenders Laporte and Makengo, the full-back Igor Silva, the more offensive Pagis, Diarra and Le Bris, and the less important Fadiga form a fairly large list of absentees. However, there are still plenty of people at Olivier Pantaloni's disposal. He will indeed be able to rely on his formidable attacker, Eli Junior Kroupi, who scored his 5th and 6th goals of the season last week against Annecy. Also pay attention to the Senegalese Soumano (2 goals, 2 assists) while the precious Yongwa and Abergel have 3 assists each.