Strasbourg is coming to this game in a terrible streak, loosing 6 of their last 7 games, generally without scoring goals. The morale is not good at all, even if coach Furlan still wants to believe that the team won’t relegate, but his tactical options have been more than poor recently. Now the blues are on the verge of returning to the second division, even if on the field their performance are not that poor. For this matchup, Strasbourg should count on all its players except important midfielder Cohade, and coach Furlan will probably field a 4-3-3 team with Mouloungui, Gameiro and Renteria up front.

On the other side, Valenciennes is a typical home team who has enjoyed great results lately as they were able to beat Bordeaux 3-1. But the reds were beaten last week end in Caen, coach Kombouare was disappointed with the general performance of the team who missed everything they tried, and now he is expecting his players to come back really strong against Strasbourg.

For this game, I actually am expecting a quite pleasant encounter with some goals in it. Valenciennes at home is generally attacking the whole 90 minutes, with Kombouaré’s philosophy of always going forward. Players are talented offensively and will meet a shaky defense of Strasbourg. The alsacians can not afford to sit back and wait for Valenciennes because they’ll end up conceding, and I believe that they will also go forward and play their game. Anyway they have been playing like this for the whole season, but the absence of Cohade is a blow in the midfield because he was great in cutting opponents attacks. Now I believe that it’s time for Strasbourg to score, and as Valenciennes is closer to the win, I believe we will see more than 2 goals



Pick : Over 2
Odds : 1.89
Stake : 6 / 10
Bookmaker : Mansion88
Match Result : 2-0
Tipster Personal Link/Sponsor: