Lorient will face season leader Monaco in the seventh round of Ligue 1 on October 18. The hosts beat powerful Paris in the last round, but the guests lost points in the match with Toulouse. Monaco remains the only team in the championship that has not lost yet. Will the Monegasques be able to fight in Lorient and what bets can they play in the match? The answer is in our expert's betting tip
Command Analysis
Lorient
Current form
The new season for Lorient started ambiguously, but the team remains combative. In six rounds, the dark orange team won twice, lost and drew. In the last round, Alexandre Dujo's team beat the powerful Paris. Gaben Bernardo scored the only goal in the middle of the second half. Earlier, the Merluzovs failed to beat Le Mans on the road (1:2).
At this stage, Lorient has eight points in its asset, which allows it to be in ninth place in the standings. Note that the team concedes and scores the same number of goals (6:6).
Disqualifications and injuries
The injured Semedo and Mbamba will not help the club.
Interesting betting trends
The Dark Orange have not lost in four consecutive games against Monaco
Lorient has scored an average of one goal since the start of the French championship.
The Monegasques played a Conference League match in Bulgaria this week. The match against CSKA Sofia ended with the first victory in the tournament. Already in the first half, the red and white punished the opponent twice, but in the second half they conceded one goal – 2:1 in total. It should be noted that the team allowed the opponent to make 21 shots at their own goal and give 11 corners.
In the French championship, Filipe Luis's team continues to lead and remains the only team that has not lost yet. Monaco has 14 points and is one point ahead of its pursuers Lille and Rennes. In the last round, the Monegasques were not able to cope with Toulouse (2:2) on their own field, leading 2-0 after the first half. Earlier, the red and white won against Lens (2:1).
Disqualifications and injuries
The entry of Dyer, Kamara and Idumbo into the field remains questionable.
Interesting betting trends
In the last four matches in Lorient, the Monegasques cannot win
Monaco scored two goals out of five in the last four games.
Lorient can achieve a high achievement today and inflict the first defeat on the leader of the French championship. The dark orange ones will not play defensively in their native penates and look brilliant at the Stade Du Mustua – only one defeat in the last three home matches. This suggests that the advantage of their own field is a key factor for the wards of Alexander Dyuzho.
In turn, Monaco has left a lot of strength in the Conference League and it will not be quite easy to stand up to the opponent. In our opinion, the home team will take advantage of the Monegasque fatigue and at least not lose.
Betting Tip — Lorient will not lose with a coefficient of 1.77
We don't expect a lot of goals from this match. Lorient has been making few defensive mistakes lately and has not scored more than two goals in the last three out of six games. Lorient will play for the result, and in the last round he won on his own field with a score of 1:0. Monaco finished two out of three away games in Ligue 1 with a total less than, and we believe that the scoring extravaganza will not take place.
The betting tip is a total of less than 2.5 goals with a coefficient of 1.90
A bet on yellow cards
In our opinion, the opponents will not be rude and intend to play carefully, it is worth counting on more than three yellow cards. Referees on average in Ligue 1 show 1.7 points for Monaco, and the judges issued only six warnings to Lorient in six rounds.We expect that there will be few yellow cards.
The betting tip is that the total number of yellow cards is less than 3.5 with a coefficient of 1.88
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