Today's Football Betting Picks
A good start to the week with Clermont beating Nantes 2-1 on Monday, and
it would be worth popping them into your note book for home games during
the rest of the season especially against top 6 sides when the price is
right.
Tonight I am staying in France and moving up a division to the match
between Valenciennes and Lens.
Valenciennes are currently 6th in the league which is a vast improvement
on last term when they finished I place off the drop zone.
The improvement in form is down in no small part to their home form this
season which reads W8 D2 L0 F20 A3, and in their last 5 home league
matches they have won 4 and drawn 1 with an aggregate score of 11-1 so
they are obviously to be respected on their own turf.
Lens on the other hand have been disappointing in the league and sit 18th
out of 20 which is very disappointing for a side that finished 5th last
year to qualify for the UEFA Cup.
Their away league record is W2 D1 L7 F6 A15with both victories coming
against the sides immediately below them in the league, Metz who are rock
bottom with only 1 win and 8 points from 21 games and Sochaux.
There have only been 3 meetings between these two sides in recent times
with Lens winning home and away last season when they were in much better
form and Valenciennes getting a 0-0 draw at Lens earlier this season.
A note of caution must be put in at this point as Lens have shown signs of
improvement over the last 2 games a 3-0 win in the league Cup against
Nancy was followed up at the weekend with a fine 3-0 win against Lyon,
however both games were at home and until I see signs of an improvement in
their away form I am happy to oppose them tonight.
The team news is that Lens will probably be unchanged for tonight’s clash
provided Milan Bisevac.
the Serbia midfielder can shake off a knock he picked up while
Valenciennes still have concerns over Carlos Sanchez (thigh), Eric Chelle
(quadriceps), Jeovanio (knee), Khaled Kharroubi (ankle) and Yacine Bezzaz
(thigh).
Valenciennes are 10/9 best price with Pinnacle bookmakers to win tonight
and it is a good enough price for me to take.
The other bet tonight will be on the +2.5 goal market. As I stated earlier
Lens scored 3 in the last 2 games whilst Valenciennes conceded 4 to PSG in
the Cup last week and 3 to Marseille at the weekend both away from home so
5/4 generally seems a decent price.
So to recap Valenciennes to get back on track and keep their fine home
record going with a win tonight and +2.5 goals as a saver.
Hopefully both will be profitable, as ever good luck and good punting.
Silverfox.
