Peter Green - December 18, 2018
AS Beziers vs Orleans
France – Ligue 2
Date: Friday, 21st December 2018
Kick-off at 19.30 UK/ 20.30 CET
Venue: Stade de la Mediterranee (Beziers).
Orleans travels to Beziers to take part in the 19th round of Ligue 2 fixtures. The match takes place at the Stade de la Mediterranee, this Friday. Both teams represent the lower tier of the league table.
Orleans lost at their home, last weekend, against Ajaccio. The guests started with an early goal through Avinel, in the 12th minute. It didn’t take much time for Orleans to hit back with a goal in the 16th minute. Le Tellac scored a penalty to put the scores back in level terms.
But after halftime, Ajaccio shifted gears and it showed instant results. Gimbert took back the lead for Ajaccio in the 48th minute with the second penalty of the match. He added one more goal in the 58th minute to complete the proceedings. The final score was 1-3.
Beziers lost their away game against Brest, in the league, last match-day. The hosts totally dominated Beziers for the whole of ninety minutes. Court scored the first goal of the match in the 45th minute.
Trying to make some change, Cidinho came in instead of Etou in the 61st minute. But Lingani’s red card in the 64th minute spelled doom for the visitors. Two more goals came as a result, in the 65th and 85th minutes respectively. The final score was 3-0, in favor of Brest.
Orleans is the favorite for this tie. They have a 100% winning record against Beziers. The hosts for this match, Beziers, has never scored a goal against Orleans, at this venue.
Beziers is going through winless streaks, both at home and in overall games. They have not won a single fixture in their last five attempts. Four of those were losses. At home, they remained winless in their last nine tries.
Orleans was unbeaten in 14 of their last 20 matches and 12 of those were wins. On the road, Orleans won six of their last eight games.
Considering, the poor form of the home side, we may back the visitors to pick at least a point from this match.