Looking to bounce back from the surprise lack of goals in Denmark on Friday, Saturday’s Football Bet of the Day sees me head to Ligue 1, and I’ve highlighted a goals-based selection in one of the fixtures.
⚽️ Lyon vs Rennes
🇫🇷 Ligue 1
⏰ Saturday 26 April, 20:05
Lyon will look to boost their hopes of Champions League qualification on Saturday night as they welcome resurgent Rennes to the Groupama Stadium in a fixture that appeals to me for goals.
Paolo Fonseca’s hosts are the third-highest scorers in Ligue 1 this season, firing in 58 goals across their opening 30 matches, with 30 (52%) of them coming on home soil.
Les Gones have found the back of the net in 25 of their previous 26 Ligue 1 outings, notching on multiple occasions in 17 (65%) of them – including in 10/11 (91%) under their new Portuguese coach – and will be confident of breaching a Rennes defence that’s conceded in all 10 of their trips to teams positioned in 14th and above, shipping 22 goals.
Ex-Newcastle United defender Habib Beye has seen his side score 45 goals across their opening 30 Ligue 1 contests this season, with 22 (49%) of them coming on their travels.
Les Rouge et Noirs have made the net bulge in 10/14 (71%) of their road trips in the French top flight this season – notching 2+ goals in six of their last seven – and will look to continue their recent impressive goal-scoring record away from home against a Lyon backline that’s kept just two clean sheets across their last 12 Ligue 1 outings.
Bet of the Day
Lyon’s opening 30 Ligue 1 clashes this season have averaged an eye-catching 3.30 goals per game, with Over 2.5 Goals landing in 20 (67%) of them – including in 10 of their past 11 – whilst 19 (63%) have seen goals at both ends, including each of their last five and 10 of their past 12.
Rennes’s opening 14 Ligue 1 clashes on the road this campaign have averaged 3.21 goals per game, with Over 2.5 Goals landing in nine (64%) of them – including in five of their last seven – whilst 4/5 (80%) of their trips to the top-seven have seen goals at both ends.
Given almost all of Lyon’s matches under Paulo Fonseca have been full of goals – coupled with Rennes’s recent impressive goal-scoring form away from home – I’m happy to back a high-scoring encounter between these two sides in Lyon on Saturday night.
- Both Teams to Score & Over 2.5 Goals
- Pays 17/20 (Betway/William Hill)
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