Orleans vs Rouen Prediction & Betting Tips (12 February)

Rouen have found the going extremely tough on their top-flight travels of late, with their previous four fixtures seeing them concede ten goals on the way to securing zero points. Orleans, by way of contrast, have registered 10 wins in their most recent 13 home games at this elite level of domestic competition, not to mention keeping six clean sheets on the spin.

Under 3.5 goals has been the order of the day in each of the previous 13 Orleans home matches at the top table of the National, as well as in 18 of their last 19 games on their own patch over the slightly longer term. As for Rouen, they have now been involved in 25 consecutive fixtures containing under 3.5 goals, so it would come as a surprise to see anything different.

The previous six Orleans home games in the second tier of the National have proven pretty entertaining, with a total of 19 goals being netted and no clean sheets being kept by either side. Given that both teams have scored in six of the last seven Rouen away matches at this level, it would come as a surprise were either keeper to pitch a shutout.