Red Star vs Laval Prediction & Betting Tips (20 September)

After spending several years at the lower level, in Nationale 1, the Red Star was able to make its return to the professional world thanks to its 1st place won last season in this championship, ahead of Martigues in particular. Relegated immediately during its last stint in Ligue 2, the Saint-Ouen-based club will undoubtedly wish to establish themselves more permanently in this championship. He also got off to a good start by winning 2 wins during the first 3 days played against Amiens, defeated 3-0, Ajaccio 1-0 and Guingamp 3-4. Unfortunately for them, Grégory Poirier's men were unable to resist a solid Lorient team last week and they fell back to 11th in the standings. Big surprise from last season during which he held a place in the top 5 before failing to 7th in the ranking, Stade Lavallois is struggling to confirm at the moment.

Worse still, the Mayenne club finds itself in difficulty in the ranking since it is only in 15th position after the first 4 days with only 2 small points on the clock. Dominated from the start by Grenoble 2-1 and Guingamp 0-1, the Tango straightened things out a little later by scoring a draw against Metz 1-1 before the international break. Finally, last Friday, they were once again able to hold Ajaccio to a 1-1 draw.

Already absent recently, important defenders Meyapya and Rayane Doucouré, and the striker Anani (6 goals the season past) should throw in the towel again this Friday evening. Ditto for sentry Eickmayer who has been injured since the 2nd day. Finally, replacement M'Bock will be suspended after his red card received last week following a clumsy but dangerous gesture. Offensively, Aliou Badji is the most decisive player of this team with 2 goals ahead of the interesting Durand (1 goal, 1 assist), the summer recruit Renel (1 goal) and the only scorer last weekend, Ifnaoui (1 goal , 1 assist).Laval should make the trip to Bauer without executives Tchokounté (8 goals last year) and Adéoti and without the summer recruit Bianda (ex-Standard) who are still on the sidelines currently.

Otherwise, Olivier Frapolli should be able to count on all of his usual starters. Against ACA, it was sentry Sam Sanna who was able to equalize shortly before half-time. Overall, the offensive sector of this team is in difficulty and no professional striker has scored so far this year.