Annecy FC (home)
- Annecy FC sit 9th in Ligue 2 on 33 points from 23 matches while Red Star 93 Saint Ouen are 4th on 40 points after the same number of matches.
- Bookmakers give the hosts a slight edge in the outright market at 2.55 with Red Star 93 Saint Ouen marked at 2.9 and the tie at 2.95.
- Annecy are a very difficult team to beat on their own patch in this league, winning four, drawing five and losing only two of their 11 games so far at Parc des Sports d’Annecy.
- Laurent Guyot’s three-at-the-back system gives his team a high-tempo, vertically direct approach with a proactive press and they always try to create numerical overloads.
Red Star 93 Saint Ouen (away)
- This will be a difficult game for the visitors, who are looking to build on a 1-0 win over Annecy in Ligue 2 five months ago.
- Red Star are a much-improved side now under Grégory Poirier, who has set his men up to be one of the most compact and disciplined teams in the division.
- They have been one of the best away sides in Ligue 2 this term because of their ability to sit deep, absorb pressure and then create verticality on the counter-attack.
- Red Star bounced back from a 0-3 home defeat to Pau before the international break with a 2-1 victory over Nancy last time out.
Head-to-Head
Annecy FC have won two of the last three head-to-head clashes while Red Star 93 Saint Ouen have never won away against them.
Key Players
Damien Durand is their top-scorer with nine goals in 23 games, while Antoine Larose is Annecy’s leading light with four in 17 appearances.
Betting Insights
Annecy’s recent form is better than the visitor’s, however, and with Under 2.5 goals at 1.55 we feel this game is likely to be a close and tight battle.
Prediction
The respective tactical approaches of Guyot’s proactive pressers and Poirier’s counter-punchers could mean a game of few clear-cut chances, so we will also take the home team to win by a goal .
