Le Puy

vs

Orleans US 45

Preview

Orleans US 45

• Orleans US 45 currently sit fourth in the National 2025/2026 table with 30 points from 19 matches.
• Hervé Della Maggiore’s side, who took the reins in July 2024, have established a proactive, central overloading 4-1-3-2 system that has been a real handful for the best teams in the division.
• Fahd El Khoumisti is the key player in this system, with the striker having scored 10 National 2025/2026 goals in 19 appearances this season and three of the last five.

Le Puy

• Le Puy have accumulated 29 points in 19 games, one point behind Orleans US 45 and sit 6th.
• Le Puy are a different proposition in terms of identity, with Stephane Dief’s pragmatic, flexible system having served them well since taking charge in July 2023.
• The hosts have won four, drawn four and lost two of their ten home games in the National 2025/2026, conceding just 11 goals in the process, while Dief’s switch to a 3-5-2 system with attacking wing-backs has kept them compact and potent on the counterattack in recent weeks.
  • Recent form: won two, lost three of their last five fixtures.

Head-to-Head

Key Players

• Fahd El Khoumisti is the key player in this system, with the striker having scored 10 National 2025/2026 goals in 19 appearances this season and three of the last five.
• But Clement Rodrigues, who has chipped in with six in 18 National 2025/2026 appearances, is a more consistent source of goals and is the main threat for Le Puy this week.

Betting Insights

• Le Puy are odds-on favorites at 1.87 to win this game against 3.93 second-favourites Orleans US 45, although the spoils could be split on the night.
• With both teams having a point to prove and a playoff place to protect, we’re betting on the under 2.5 goals market at 1.67.

Prediction