iBet: Expect an away result for Nice

French Ligue 1 Orange: Arles Avignon V Nice (kick-off 7.45pm)

Lay Arles at 2.5 to one with Betfair

Arles have found things incredibly tough in the French first division since winning promotion last year, and have already been forced to replace their coach after a disastrous opening two months of the season. Things have picked up slightly, but the stats still make pretty gruesome reading for Arles fans, who have seen their side win only one of their 18 games.

That run sees them adrift at the bottom of the division with only seven points. They have won only one game at home, where their goals difference is minus 20! Nice are not pulling up any trees and sit in the bottom half of the table, but they have lost only six of their 18 games and away they have won or drawn more games than they have lost, against better opposition than Arles. They have been keeping things pretty tight of late with only three goals scored and four conceded in their last six games and they should have enough to at least get a draw, which is a winner for us. Im not a big fan of laying home teams, but we cant do much damage at the price, which I think is a value bet. Lay Arles Avignon. Lets hope we can keep our excellent run going.

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