Massive game for the hosts who are bottom of Ligue 1, four points from safety and with three of their next four starts after this evening, on the road, including a trip to leaders PSG.
They showed signs of improvement before the mini break, with a win over Montpellier in the Cup, home point with St Etienne (should have won) and narrow defeat at Marseille , which we previewed.....
Some of you clubgowi free to view content hunters got a bit of a bonus yesterday , as I posted the Friday early newsletter on one of our little used blog pages at midday for "test" purposes and it is on this link if you want to take a look.
Marseille won 3-1, Troyes 3-0 and the "over" in Istres-Nimes was landed 4-2 (three goals inside 36 minutes), which made for another very good day.
I have previewed three of tonight's Ligue 2 matches for subscribers (one below) and given stats for a fourth and also sent them notes about almost all of tomorrow morning's J-League fixtures. A massive weekend ahead for us and I am hoping to share one , maybe two more on here over the weekend.
France Ligue 2: ( written 09.30 Friday October 18)
Absolutely no love lost between these two clubs and this is far and away the hottest derby in French football. The hosts would love to win this, three points would take them up above the Parisians and into second place, but they just look a level below both PSG and Monaco and although most teams will come away pointless from Dortmund, the level and manner of the 3-0 midweek defeat and earlier home loss to Arsenal, is a clear indication of where they stand in the bigger European picture.
I am previewing five of today's matches for subscribers, including one 1.75 unit (very strong) selection and you can read one of those match previews below.
Hugely busy weekend ahead, when approaching 20 matches/events will be covered for clubgowi subscribers.
Matches and opportunities are coming thick and fast at present and you can read all about how to subscribe to the service on this link.
France: Ligue 2:Chateauroux-Le Havre
Friday September 13th
Friday the 13th !
I have spoken for the last few days about a busy weekend and it will be, with 12+ previews over Saturday/Sunday and what looks like at least three 1.75 unit selections at present, but a bit of a low key start today, as I only have a couple of Ligue 2 matches to discuss.
I have previewed three Ligue 2 matches for subscribers today in what will be the first of eight newsletters scheduled for this weekend. Here are a few snippets from today's notes (some names have been changed/hidden ,but are based on real characters and events !).....
France: Ligue 2
Chateauroux- Angers