Rodez vs Red Star betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Ligue 2 match on January 03th, 2025

Rodez and Red Star will face each other in a Ligue 2 game in France on Friday, January 03th, 2025, at 19:00h (UTC), check the Rodez vs Red Star betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Rodez vs Red Star will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Stade Paul Lignon stadium, in the city of Rodez, with a capacity for 5955 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Rodez vs Red Star betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Ligue 2 has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.5 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.46 goals per game of the last championship.

Rodez last match

The last match ended in a draw for the Rodez team. On that occasion they met Clermont for the Ligue 2, and the match ended 1-1. Coach D. Santini's lined up a 5-3-2 formation.

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 3.40 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

Rodez has shown a performance not up to what they use to, but one of the few players who has stood out is certainly Tawfik Bentayeb. Good physical presence and good ball control shown on several occasions, he was one of the team's best in the last match.

Red Star last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Ligue 2, Red Star, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Grenoble Foot 38 team with a final score of 3-1.

Before the kick-off, the home win had odds of 2.50, which explains why it was considered to be a fairly close match.

Rodez vs Red Star h2h

The last time these teams met was for a National match, on 06-04-2018, referring to the 2017/2018 season, which ended with a 1-2 win for Red Star.

The last encounter between these two it was a close fight.

Rodez

Ligue 2 leaderboard now

Rodez comes into this game ranking in 11th place in the Ligue 2. The team has scored 20 points, 5 wins, 6 losses and 5 draws. However, this is a negative balance.

With a 2 points advantage over the Grenoble Foot 38 team which is in position 12 in the 17th round. Also, it has 2 points less than Pau team that is ranked in the 10th place.

Rodez comes to this confrontation occupying a position in the middle of the Ligue 2 table, without high pressure to show results but wanting to give a good performance.

Rodez analysis

Currently, in the Ligue 2, Rodez sums 29 goals for and a total of 26 goals against, after 16 rounds played.

Rodez is not a team that imposes its rhythms on the field, it usually has a rather counterattacking game: in fact, during this league we see that it has an average ball possession of 41.44%. In the next match against Red Star a change of attitude on the field will be needed, Rodez will have to try to maintain possession to create goal chances and win.

Best goalscorer from Rodez

Individually, the team's main offensive standout in the competition so far is Timothee Nkada. He has already scored 8 times this season and has helped Rodez come away with the positive result on several occasions.

Red Star

Ligue 2 leaderboard now

Red Star arrives in this game with 18 points, and in 14th place in the Ligue 2, having won 5 games in total and lost 8 times, making a total of 3 draws.

In the 17th round, the team has the same number of points compared to the Troyes team which is just above, in 13th place.

Red Star analysis

Red Star counted 16 goals scored and 28 conceded at the end of Ligue 2 day number 16.

The team has shown its limits in attack, scoring 1 goals per game on average in the league. When we also consider that it will be playing away, we can imagine how the oddsmakers are not on its side.

Best goalscorer from Red Star

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Hacene Benali. The Attacker has already scored 3 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Red Star, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Rodez is Timothee Nkada, who has already scored 8 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Red Star is Hacene Benali, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

Corners Top Betting Tips

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 4.88 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.69 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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