Home and Away: Auxerre to continue recent good form on their own patch

22Feb 2013

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Two winners yesterday at odds of 7/1 has Jonno Turner on a roll, and he's looking to build on that success with a couple more selections here.

We're off to the Netherlands for our penultimate pick of the week - and in-form MVV Maastricht travel to Almere City, looking to extend their 10 game unbeaten run on the road.

Rene Trost's side sit second in the Eerste Divisie, just one point behind leaders Sparta Rotterdam, and they will be desperate to secure three points here in order to pile more pressure on the top of the table side.

And seven wins from their last 10 outings away from the De Geusselt Stadium suggests that the Sterrendragers possess enough cutting edge to punish their out of form hosts in this one.

Fifteen goals scored in their last half a dozen on their travels shows just how clinical the visitors have been of late - and in Voorjans, Borgers, Schreurs and Timmermans, Trost's squad contains four players who have already hit double figures in the goal charts.

The home side go into this one in miserable form, and five consecutive losses will have severely knocked confidence down at the Mitsubishi Forklift Stadium.

Dick de Boer's side are floundering in 14th place in the table, and 14 goals shipped in their last half a dozen suggests that there are weaknesses in the home defence which could prove key to the outcome of this clash.

Three consecutive losses on their own patch indicates that the Zwarte Schapen are susceptible to feeling the pressure in front of their own fans, and their guests will be looking to take advantage of that.

MVV have won eight of their last nine against Almere City, and I expect their momentum to see them to another three points here.

Bet 1: MVV Maastricht (AWAY) @ 1.88

Over to France for our second selection now, and Auxerre host Guingamp at the Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, aiming to pick up their fourth win on the bounce.

Eleven goals smashed in that time underlines the levels of the confidence running through the home side at the moment, and boss Bernard Casoni will be keen for his side to continue that momentum in order to climb the Ligue 2 table.

The Burgundy side currently sit 10th in the division, but the table is so tightly packed that a couple of wins could lift them as high as fifth.

Just one loss from their last four at home suggests that Casoni's side are finally make their own patch a fortress after a slow start to the campaign, and nine goals scored in that time suggests that they are likely to get on the scoresheet at least once.

Visitors Guingamp currently sit third in the table, but just one win from their last five on the road indicates that Jocelyn Gourvennec's side are suffering from some travel sickness away from the Stade du Roudourou of late.

Five goals shipped in their last two outings away from home points to issues defensively, and their hosts will have noted those rearguard weak points ahead of this encounter.

And just one clean sheet from their last seven suggests that their leaky defence could be an important factor in this clash.

Auxerre have lost a single one of their last seven meetings with Guingamp, and I think that their momentum and vigour on their own patch could see them to three points here.

Bet 2: Auxerre (HOME) @ 2.44