France - Ligue 1 for 1/29 & 1/30

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Lille pk and -0.5 -105 over Caen (Pinnacle)
I just looked back at my record of betting on Lille and I'm 9-1. Time to get on the wagon with this powerhouse team.
I just have to shake my head every time I see the odds on this team. This is another case of the home team getting too much respect. Caen has 1 win, 1 draw and 6 losses in their last 8 matches. Lille suffered a tying goal in injury time earlier this week to steal away 2 points they badly needed to gain on league-leader Lyon who are 5 points ahead of them. They can and will win this without star scorer Matt Moussilou.

Lyon -0.5 -107 over Bastia (Pinnacle)
This line is almost too absurd to comment on. I have had thoughts that this is a trap. Again, this is a team that is getting too much respect for being the host. Bastia is 2nd from bottom in the tables and Lyon is on top. They will be wanting to put some distance between themselves and 2nd-place Lille.

Rennes pk and -0.5 -117 over Bordeaux (Pinnacle)
Rennes is quite a bit of a home team winning 5 and drawing 2 in their last 7 home matches.

Nantes/Istres under 2.5 -182 (several books)
This may seem like too much odds to bet however Istres has only scored 3 goals in 11 home matches while Nantes has scored only 8 goals in 12 road matches in the league.

Monaco -111 (3-way betting) over Paris SG (several books)
Monaco the much better team here especially at home.

 

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Saturday's results:
Lille 0, Caen 0 (net: -0.50)
Lyon/Bastia: suspended
Rennes 2, Bordeaux 0 (net: +0.85)

Net for the day: +0.35

 

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Sunday's results:

Nantes 1, Istres 0 (+0.55)

Monaco 2, PSG 0 (+0.90)

Weekend net: +1.81

Nice weekend in the 3 leagues even after a -1.35 net in the Italian league. Weekend net for 3 leagues = +1.41. I'll take that any weekend.

YTD net for soccer: +22.90

 

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Lyon -0.5 -115 over Bastia (Pinnacle)
This game is being played on Tuesday due to a postponement from the weekend. Again these ridiculous odds are being posted for us to take advantage of. Lyon will be looking to take distance themselves from 2nd-place Lille who played to a draw last weekend.

On the flip side of this bet is that Lyon played to a draw 3 times on the road before the break and also lost to Lille while away from home. I'm guessing that is why the odds are where they are. Still, Lyon should have no trouble with Bastia who are 2nd from bottom in the tables. Lyon wins this match 3 times out of 4 played.

 

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Tuesday's result:
Lyon 1, Bastia 1 (-1.00)
Looks like Lyon wasn't motivated enough to get 3 points for the win to further distance themselves from Lille.