Football Bet of the Day: Lots of goals on Cartier's watch

Metz v Sochaux
Monday 19:30

There's nothing dry about Kev's January. Rio Ave 1 Madeira 0 in Portugal yesterday and the winners keep on flowing.

Now, it's a brave man who bets on goals in the French leagues. Because they're usually aren't any. But, give us a big enough price, and we'll do pretty much anything.

Today's Ligue 2 games sees the debut of Philippe Hinschberger as Metz coach. The seventh-placed Maroons have seen six of their last eight league games at Stade Saint-Symphorien and we're hoping the new monsieur will not stand in the way of another high scorer.

In fact, all of the last six home games in which Metz have scored have ended up with Over 2.5 Goals. Which bodes very well for the visit of Sochaux, who have conceded in 6/8 on the road.

Albert Cartier is relatively new to his job too, but each of Sochaux's last three games at home and away have delivered Over 2.5 Goals. With Metz conceding in 6/8 on home turf, the visitors have a good chance of helping this one over the goals line too.

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