Stade Rochelais vs Section Paloise Prediction: Rochelais to return to winning ways

Stade Rochelais and Section Paloise will square it off at Stade Marcel Deflandre in a round 3 encounter of the France Top 14. In their last meetings, Stade Rochelais won each. Can Section Paloise, off a win, halt that run?

Stade Rochelais were defeated by Stade Toulousain in the league the previous weekend and will look to return to winning ways here. In that encounter, this team started with a poor performance, scoring just ten goals while conceding 22. In the meantime, they pulled off a 13-17 win in the second half, but that was not enough to see this team overcome their deficit. However, they started their season with a 19-15 win over RC Toulonnais and have accumulated five points, leaving them seated 10th in the standings.

The previous weekend, Section Paloise secured their first win in the league season against Aviron Bayonnais. In a game that ended in a 51-29 victory, Section Paloise started to win a 20-3 win at halftime and then scored 31 runs in the second half. In the meantime, this team started their season with a road defeat to Clermont, a game where they scored just 7 goals. Heading into this week 3 encounter, Section Paloise has just five points and is seated 9th in the standings.

Stade Rochelais have not shown dominant play this season, and the home team needs to be at their utmost best here. While Section Paloise are huge underdogs in this game, their competitiveness in this fixture can not be written off. While the Stade Rochelais side is not at the top of their game, I believe the visiting side can close the odds in a game that should end with high scores while the home team wins.