Both these participants are in good shape, Valenciennes holding a 6 point advantage on Laval in the standings. Get this show on the road!
- Laval have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Valenciennes have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Ligue 2
Both teams have had enough days rest since their last competitive action. Let's agree to expect an in-your-face game!
Laval form and stats
Laval's struggle is real here at Stade Francis Le Basser with only 7 points collected from 7 Ligue 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stade Francis Le Basser.
Laval's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Niort (placed 20th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Maggiotti (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.12/10. Maggiotti scored one goal and hit two key passes.
In the game before, 1-1 away to Orvault SF (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties) (Coupe de France). This is expected to be a close game, with Laval perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Laval as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Laval has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 5.
The Laval fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. Laval have conceded 12 from these games.
Valenciennes form and stats
As the visiting team matches, Valenciennes, who have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Ligue 2, have produced an overall stat of 2-2-3 so far.
Valenciennes delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Caen (placed 7th) in their previous game. Berthomier got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, top player of the team. Berthomier hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 50 successful passes (of 53 total).
One match before, 1-1 at home vs Red Star (after extra-time, 3-1 on penalties) in the Coupe de France. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Valenciennes in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Valenciennes, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 11 of this club's last 14 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.
Valenciennes are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {3 goals} from 7 away games. Valenciennes are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Valenciennes have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive games without defeat (2-3-0) when playing Laval.Top Goalscorers
  J. Maggiotti 7 goals |  Z. Naidji 4 goals |   J. Cuffaut 4 goals |
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| Laval | Valenciennes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 21 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 71% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 29% | 43% |
| 64% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 43% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 57% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 36% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 43% | 43% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 57% | 36% |
| 4.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 2.1 | 1.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.5 | 9.4 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7 | 6.6 |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 34% | 36% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 17% | 31% |
| 8.8 | 7.4 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 12 | 11.6 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
- Laval have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Laval have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Valenciennes have scored away.
- Laval have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Laval haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Valenciennes have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Ligue 2
- Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Ligue 2
- Valenciennes have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Ligue 2
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Le Havre | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 29 |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 27 |
| 3 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 |
| 4 | Sochaux | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 24 |
| 5 | Valenciennes | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | Amiens SC | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Caen | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Guingamp | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 9 | Paris | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Pau | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 20 |
| 11 | Bastia | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Laval | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 | Metz | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Annecy | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Quevilly Rouen | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 16 | Nîmes | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 14 |
| 17 | Dijon | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 18 | Rodez | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -8 | 12 |
| 19 | Saint-Etienne | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 11 |
| 20 | Niort | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -14 | 11 |
