Another enjoyable match in Ligue 2 as Paris entertain Laval

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Tue 26.Sep
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de l'Aube (20400 seats)

Paris got a 1-2 score vs Ajaccio in their previous match, a fixture to learn from. The next job is this sturdy Laval team.

Insights:
  • All of Paris's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Laval is in the best form (4-1-1) in Ligue 2

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Paris and Laval.

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Paris form and stats

Paris must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Ligue 2 games here at Stade de l'Aube. When Paris hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Auxerre, Amiens SC, Rodez, Caen and Grenoble Foot 38), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

The fans are hoping that Paris will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Ajaccio (placed 12th). The striker Hamel was declared "man of the match" for Paris with the rating of 7.31/10. Hamel scored one goal.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Amiens SC in a game that was won 3-0.

There will be little rest for Paris after this match as they are travelling to Annecy for a Ligue 2 game in only four days.

Paris are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade de l'Aube in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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Laval form and stats

Things could have gone better for Laval in their Ligue 2 away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.

Laval won their last game, 2-1 versus Guingamp played at home. Tchokounté, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.85. Tchokounté scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that result Laval won their away game at Bastia. The scoreline was 3-0.

A new game in only four days for Laval, the Ligue 2 home match versus Valenciennes. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Laval have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Paris victories, five draws and one Laval win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ParisP. Hamel
P. Hamel
3 goals
LavalM. Tchokounté
M. Tchokounté
3 goals
ParisA. Gory
A. Gory
1 goals

Paris missing players

Laval missing players

Paris Laval
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 2 Played P 2 3 7
2 2 1 Won W 0 1 5
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
5 1 1 Lost L 1 1 1
7 6 3 Scored S 1 4 10
10 2 2 Conceded C 3 3 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 67% 86%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 57%
43% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 57%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
14% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 43%
29% 67% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 67% 57%
57% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 14%
 
3.4 2.7 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 6.3 4.7
5.3 7.3 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.7 3.7
1.7 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 1.7
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.6 9 7 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 12.7 12
3.1 3.3 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.7 4.1
32% 60% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 36% 34%
 
11.1 12.3 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 7.7 7.7
4.4 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.1
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • All of Paris's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Laval have the most points from losing position (6) in Ligue 2
  • Laval have the most scored goals in the second half (9) in Ligue 2
  • Laval have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Laval is in the best form (4-1-1) in Ligue 2
  • Paris have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Paris have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Paris haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Laval 7 5 1 1 10 5 4 4 0 0 6 2 3 1 1 1 4 3 5 16
2 Grenoble Foot 38 7 3 4 0 5 1 4 2 2 0 4 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 4 13
3 Amiens SC 7 4 1 2 8 7 4 3 1 0 7 2 3 1 0 2 1 5 1 13
4 Caen 6 4 0 2 11 4 3 2 0 1 6 2 3 2 0 1 5 2 7 12
5 Auxerre 7 3 3 1 14 9 3 0 2 1 2 3 4 3 1 0 12 6 5 12
6 Rodez 7 3 2 2 11 8 3 2 0 1 6 3 4 1 2 1 5 5 3 11
7 Angers SCO 7 3 2 2 8 7 4 2 2 0 6 2 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 11
8 Saint-Etienne 7 3 2 2 7 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 11
9 Guingamp 7 3 1 3 13 8 3 2 0 1 7 1 4 1 1 2 6 7 5 10
10 Annecy 7 2 4 1 9 6 4 1 2 1 5 5 3 1 2 0 4 1 3 10
11 Bordeaux 6 3 1 2 7 8 3 2 0 1 5 4 3 1 1 1 2 4 -1 9
12 Ajaccio 7 2 3 2 6 10 4 1 3 0 5 4 3 1 0 2 1 6 -4 9
13 Bastia 7 2 2 3 7 9 3 2 0 1 6 5 4 0 2 2 1 4 -2 8
14 Pau 7 2 2 3 9 13 4 2 1 1 7 5 3 0 1 2 2 8 -4 8
15 Troyes 7 1 4 2 10 10 3 1 1 1 6 5 4 0 3 1 4 5 0 7
16 Paris 7 2 0 5 7 10 3 2 0 1 6 2 4 0 0 4 1 8 -3 6
17 Dunkerque 7 1 3 3 6 10 4 0 2 2 3 5 3 1 1 1 3 5 -4 6
18 Valenciennes 7 1 3 3 3 9 3 0 1 2 2 6 4 1 2 1 1 3 -6 6
19 Concarneau 7 1 2 4 4 10 4 0 2 2 1 4 3 1 0 2 3 6 -6 5
20 Quevilly Rouen 7 0 2 5 6 11 3 0 1 2 2 4 4 0 1 3 4 7 -5 2

Read more about Ligue 2

Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.