Football match preview: Quevilly Rouen vs Valenciennes

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Robert Diochon (12018 seats)

Quevilly Rouen reset their brains and bodies for another game after their 1-0 result against Laval, a match that gave some clarity. How will they do against Valenciennes?

Insights:
  • Quevilly Rouen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Ligue 2

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Quevilly Rouen form and stats

Quevilly Rouen have collected 20 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 5-5-2.

Quevilly are confident in defense, having played 379 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Happy days for Quevilly Rouen in their previous game, a fixture away at Laval (placed 14th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Gbelle (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.6/10. Gbelle hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Before that, Quevilly Rouen drew at home versus Sochaux.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Quevilly have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

It should be taken into account that a peek at the 12 latest league matches shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Quevilly Rouen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Robert Diochon with 19 goals in 12 league matches. Quevilly Rouen have conceded 13 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Valenciennes form and stats

There's been little loot from Valenciennes's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 12 away games in the Ligue 2. Valenciennes only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Valenciennes, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.

Valenciennes's last game was the home draw against Dijon (2-2). Diliberto got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, top player of the team. Diliberto hit three key passes and had 42 successful passes (of 51 total).

A draw for Valenciennes before that, at their own venue hosting Rodez (0-0).

Valenciennes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 10 defeats. From a total of 19 matches.

Valenciennes are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {5 goals} from 12 away games. As opposed to that, Valenciennes have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Quevilly Rouen have won at least one point in the last 5 games (1-4-0) against Valenciennes.

Valenciennes - Quevilly 0-0 was the product when these teams last played each other, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Quevilly RouenL. Mafouta
L. Mafouta
8 goals
Quevilly RouenI. Soumaré
I. Soumaré
5 goals
ValenciennesJ. Cuffaut
J. Cuffaut
4 goals

Quevilly Rouen missing players

Valenciennes missing players

Quevilly Rouen Valenciennes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 3 12 25
10 5 3 Won W 0 2 7
8 5 1 Drew D 1 2 10
7 2 0 Lost L 2 8 8
29 19 8 Scored S 0 5 24
25 13 2 Conceded C 6 16 29
84% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 92% 88%
60% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 42% 56%
36% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 36%
28% 42% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 28%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
36% 58% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 48%
44% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 28%
36% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 58% 36%
 
3.6 3.2 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.8 3.2
4 3.6 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4.5 4.8
1.8 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.4
5 4 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.3 9.5 9 Shots (avg) S ( 5.3 8.2 8
4 4.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 3 3.6
29% 33% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 27%
 
8 7.8 7 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 11.8 11.7
4 4.2 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.8 4.4
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Quevilly Rouen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Quevilly Rouen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Valenciennes have scored away.
  • Valenciennes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals (5) away 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 25 14 10 1 34 10 12 8 4 0 17 4 13 6 6 1 17 6 24 52
2 Sochaux 25 13 5 7 42 22 13 8 3 2 27 10 12 5 2 5 15 12 20 44
3 Bordeaux 24 12 6 6 34 20 12 7 3 2 17 8 12 5 3 4 17 12 14 42
4 Metz 25 11 8 6 37 24 13 6 5 2 18 11 12 5 3 4 19 13 13 41
5 Caen 25 10 9 6 30 25 12 7 4 1 19 8 13 3 5 5 11 17 5 39
6 Quevilly Rouen 25 10 8 7 29 25 12 5 5 2 19 13 13 5 3 5 10 12 4 38
7 Grenoble Foot 38 25 10 8 7 25 21 13 6 4 3 12 9 12 4 4 4 13 12 4 38
8 Bastia 25 11 5 9 25 26 13 7 2 4 12 8 12 4 3 5 13 18 -1 38
9 Amiens SC 23 9 6 8 26 26 11 5 3 3 13 10 12 4 3 5 13 16 0 33
10 Annecy 25 8 8 9 28 28 12 6 2 4 12 9 13 2 6 5 16 19 0 32
11 Paris 24 8 7 9 22 25 11 3 3 5 11 14 13 5 4 4 11 11 -3 31
12 Guingamp 25 8 7 10 31 35 13 3 3 7 15 20 12 5 4 3 16 15 -4 31
13 Valenciennes 25 7 10 8 24 29 13 5 8 0 19 13 12 2 2 8 5 16 -5 31
14 Laval 25 9 4 12 29 36 13 5 2 6 18 18 12 4 2 6 11 18 -7 31
15 Saint-Etienne 25 9 6 10 37 39 13 6 3 4 21 19 12 3 3 6 16 20 -2 30
16 Pau 25 6 9 10 20 30 12 3 5 4 10 14 13 3 4 6 10 16 -10 27
17 Dijon 25 5 8 12 23 31 13 4 5 4 14 14 12 1 3 8 9 17 -8 23
18 Nîmes 25 6 5 14 24 38 12 5 1 6 11 14 13 1 4 8 13 24 -14 23
19 Niort 25 6 5 14 22 40 12 4 2 6 12 18 13 2 3 8 10 22 -18 23
20 Rodez 25 4 10 11 20 32 13 1 5 7 10 21 12 3 5 4 10 11 -12 22

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.