Valenciennes - Concarneau: Ligue 2 cellar teams desperate for points and praise. Here are all the available statistics and tables before the fixture!
- Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals (3) in Ligue 2
- Concarneau have the most conceded goals in the second half (8) in Ligue 2
It's no vacation for neither Valenciennes nor Concarneau as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Valenciennes form and stats
Valenciennes have played three Ligue 2 home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
An away draw last time out for Valenciennes, facing Amiens SC in a game that ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Louchet got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.0 out of ten. Louchet topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match, Valenciennes lost 1-2 at home to Bordeaux.Valenciennes are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 2 match at Laval awaits in four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Valenciennes here at Stade du Hainaut in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games).
Concarneau form and stats
Concarneau are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Ligue 2, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
Home advantage was not enough for Concarneau in their previous game as they lost hosting Saint-Etienne, 0-1. Celestine was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.44. The defender Celestine won 4 of 8 duels.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Quevilly Rouen with the score of 3-2.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Concarneau manager Mignan as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Angers SCO.
Concarneau have the goal stats of 3-6 (for/against) from 3 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season. When Concarneau is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Dunkerque, Troyes, Pau, Concarneau, Quevilly Rouen and Paris.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Merdji 2 goals |   A. Boutoutaou 1 goals |  J. Buatu Mananga 1 goals |
Valenciennes missing players
Concarneau missing players
| Valenciennes | Concarneau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 29% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 14% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 14% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 3.9 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| 5.6 | 6.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6 | 5.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.9 | 10.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.3 | 11 |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | 3.7 |
| 13% | 18% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 21% | 15% |
| 13.6 | 12.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 17.3 | 14.9 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 7 | 5.1 |
- Concarneau have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Concarneau have the most conceded goals in the second half (8) in Ligue 2
- Valenciennes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals (3) in Ligue 2
- Valenciennes have the most conceded goals (6) at home in Ligue 2
- Valenciennes have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in Ligue 2
- Valenciennes have yet to win a game at home.
| 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 |
