Nîmes II vs Annecy: Match guide and preview

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Competition: France CFA Group D
Date: Sat 08.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)

Struggling Nîmes II will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Annecy in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Nîmes II form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the CFA Group D this season. Nîmes II have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here.

Before that game, the home loss against Olympique Marseille II with the scoreline 1-3.

The Nîmes II fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. On the other hand, Nîmes II have conceded 11 goals.

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Annecy form and stats

Annecy, who have the most clean sheets (4) away in CFA Group D, have an excellent away record in the CFA Group D so far with 4-4-0 from 8 games. Annecy are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eleven in a row without losing. The fact that Annecy have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Annecy play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Marignane Gignac (placed 13th). A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Louhans-Cuiseaux.

Annecy are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Annecy are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 4 away goals have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Annecy - Nîmes II 1-0. Last three meetings between the teams: Nîmes II won one, Annecy won two and zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AnnecyN. Akrour
N. Akrour
12 goals
AnnecyM. Alfarela
M. Alfarela
9 goals
Nîmes IIS. Ben Amar
S. Ben Amar
6 goals

Nîmes II missing players

Annecy missing players

Nîmes II Annecy
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 1 Played P 4 8 17
4 2 0 Won W 2 4 10
4 3 0 Drew D 2 4 5
9 4 1 Lost L 0 0 2
18 10 0 Scored S 4 8 21
22 11 2 Conceded C 2 4 10
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 82%
82% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 53%
47% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 41%
12% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 47%
24% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 47%
35% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 24%
 
5.2 5.7 0 Corners For (avg) C F 3 2 4.6
3.8 3.3 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 2.5 2.3 2.4
2.5 2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.1
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 1
 
38 24 0 Total Shots T S 19 22 75
14 9 0 Shots on Target S O 4 5 28
21% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 40% 29%
Key stats in CFA Group D this season:
  • Annecy has the fewest conceded goals (10)
  • Annecy has the fewest conceded goals (4) away
  • Annecy has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
  • Annecy has the most clean sheets (4) away
  • Annecy has the most points from losing position (7)
  • Annecy have not yet lost a game away.
  • Annecy have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Annecy have won significantly less corners away then 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 Annecy 17 10 5 2 21 10 9 6 1 2 13 6 8 4 4 0 8 4 11 35
2 Yzeure 17 9 6 2 24 14 9 6 3 0 13 4 8 3 3 2 11 10 10 33
3 Grasse 17 9 5 3 22 13 8 5 2 1 11 3 9 4 3 2 11 10 9 32
4 Louhans-Cuiseaux 17 9 4 4 38 21 8 5 2 1 16 7 9 4 2 3 22 14 17 31
5 Chasselay MDA 17 8 6 3 25 16 8 3 2 3 11 9 9 5 4 0 14 7 9 30
6 Martigues 17 8 6 3 21 16 8 3 5 0 9 6 9 5 1 3 12 10 5 30
7 Olympique Lyonnais II 17 6 4 7 20 21 8 6 0 2 14 5 9 0 4 5 6 16 -1 22
8 Olympique Marseille II 17 6 3 8 22 27 8 4 1 3 13 12 9 2 2 5 9 15 -5 21
9 Fréjus St-Raphaël 17 4 7 6 18 22 8 3 3 2 9 8 9 1 4 4 9 14 -4 19
10 Jura Sud Foot 17 5 4 8 17 28 9 4 3 2 11 12 8 1 1 6 6 16 -11 19
11 Saint-Priest 17 3 9 5 20 20 8 3 4 1 17 11 9 0 5 4 3 9 0 18
12 Hyères 17 4 6 7 9 20 9 3 3 3 7 10 8 1 3 4 2 10 -11 18
13 Marignane Gignac 17 4 5 8 13 17 9 2 3 4 6 8 8 2 2 4 7 9 -4 17
14 Nîmes II 17 4 4 9 18 22 9 2 3 4 10 11 8 2 1 5 8 11 -4 16
15 Marseille Endoume Catalans 17 3 5 9 17 27 9 2 3 4 11 13 8 1 2 5 6 14 -10 14
16 Monaco II 17 3 3 11 18 29 9 2 3 4 12 15 8 1 0 7 6 14 -11 12

Read more about CFA Group D

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