National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Granville or Niort that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Granville form and stats
Granville participated in Coupe de France the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.An away draw last time out for Granville, facing St-Pryve St-Hilaire in a game that ended 0-0.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Beauvais that ended 0-0.Niort form and stats
Niort was sent out of Coupe de France in the 8th round last season.Niort have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 1-2-5 (8 played).
Niort are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Pau. Sagna got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, top player of the team. Sagna served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 21 successful passes (of 23 total).
Before that, Niort travelled to Metz and returned home with a draw after the Ligue 2 game finished 0-0.Niort have another fixture that requires travelling in just three days, a Ligue 2 match against Rodez. A gruelling diary for the visiting team!
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Niort have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Boutobba 7 goals |   S. Sawadogo 4 goals |  M. Magassouba 3 goals |
Granville missing players
Niort missing players
| Granville | Niort | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 44 | 27 | Scored | S | 12 | 22 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Conceded | C | 21 | 36 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 40% | ||
| 4.6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 25% | ||
| 10.4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 36 |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 3 | Sochaux | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 |
| 4 | Amiens SC | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 27 |
| 5 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | Metz | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Caen | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Quevilly Rouen | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| 9 | Valenciennes | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Paris | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | -1 | 24 |
| 11 | Bastia | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Guingamp | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Pau | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 14 | Annecy | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 20 |
| 15 | Laval | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 20 |
| 16 | Dijon | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 17 | Rodez | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -6 | 18 |
| 18 | Nimes | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Niort | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -13 | 16 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 12 |
