Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Guingamp & Amiens SC face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coupe de France. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Guingamp form and stats
Last season their Coupe de France adventure ended in the 8th round.The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Guingamp at their home stadium (Stade du Roudourou) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The fans are hoping that Guingamp will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Ligue 2 game against Caen. Midfield player Merghem got a match rating of 7.52 in that game, the max score being 10. Merghem hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Previous to that game, a Ligue 2 home match hosting Dijon in a game that was won 3-2.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 Guingamp have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 19 games) they have won five times, drawn ten and lost four.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Guingamp, as the Ligue 2 home game vs Dunkerque is only three days away.
A decent goal production from Guingamp in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Guingamp have conceded 13 from these games.
Amiens SC form and stats
Amiens SC's mission in Coupe de France last season failed in the 32nd finals.Amiens SC have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 1-5-2 (8 played).
Amiens are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the Ligue 2 against Grenoble Foot 38. Badji, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.31. Badji scored two goals.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Dunkerque in the Ligue 2.We have checked recent matches where Amiens have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were two victories, six draws and six defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Ligue 2 trip to Paris.
Amiens SC are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 8 games (in the league). 9 goals have been conceded by Amiens in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Guingamp wins - draws - Amiens SC wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Pierrot 6 goals |   T. Arokodare 5 goals |  A. Badji 5 goals |
Guingamp missing players
Amiens SC missing players
| Guingamp | Amiens SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 39 | 16 | Scored | S | 24 | 43 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 80% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 28% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10.3 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 7.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 39% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 61% | 50% | ||
| 8.8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajaccio | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 |
| 2 | Toulouse | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 34 |
| 3 | Auxerre | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Paris | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 33 |
| 5 | Sochaux | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 |
| 7 | Rodez | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Niort | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Pau | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -1 | 24 |
| 10 | Nimes | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Quevilly Rouen | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 23 |
| 12 | Amiens SC | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 21 |
| 13 | Caen | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| 14 | Guingamp | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 21 |
| 15 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 16 | Dijon | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 20 |
| 17 | Valenciennes | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -12 | 20 |
| 18 | Bastia | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 19 | Dunkerque | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 16 |
| 20 | Nancy | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -16 | 12 |