National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Nancy or Amiens SC that keep their silverware dream alive.
Amiens SC could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Ligue 2 game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Quevilly Rouen, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Amiens SC.
Nancy form and stats
Nancy was eliminated in the 8th round last season in the Coupe de France.Nancy's struggle is real here at Stade Marcel-Picot with only 9 points collected from 10 Ligue 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-5.
The followers are hoping that Nancy will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the match against Toulouse. Midfield player Lefebvre got a match rating of 6.92 in that game, the max score being 10. Lefebvre hit two key passes.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Bastia.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Nancy have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won five, drawn four and lost six.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nancy as they are travelling to their away game against Valenciennes in the Ligue 2. That match is three days after this one.
Nancy have scored 7 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nancy defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Amiens SC form and stats
Amiens SC's mission in Coupe de France last season failed in the 32nd finals.There's been little loot from Amiens SC's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the Ligue 2. Amiens SC only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 6 draws.
Amiens SC are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Quevilly Rouen. Midfielder Gnahoré was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.15. Gnahoré scored one goal and had 65 successful passes (of 71 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Guingamp.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Amiens SC playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were two Amiens SC wins, five draws and three defeats.
Goals are few and far between in Amiens SC's away league games. Only 9 goals from 10 travels. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The attacking power of Amiens SC when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Amiens SC in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Nancy victories, two draws and one Amiens SC win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 3 red cards from the last five encounters.Top Goalscorers
  A. Badji 7 goals |  T. Arokodare 5 goals |   M. Biron 3 goals |
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| Nancy | Amiens SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 22 | 8 | Scored | S | 24 | 40 | ||
| 41 | 19 | Conceded | C | 17 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 80% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 36% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 7.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 21% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 43% | ||
| 10.2 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.3 | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Toulouse | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 45 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 26 | 42 |
| 2 | Ajaccio | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 41 |
| 3 | Sochaux | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 40 |
| 4 | Paris | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 37 |
| 5 | Auxerre | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 36 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | Dijon | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | Niort | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | Pau | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 28 |
| 10 | Rodez | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 28 |
| 11 | Nimes | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 26 |
| 12 | Guingamp | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 26 |
| 13 | Amiens SC | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 14 | Caen | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 15 | Quevilly Rouen | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -9 | 25 |
| 16 | Bastia | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -1 | 24 |
| 17 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 22 |
| 18 | Valenciennes | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -12 | 22 |
| 19 | Dunkerque | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -11 | 17 |
| 20 | Nancy | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -22 | 15 |
