National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Valenciennes or Strasbourg that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Strasbourg played their last game only four days ago, a Ligue 1 match.
Valenciennes form and stats
Valenciennes was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Coupe de France.Valenciennes's results here at Stade du Hainaut in the Ligue 2 have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats.
The Valenciennes fans got no joy from their last match, a Ligue 2 game also here at Stade du Hainaut: A 1-4 defeat against Paris. Joffrey Cuffaut was "man of the match" with a rating of 6.94 out of 10. The defender Cuffaut hit one key pass and won 7 of 10 duels.
A 0-0 draw away in the Ligue 2 before that, with Ajaccio the opponent.Valenciennes have scored 8 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Valenciennes with 19 goals conceded in these matches.
Strasbourg form and stats
Last season their Coupe de France adventure ended in the 32nd finals.As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Strasbourg have produced an overall stat of 2-3-3 so far.
Home advantage was not enough for Strasbourg in their previous game, as they lost their Ligue 1-match, hosting Olympique Marseille, 0-2. The attacker Habib Diallo got a match rating of 7.82 in that game. Diallo hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Prior to that result Strasbourg won their away game at Nice in the Ligue 1. The scoreline was 3-0.Strasbourg have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 11 goals have been scored. Strasbourg have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Valenciennes-Strasbourg H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Valenciennes three wins, Strasbourg zero wins, one draw. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Ajorque 9 goals |  H. Diallo 8 goals |  A. Thomasson 6 goals |
Valenciennes missing players
Strasbourg missing players
| Valenciennes | Strasbourg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | ||
| 22 | 8 | Scored | S | 16 | 43 | ||
| 30 | 20 | Conceded | C | 16 | 34 | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 20% | ||
| 4.3 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8.4 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.6 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 27% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 51% | ||
| 8.8 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.6 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 5.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 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 | Ajaccio | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 |
| 2 | Toulouse | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 33 |
| 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 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
| 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 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSG | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 22 | 45 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Rennes | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Nice | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 30 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Lens | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Strasbourg | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 26 |
| 8 | Monaco | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 26 |
| 9 | Angers SCO | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Nantes | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| 11 | Lille | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Brest | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 13 | Olympique Lyonnais | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
| 14 | Reims | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 22 |
| 15 | Bordeaux | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 23 | -12 | 17 |
| 16 | Clermont | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -12 | 17 |
| 17 | Troyes | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 16 |
| 18 | Metz | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -16 | 15 |
| 19 | Lorient | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 15 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -22 | 12 |