Amiens SC favourites for feisty fight facing Nîmes

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 08.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne (12097 seats)

Amiens SC have 37 points running out as the home side. Nîmes have brought back 29 points using the away locker rooms. Could we look at anything else than a home win?

Insights:
  • Amiens SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Nîmes have the most conceded goals (29) away in Ligue 2

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Amiens SC and Nîmes should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Amiens SC form and stats

6 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Amiens SC have to build on here at Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne in the Ligue 2. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Amiens SC to get some points in this home game.

Amiens SC lost their last game at Grenoble Foot 38 (placed 7th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Barry, defender, was given a rating of 7.4/10 in that game, top of the team. Barry won 8 of 11 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Rodez (1-3).

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 Amiens SC have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.

The Amiens fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 14 matches. Amiens SC have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Nîmes form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nîmes so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-10 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Bompard, the Nîmes manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Nîmes had fun at their own home (Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne) last time out, beating Annecy 4-0. Fofana, Mousset and Saïd (2) scored. As mentioned above, Nîmes was the only team on the pitch versus Annecy in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Midfielder Saïd was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.25. Saïd scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Bordeaux wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Nîmes have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 6 victories, 1 draw and 7 defeats.

In the opposite end, Nîmes have conceded 29 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Nîmes - Amiens SC 2-0 was the end result in these sides' previous h2h game, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Amiens four wins, two draws and Nîmes four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NîmesM. Tchokounté
M. Tchokounté
10 goals
Amiens SCP. Cissé
P. Cissé
7 goals
NîmesP. Pagis
P. Pagis
5 goals

Amiens SC missing players

Nîmes missing players

Amiens SC Nîmes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 5 15 29
10 6 4 Won W 1 1 8
7 3 0 Drew D 2 4 5
12 5 0 Lost L 2 10 16
31 16 7 Scored S 7 15 32
37 15 1 Conceded C 9 29 43
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
79% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 69%
41% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 53% 45%
14% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 40% 31%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 20% 17%
52% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 52%
24% 29% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 28%
24% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 28%
 
5.3 5.1 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 2.8 3
4.9 3.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 5 5
1.5 1.4 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.8 1.6
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11 11.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 11.4 9.3 9.8
3.9 4.1 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.3 3.7
27% 28% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 31% 30%
 
10.1 8.4 6.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 12.1 11.4
3.8 3.1 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 4.9 4.2
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Amiens SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Nîmes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nîmes have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Ligue 2
  • Nîmes have the most conceded goals (29) away in Ligue 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 Le Havre 29 16 12 1 40 14 14 9 5 0 21 7 15 7 7 1 19 7 26 60
2 Metz 29 14 9 6 44 26 15 7 6 2 20 12 14 7 3 4 24 14 18 51
3 Bordeaux 28 14 8 6 39 23 14 8 4 2 19 9 14 6 4 4 20 14 16 50
4 Sochaux 29 14 7 8 46 26 15 9 4 2 29 11 14 5 3 6 17 15 20 49
5 Bastia 29 14 6 9 35 32 15 9 2 4 19 12 14 5 4 5 16 20 3 48
6 Caen 29 12 10 7 36 30 15 9 5 1 23 10 14 3 5 6 13 20 6 46
7 Grenoble Foot 38 29 12 8 9 29 25 15 8 4 3 16 11 14 4 4 6 13 14 4 44
8 Paris 29 11 7 11 33 33 14 4 3 7 15 17 15 7 4 4 18 16 0 40
9 Quevilly Rouen 29 10 9 10 31 31 14 5 6 3 21 16 15 5 3 7 10 15 0 39
10 Guingamp 28 10 8 10 36 37 14 4 3 7 17 20 14 6 5 3 19 17 -1 38
11 Amiens SC 29 10 7 12 31 37 14 6 3 5 16 15 15 4 4 7 15 22 -6 37
12 Saint-Étienne 29 10 9 10 43 43 15 7 4 4 24 20 14 3 5 6 19 23 0 36
13 Rodez 29 8 10 11 30 37 15 3 5 7 14 23 14 5 5 4 16 14 -7 34
14 Valenciennes 29 7 12 10 32 39 15 5 9 1 25 20 14 2 3 9 7 19 -7 33
15 Annecy 29 8 9 12 30 38 14 6 3 5 13 13 15 2 6 7 17 25 -8 33
16 Pau 29 8 9 12 22 32 14 4 5 5 11 15 15 4 4 7 11 17 -10 33
17 Laval 29 9 4 16 33 44 14 5 2 7 19 20 15 4 2 9 14 24 -11 31
18 Nîmes 29 8 5 16 32 43 14 7 1 6 17 14 15 1 4 10 15 29 -11 29
19 Dijon 29 6 8 15 25 36 15 5 5 5 15 15 14 1 3 10 10 21 -11 26
20 Niort 29 7 5 17 27 48 14 5 2 7 17 23 15 2 3 10 10 25 -21 26

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Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.