Soccer betting preview: Amiens SC welcomes Nîmes in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne (12097 seats)

Ligue 2: The middle-of-the-table placements shows the journey Amiens SC and Nîmes have been on uptil now. Both participants are up for it; bring it!

Insights:
  • Amiens SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nîmes have won significantly less corners away then at home.

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.

This has all the signs of an engaging match with lots of fun and excitement as both teams are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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Amiens SC form and stats

5-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Amiens SC so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne.

The home team returns to Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne after drawing with Rodez (placed 13th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Lusamba (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.64/10. Lusamba hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 52 successful passes (of 61 total).

Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Niort.

This is expected to be a close game, with Amiens SC perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Amiens SC as a small favourite), we find ten games. Amiens SC has won four of these, drawn four and lost two.

Amiens SC have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne with 20 goals in 13 league matches. Amiens SC have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Nîmes form and stats

5-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Nîmes in their Ligue 2 matches away.

Nîmes go into this game after a win, the home game against Grenoble Foot 38 that ended 3-1. The attacker Koné got a match rating of 8.2 in that game. Koné scored two goals.

Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Caen's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nîmes playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were one Nîmes win, one draw and four defeats.

Nîmes are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 12 games (in the league). 16 goals have been conceded by Nîmes in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting ended Nîmes - Amiens 3-3, played this season. Statistics for the last nine meetings featuring these two sides are: three wins for Amiens SC, three draws and three wins for Nîmes. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Amiens SCA. Badji
A. Badji
10 goals
NîmesY. Benrahou
Y. Benrahou
8 goals
NîmesM. Koné
M. Koné
8 goals

Amiens SC missing players

Nîmes missing players

Amiens SC Nîmes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 13 4 Played P 4 12 25
6 5 2 Won W 2 5 10
12 4 1 Drew D 0 2 5
7 4 1 Lost L 2 5 10
31 20 8 Scored S 6 16 32
24 11 4 Conceded C 5 16 32
80% 77% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
64% 62% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 83% 76%
40% 62% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 58% 60%
24% 31% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 20%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
48% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 42% 52%
36% 46% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 24%
36% 38% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 32%
 
3.8 4.5 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 3.6 4.8
5.1 4.5 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.8 4.9
2 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 2.4
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
8 7.6 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 7.2 8.6
3.4 3.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 4
37% 43% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 37% 32%
 
9.2 8.4 10 Shots against (avg) S A 15 12.7 11.1
3.4 2.9 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 5.3 4.3
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Amiens SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Amiens SC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Nîmes have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Nîmes haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 24 13 9 2 52 21 12 7 4 1 32 12 12 6 5 1 20 9 31 48
2 Paris 25 14 6 5 36 21 12 7 4 1 18 8 13 7 2 4 18 13 15 48
3 Ajaccio 25 13 6 6 22 13 12 7 3 2 11 3 13 6 3 4 11 10 9 45
4 Sochaux 25 12 8 5 28 21 13 6 4 3 13 10 12 6 4 2 15 11 7 44
5 Auxerre 25 11 9 5 37 27 12 5 4 3 22 13 13 6 5 2 15 14 10 42
6 Le Havre 24 8 11 5 24 20 13 4 5 4 11 11 11 4 6 1 13 9 4 35
7 Niort 25 10 5 10 28 26 12 6 2 4 15 9 13 4 3 6 13 17 2 35
8 Nîmes 25 10 5 10 32 32 13 5 3 5 16 16 12 5 2 5 16 16 0 35
9 Pau 25 10 5 10 27 28 13 8 1 4 18 10 12 2 4 6 9 18 -1 35
10 Guingamp 25 7 10 8 27 33 12 4 5 3 17 16 13 3 5 5 10 17 -6 31
11 Amiens SC 25 6 12 7 31 24 13 5 4 4 20 11 12 1 8 3 11 13 7 30
12 Dijon 25 9 3 13 29 34 13 5 2 6 16 17 12 4 1 7 13 17 -5 30
13 Rodez 25 7 9 9 21 26 12 3 6 3 9 9 13 4 3 6 12 17 -5 30
14 Caen 25 7 8 10 31 28 13 5 1 7 18 13 12 2 7 3 13 15 3 29
15 Bastia 25 6 11 8 25 24 13 3 10 0 13 6 12 3 1 8 12 18 1 29
16 Quevilly Rouen 25 7 8 10 23 34 12 3 6 3 12 14 13 4 2 7 11 20 -11 29
17 Valenciennes 25 6 9 10 25 35 12 3 2 7 16 24 13 3 7 3 9 11 -10 27
18 Grenoble Foot 38 25 7 4 14 20 34 12 6 1 5 15 14 13 1 3 9 5 20 -14 25
19 Dunkerque 25 6 6 13 19 31 13 3 5 5 9 12 12 3 1 8 10 19 -12 24
20 Nancy 25 4 8 13 21 46 12 3 4 5 10 19 13 1 4 8 11 27 -25 20

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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.