Victory alone will suffice for the Amiens SC club members in this Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne battle with Niort, as they have a solid lead on the away side in the Ligue 2 table.
- Amiens SC have not yet lost a game at home.
- Niort have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ligue 2
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Amiens SC form and stats
The complete Ligue 2 results playing at home this season for Amiens SC are 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Amiens SC faced defeat in their previous match, away at Caen (1-3). Up until that match this club had gone six consecutive league matches without a defeat. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Arokodare for missing a penalty kick versus Caen in the 43rd minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome. Midfield player Lachuer got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Lachuer hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 65 successful passes (of 71 total).
Ahead of that match, Amiens won a home game hosting Grenoble Foot 38 (1-0).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 13 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Amiens SC have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne with 6 goals in 4 league matches. Amiens have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Niort form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ligue 2, are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.
The manager N'Doh was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Stade René Gaillard. Niort suffered a 0-1 loss to Le Havre (placed 2nd). Attacker Merdji got a player rating of 7.31 in the game. "Man of the match" Merdji hit the woodwork once.
Before that, Niort travelled to Quevilly Rouen and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.We have checked recent matches where Niort have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 4 victories, 2 draws and 8 defeats.
Niort have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 5 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
Amiens SC have avoided a loss in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) versus Niort.Top Goalscorers
  B. Boutobba 5 goals |   T. Arokodare 4 goals |  M. Fofana 2 goals |
Amiens SC missing players
Niort missing players
| Amiens SC | Niort | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 62% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 75% | 62% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
| 5.2 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| 2.9 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.9 | 9.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.2 | 9.4 |
| 3 | 3.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 25% |
| 8.9 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10 | 10.1 |
| 3.8 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
- Amiens SC have not yet lost a game at home.
- Amiens SC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Amiens SC have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Amiens SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Niort have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Niort have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Niort have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ligue 2
- Niort haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sochaux | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Le Havre | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 3 | Caen | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Bordeaux | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | Amiens SC | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Valenciennes | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Metz | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 8 | Dijon | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 11 |
| 9 | Guingamp | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Paris | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Bastia | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Annecy | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Nîmes | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Saint-Etienne | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Laval | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 7 |
| 17 | Quevilly Rouen | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Niort | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 19 | Pau | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 20 | Rodez | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 6 |
