Ligue 2 game tips and match guide for the Amiens SC vs Valenciennes battle

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 23.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne (12097 seats)

Faithful supporters at Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne haven’t celebrated many home wins this season, with Amiens SC withering away in the 19th place. The opposing Valenciennes will try to shield their higher league spot in this one.

Insights:
  • Amiens SC have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Ligue 2
  • Valenciennes have won significantly less corners away then at home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Amiens SC form and stats

Amiens SC's results here at Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne in the Ligue 2 have been very modest with 0 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 255 minutes without scoring a league goal. F. Mendy was the last player to find the net.

The fans are hoping that Amiens SC will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Ligue 2 game against Dijon (placed 16th). Defender Mateo Pavlović got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.42/10. Pavlović won 2 of 3 duels.

Before that, Amiens drew at home versus Toulouse.

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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won three times, drawn four and lost three.

Amiens have scored 4 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Amiens SC's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Valenciennes form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Momentum is building for Valenciennes in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Valenciennes's previous game was their home loss versus Dunkerque (1-3). Floyd Ayité, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.31. Ayité hit two key passes.

Prior to that result Valenciennes won their away game at Caen. The scoreline was 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Valenciennes have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were seven victories, five draws and six defeats.

Valenciennes have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 6 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Amiens three wins, three draws and Valenciennes three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ValenciennesG. Robail
G. Robail
4 goals
Amiens SCT. Arokodare
T. Arokodare
3 goals
Amiens SCJ. Lahne
J. Lahne
2 goals

Amiens SC missing players

Valenciennes missing players

Amiens SC Valenciennes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 3 6 12
1 0 0 Won W 2 3 4
6 3 1 Drew D 1 2 3
5 3 1 Lost L 0 1 5
11 4 3 Scored S 3 6 11
16 8 5 Conceded C 1 4 17
75% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
58% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 67%
42% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 50%
33% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 58%
33% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 25%
42% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 25%
 
4.3 5 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.7 4.8
6.5 5.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7.2 6.1
1.7 1.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.5 7.7 8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 7.7 9.2
2.2 2.3 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 2.8
42% 29% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 32%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Amiens SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Amiens SC have the fewest points (3) at home in Ligue 2
  • Amiens SC have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Ligue 2
  • Amiens SC have yet to win a game at home.
  • Valenciennes have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Valenciennes 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 12 8 3 1 28 9 6 4 1 1 16 6 6 4 2 0 12 3 19 27
2 Sochaux 12 8 2 2 13 6 6 4 1 1 5 2 6 4 1 1 8 4 7 26
3 Le Havre 12 5 6 1 13 7 6 3 2 1 7 4 6 2 4 0 6 3 6 21
4 Auxerre 12 5 5 2 18 13 6 3 2 1 11 4 6 2 3 1 7 9 5 20
5 Ajaccio 11 5 4 2 12 7 6 4 1 1 7 2 5 1 3 1 5 5 5 19
6 Niort 12 5 3 4 13 10 5 3 1 1 7 2 7 2 2 3 6 8 3 18
7 Pau 12 5 3 4 13 11 7 4 1 2 9 5 5 1 2 2 4 6 2 18
8 Paris 12 5 2 5 14 13 5 2 2 1 6 4 7 3 0 4 8 9 1 17
9 Caen 12 4 3 5 15 14 7 2 1 4 10 9 5 2 2 1 5 5 1 15
10 Quevilly Rouen 12 4 3 5 12 15 6 1 2 3 5 9 6 3 1 2 7 6 -3 15
11 Grenoble Foot 38 12 4 3 5 12 16 6 4 1 1 10 6 6 0 2 4 2 10 -4 15
12 Valenciennes 12 4 3 5 11 17 6 1 1 4 5 13 6 3 2 1 6 4 -6 15
13 Nimes 11 3 5 3 14 12 5 1 3 1 5 5 6 2 2 2 9 7 2 14
14 Guingamp 12 3 5 4 11 14 5 1 2 2 5 7 7 2 3 2 6 7 -3 14
15 Rodez 12 3 4 5 11 15 6 1 3 2 4 6 6 2 1 3 7 9 -4 13
16 Dijon 12 4 1 7 12 18 7 3 1 3 9 10 5 1 0 4 3 8 -6 13
17 Dunkerque 12 3 3 6 12 16 6 1 2 3 4 7 6 2 1 3 8 9 -4 12
18 Bastia 12 2 5 5 9 13 6 1 5 0 5 3 6 1 0 5 4 10 -4 11
19 Amiens SC 12 1 6 5 11 16 6 0 3 3 4 8 6 1 3 2 7 8 -5 9
20 Nancy 12 1 5 6 9 21 6 1 2 3 5 12 6 0 3 3 4 9 -12 8

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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.