Possible nail-biting contest in Annecy - Niort game

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 30.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parc des Sports (16109 seats)

It's the very first fixture of the new campaign for Annecy and Niort. The leaf is empty, the opportunities endless.

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Annecy form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Annecy as they were promoted from National last season. Happy days that were secured through 19 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses from 34 games. The team scored 35 goals at home last season and conceded 9. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Annecy have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 6 and lost 2.

Annecy have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 1 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Annecy have scored 2 goals and conceded 1 time.

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Niort form and stats

Let's have a look at how Niort performed last season in the Ligue 2: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 10 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 42 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 9 with 18/25 goals scored/conceded.

That defeat was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Niort playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 2 Niort wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Just as the home team, Niort have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Niort wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.

Head 2 Head

Annecy missing players

Niort missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Annecy Niort
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Annecy Last season Niort
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   19 38
19 12   Won W   5 12
9 4   Drew D   5 10
6 1   Lost L   9 16
55 35   Scored S   18 39
30 9   Conceded C   25 42
88% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 87%
71% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 68%
47% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 37%
24% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 18%
15% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 3%
41% 29%   BTTS BTTS   37% 37%
47% 71%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 34%
24% 18%   Failed to Score F T   47% 42%
 
4.7 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 3.5
3.3 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   6 5.4
1.9 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.2
4 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
10.4 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   7.3 7.9
4.4 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.1
37% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 33%
 
6.4 5.9   Shots against (avg) S A   9.2 8.7
2.6 2.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 3.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Amiens SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Annecy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bastia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Caen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dijon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Grenoble Foot 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Guingamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Laval 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Le Havre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Metz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nîmes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Niort 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Paris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Pau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Quevilly Rouen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Rodez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Saint-Étienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sochaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Valenciennes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Laval 34 20 7 7 50 31 17 10 3 4 23 13 17 10 4 3 27 18 19 67
2 Annecy 34 19 9 6 55 30 17 12 4 1 35 9 17 7 5 5 20 21 25 66
3 Villefranche 34 19 8 7 47 29 17 10 3 4 26 16 17 9 5 3 21 13 18 65
4 Concarneau 34 15 13 6 48 31 17 10 4 3 26 11 17 5 9 3 22 20 17 58
5 Chateauroux 34 15 10 9 41 28 17 8 6 3 25 13 17 7 4 6 16 15 13 55
6 Bourg-en-Bresse 34 15 9 10 55 37 17 8 5 4 25 14 17 7 4 6 30 23 18 54
7 Stade Briochin 34 14 10 10 47 35 17 9 4 4 27 16 17 5 6 6 20 19 12 52
8 Sedan 34 13 11 10 37 37 17 9 4 4 19 14 17 4 7 6 18 23 0 50
9 Orleans 34 12 11 11 37 35 17 7 6 4 22 15 17 5 5 7 15 20 2 47
10 Le Mans 34 12 10 12 35 35 17 8 4 5 19 15 17 4 6 7 16 20 0 46
11 Red Star 34 13 6 15 55 50 17 7 2 8 28 25 17 6 4 7 27 25 5 45
12 Avranches 34 12 6 16 37 58 17 7 2 8 19 30 17 5 4 8 18 28 -21 42
13 Cholet 34 11 8 15 49 62 17 7 4 6 28 28 17 4 4 9 21 34 -13 41
14 Sete 34 10 7 17 35 42 17 5 6 6 18 16 17 5 1 11 17 26 -7 37
15 Bastia-Borgo 34 7 10 17 40 58 17 6 5 6 28 25 17 1 5 11 12 33 -18 31
16 Chambly 34 7 8 19 35 62 17 4 6 7 24 30 17 3 2 12 11 32 -27 29
17 Boulogne 34 6 9 19 28 48 17 3 7 7 14 21 17 3 2 12 14 27 -20 26
18 Creteil 34 6 8 20 35 58 17 5 5 7 23 26 17 1 3 13 12 32 -23 26
Last season 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 38 23 10 5 82 33 19 14 4 1 52 14 19 9 6 4 30 19 49 79
2 Ajaccio 38 22 9 7 39 19 19 13 3 3 21 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 20 75
3 Auxerre 38 21 11 6 61 39 19 11 4 4 33 19 19 10 7 2 28 20 22 74
4 Paris 38 20 10 8 54 35 19 11 7 1 30 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 19 70
5 Sochaux 38 19 11 8 47 34 19 10 6 3 22 14 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 68
6 Guingamp 38 15 13 10 52 48 19 9 6 4 31 24 19 6 7 6 21 24 4 58
7 Caen 38 13 11 14 51 42 19 9 3 7 30 18 19 4 8 7 21 24 9 50
8 Le Havre 38 13 11 14 38 41 19 6 5 8 17 20 19 7 6 6 21 21 -3 50
9 Nîmes 38 14 7 17 44 51 19 6 4 9 22 28 19 8 3 8 22 23 -7 49
10 Pau 38 14 7 17 41 49 19 10 2 7 25 20 19 4 5 10 16 29 -8 49
11 Dijon 38 13 8 17 48 53 19 8 3 8 25 26 19 5 5 9 23 27 -5 47
12 Bastia 38 10 16 12 38 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 19 5 4 10 19 24 2 46
13 Niort 38 12 10 16 39 42 19 7 5 7 21 17 19 5 5 9 18 25 -3 46
14 Amiens SC 38 9 17 12 43 41 19 7 6 6 26 16 19 2 11 6 17 25 2 44
15 Grenoble Foot 38 38 12 8 18 32 44 19 7 5 7 21 21 19 5 3 11 11 23 -12 44
16 Valenciennes 38 10 14 14 34 47 19 5 5 9 19 28 19 5 9 5 15 19 -13 44
17 Rodez 38 10 13 15 32 42 19 5 9 5 16 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -10 43
18 Quevilly Rouen 38 10 10 18 33 50 19 5 7 7 18 22 19 5 3 11 15 28 -17 40
19 Dunkerque 38 8 7 23 28 53 19 5 6 8 14 21 19 3 1 15 14 32 -25 31
20 Nancy 38 6 9 23 32 69 19 4 4 11 16 33 19 2 5 12 16 36 -37 27

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Amiens SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Annecy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bastia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Caen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dijon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Grenoble Foot 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Guingamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Laval 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Le Havre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Metz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nîmes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Niort 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Paris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Pau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Quevilly Rouen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Rodez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Saint-Étienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sochaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Valenciennes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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