Ligue 2 match prediction: Little separates Annecy and Paris in quality

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

The home supporters look for a win and three points in this match, as the home advantage might do the trick versus a stumbling visitor. Annecy are in 11th spot while the guesting Paris lose sleep at 17th.

Insights:
  • Annecy have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Ligue 2
  • Paris have the fewest points (0) away in Ligue 2

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Annecy form and stats

1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Annecy have to build on here at Parc des Sports in the Ligue 2. Annecy have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The fans are hoping that Annecy will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the game against Auxerre (placed 3rd). Up until that game this team had gone six consecutive league rounds without losing. Annecy were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. The versatile forward Pajot bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 6.73 out of 10. Pajot had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).

In the game before, an away victory match versus Pau with a 3-0 scoreline.

This is expected to be a close game, with Annecy perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Annecy as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Annecy has won 5 of these, drawn 5 and lost 3.

Annecy has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Paris form and stats

0 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Paris, who have the fewest points (0) away in Ligue 2, playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season. It's all red in the travel logs of Paris, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Paris failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Laval (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-1. Attacker Kebbal got a player rating of 7.81 in the game. "Man of the match" Kebbal hit five key passes and had 69 successful passes (of 80 total).

Prior to that match, the Paris manager Gilli faced defeat when travelling to Ajaccio and losing 1-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Paris playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 0 Paris wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Paris's away league games. Only {1 goals} from 4 travels.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the preceeding three meetings): Annecy won one game, one match ended in a draw and Paris got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / three.

Top Goalscorers

AnnecyW. Caddy
W. Caddy
4 goals
ParisP. Hamel
P. Hamel
3 goals
AnnecyA. Larose
A. Larose
2 goals

Annecy missing players

Paris missing players

Annecy Paris
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 2 4 8
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 2
4 2 1 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 2 4 6
9 5 3 Scored S 1 1 7
10 5 0 Conceded C 4 8 11
75% 75% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
50% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 25% 38%
25% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
12% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 25% 12%
50% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
38% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 75% 62%
 
4.1 5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4 4.1
4.2 3 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3.8 5
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.1 13.2 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8 9.2
3.5 3.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.2
32% 38% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 8% 27%
 
10.1 9 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10.2 11.1
3.6 4.2 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.8 4.1
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • All of Paris's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Annecy have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Paris have scored away.
  • Annecy have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Ligue 2
  • Annecy have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Paris have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Paris have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Paris have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Paris have the fewest points (0) away in Ligue 2
  • Paris have the the worst goal difference (-7) away in Ligue 2
  • Paris 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 Laval 8 6 1 1 11 5 4 4 0 0 6 2 4 2 1 1 5 3 6 19
2 Grenoble Foot 38 8 4 4 0 7 2 4 2 2 0 4 1 4 2 2 0 3 1 5 16
3 Auxerre 8 4 3 1 18 9 4 1 2 1 6 3 4 3 1 0 12 6 9 15
4 Rodez 8 4 2 2 13 9 4 3 0 1 8 4 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 14
5 Angers SCO 8 4 2 2 9 7 4 2 2 0 6 2 4 2 0 2 3 5 2 14
6 Amiens SC 8 4 2 2 8 7 5 3 2 0 7 2 3 1 0 2 1 5 1 14
7 Caen 7 4 0 3 12 6 4 2 0 2 7 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 6 12
8 Guingamp 8 3 2 3 13 8 4 2 1 1 7 1 4 1 1 2 6 7 5 11
9 Saint-Étienne 7 3 2 2 7 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 11
10 Pau 8 3 2 3 13 14 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 1 1 2 6 9 -1 11
11 Annecy 8 2 4 2 9 10 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 1 2 1 4 5 -1 10
12 Bordeaux 7 3 2 2 7 8 3 2 0 1 5 4 4 1 2 1 2 4 -1 10
13 Ajaccio 8 2 4 2 6 10 4 1 3 0 5 4 4 1 1 2 1 6 -4 10
14 Bastia 8 2 2 4 8 13 4 2 0 2 7 9 4 0 2 2 1 4 -5 8
15 Concarneau 8 2 2 4 5 10 4 0 2 2 1 4 4 2 0 2 4 6 -5 8
16 Troyes 8 1 4 3 11 12 3 1 1 1 6 5 5 0 3 2 5 7 -1 7
17 Paris 8 2 0 6 7 11 4 2 0 2 6 3 4 0 0 4 1 8 -4 6
18 Dunkerque 7 1 3 3 6 10 4 0 2 2 3 5 3 1 1 1 3 5 -4 6
19 Valenciennes 8 1 3 4 3 10 4 0 1 3 2 7 4 1 2 1 1 3 -7 6
20 Quevilly Rouen 8 0 2 6 6 12 4 0 1 3 2 5 4 0 1 3 4 7 -6 2

Read more about Ligue 2

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.