Football match betting preview: Auxerre vs Amiens SC

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 14.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps (23467 seats)

A quick peek at the Ligue 2 table shows that this is top- against mid-table, but that's not all there is to know. Read our Auxerre - Amiens SC preview!

Insights:
  • Auxerre is in the best form (5-1-0) in Ligue 2

For Amiens SC most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

This promises to be an engaging fixture with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Auxerre form and stats

Auxerre have collected 34 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 10-4-4. Auxerre are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

A good away victory last time out for Auxerre, who won 2-1 against Le Havre (placed 8th). Auxerre made it very difficult for themselves, when Jubal got a red card in the 61st minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Auxerre won the match 2-1! The versatile forward Charbonnier bested all the other players in that match and managed a match rating of 8.6 out of 10. Charbonnier scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Dunkerque in a game that was won 1-0.

A decent goal production from Auxerre in their home games so far, with 31 goals from 18 league matches.

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Amiens SC form and stats

There's been little loot from Amiens SC's travels as they have only collected 17 points from 18 away games in the Ligue 2. Amiens SC only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 11 draws. One point away has become something of a habit for Amiens who have played out draws in their last three away games.

Home advantage was not enough for Amiens SC in their previous game as they lost hosting Paris, 1-2. Midfield player Benet was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.33/10. Benet hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 50 successful passes (of 56 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Grenoble Foot 38.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Amiens SC as they have only managed to score 16 times from 18 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Amiens have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Amiens SC - Auxerre 1-2 was the end result in these squads' latest h2h game, earlier this season. Auxerre-Amiens SC H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Auxerre five wins, Amiens SC zero wins, two draws. three of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AuxerreG. Charbonnier
G. Charbonnier
16 goals
Amiens SCA. Badji
A. Badji
13 goals
AuxerreG. Hein
G. Hein
10 goals

Auxerre missing players

Amiens SC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Auxerre Amiens SC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 37
20 10 3 Won W 1 2 9
11 4 2 Drew D 1 11 17
6 4 1 Lost L 3 5 11
59 31 16 Scored S 4 16 42
38 18 9 Conceded C 11 23 39
89% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 81%
70% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 72% 68%
54% 61% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 22% 38%
30% 33% 83% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 17% 19%
16% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 11% 8%
59% 56% 83% BTTS BTTS 40% 56% 46%
38% 44% 17% Clean Sheets C S 20% 28% 38%
14% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 35%
 
4.6 5.1 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.4 3.6 4.1
4.1 3.3 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.2 4.7
1.6 1.5 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2
8 3 2 Red cards R C 2 6 7
 
10.6 10.7 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.2 7.6 8.4
5.2 5.2 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 3.1 3.5
31% 33% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 33%
 
8.4 8 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.6 10.7 9.6
3.4 2.9 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.3 3.7
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Auxerre have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Auxerre have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Ligue 2
  • Auxerre is in the best form (5-1-0) in Ligue 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 Toulouse 37 23 10 4 82 32 19 14 4 1 52 14 18 9 6 3 30 18 50 79
2 Ajaccio 37 21 9 7 38 19 18 12 3 3 20 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 19 72
3 Auxerre 37 20 11 6 59 38 18 10 4 4 31 18 19 10 7 2 28 20 21 71
4 Paris 37 19 10 8 52 35 18 10 7 1 28 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 17 67
5 Sochaux 37 19 10 8 45 32 18 10 5 3 20 12 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 67
6 Guingamp 37 14 13 10 50 47 18 8 6 4 29 23 19 6 7 6 21 24 3 55
7 Caen 37 13 11 13 51 40 19 9 3 7 30 18 18 4 8 6 21 22 11 50
8 Le Havre 37 13 11 13 37 39 19 6 5 8 17 20 18 7 6 5 20 19 -2 50
9 Nîmes 37 14 7 16 44 49 18 6 4 8 22 26 19 8 3 8 22 23 -5 49
10 Niort 37 12 10 15 38 40 18 7 5 6 20 15 19 5 5 9 18 25 -2 46
11 Dijon 37 13 7 17 46 51 19 8 3 8 25 26 18 5 4 9 21 25 -5 46
12 Pau 37 13 7 17 38 47 19 10 2 7 25 20 18 3 5 10 13 27 -9 46
13 Amiens SC 37 9 17 11 42 39 19 7 6 6 26 16 18 2 11 5 16 23 3 44
14 Grenoble Foot 38 37 12 8 17 32 42 19 7 5 7 21 21 18 5 3 10 11 21 -10 44
15 Bastia 37 9 16 12 36 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 18 4 4 10 17 24 0 43
16 Valenciennes 37 9 14 14 32 46 19 5 5 9 19 28 18 4 9 5 13 18 -14 41
17 Rodez 37 9 13 15 30 42 18 4 9 5 14 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -12 40
18 Quevilly Rouen 37 9 10 18 30 49 18 4 7 7 15 21 19 5 3 11 15 28 -19 37
19 Dunkerque 37 8 7 22 27 50 19 5 6 8 14 21 18 3 1 14 13 29 -23 31
20 Nancy 37 6 9 22 30 66 18 4 4 10 14 30 19 2 5 12 16 36 -36 27

Amiens SC:
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 Toulouse 37 23 10 4 82 32 19 14 4 1 52 14 18 9 6 3 30 18 50 79
2 Ajaccio 37 21 9 7 38 19 18 12 3 3 20 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 19 72
3 Auxerre 37 20 11 6 59 38 18 10 4 4 31 18 19 10 7 2 28 20 21 71
4 Paris 37 19 10 8 52 35 18 10 7 1 28 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 17 67
5 Sochaux 37 19 10 8 45 32 18 10 5 3 20 12 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 67
6 Guingamp 37 14 13 10 50 47 18 8 6 4 29 23 19 6 7 6 21 24 3 55
7 Caen 37 13 11 13 51 40 19 9 3 7 30 18 18 4 8 6 21 22 11 50
8 Le Havre 37 13 11 13 37 39 19 6 5 8 17 20 18 7 6 5 20 19 -2 50
9 Nîmes 37 14 7 16 44 49 18 6 4 8 22 26 19 8 3 8 22 23 -5 49
10 Niort 37 12 10 15 38 40 18 7 5 6 20 15 19 5 5 9 18 25 -2 46
11 Dijon 37 13 7 17 46 51 19 8 3 8 25 26 18 5 4 9 21 25 -5 46
12 Pau 37 13 7 17 38 47 19 10 2 7 25 20 18 3 5 10 13 27 -9 46
13 Amiens SC 37 9 17 11 42 39 19 7 6 6 26 16 18 2 11 5 16 23 3 44
14 Grenoble Foot 38 37 12 8 17 32 42 19 7 5 7 21 21 18 5 3 10 11 21 -10 44
15 Bastia 37 9 16 12 36 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 18 4 4 10 17 24 0 43
16 Valenciennes 37 9 14 14 32 46 19 5 5 9 19 28 18 4 9 5 13 18 -14 41
17 Rodez 37 9 13 15 30 42 18 4 9 5 14 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -12 40
18 Quevilly Rouen 37 9 10 18 30 49 18 4 7 7 15 21 19 5 3 11 15 28 -19 37
19 Dunkerque 37 8 7 22 27 50 19 5 6 8 14 21 18 3 1 14 13 29 -23 31
20 Nancy 37 6 9 22 30 66 18 4 4 10 14 30 19 2 5 12 16 36 -36 27

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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.