Auxerre vs Nancy betting preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps (23467 seats)

6th position in the Ligue 2 table for Auxerre so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 9th-placed Nancy visits Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps.

Insights:
  • Auxerre have the most scored goals in the first half (30) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Ligue 2

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Auxerre form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Auxerre at their home stadium (Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps) is 8 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. Two draws in a row at home now for Auxerre.

Auxerre enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Niort's place. The match ended 4-0 with Alexandre Coeff, Gauthier Hein and Gautier Lloris (2) scoring. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Le Havre.

As mentioned above, Auxerre "killed" Niort in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Auxerre as they are travelling to their away game against Pau in the Ligue 2. That match is two days after this one.

Auxerre can score goals in their home matches. After 16 league matches they have found the net 32 times. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Auxerre have conceded only 14 goals.

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Nancy form and stats

Playing away, Nancy have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 7 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season.

Nancy's last game was the home draw against Sochaux (0-0). A 1-4 defeat away at Toulouse before that.

A new game in only two days for Nancy, the Ligue 2 home match versus Ajaccio. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Nancy have scored 21 goals in 16 league games away. 20 goals have been conceded by Nancy in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Nancy - Auxerre 2-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Auxerre won two, Nancy won three and five draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AuxerreM. Le Bihan
M. Le Bihan
16 goals
AuxerreR. Dugimont
R. Dugimont
12 goals
NancyM. Biron
M. Biron
12 goals

Auxerre missing players

Nancy missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Auxerre Nancy
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 5 16 32
13 8 2 Won W 2 5 10
12 5 2 Drew D 0 4 11
7 3 2 Lost L 3 7 11
55 32 13 Scored S 8 21 44
34 14 6 Conceded C 8 20 43
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
78% 81% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 69% 69%
53% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 38% 50%
38% 31% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 25% 34%
9% 19% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 25% 19%
59% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 56% 62%
25% 19% 17% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 19%
22% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.9 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 1.8
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
9.6 10.2 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 5.6 6.6 7.1
4.4 5.1 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 2.9 3
39% 39% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 45% 46%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Auxerre have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Auxerre have the most scored goals in the first half (30) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most points from losing position (15) 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 Troyes 32 18 8 6 47 31 16 12 3 1 26 14 16 6 5 5 21 17 16 62
2 Toulouse 31 17 7 7 59 33 16 11 3 2 38 16 15 6 4 5 21 17 26 58
3 Grenoble Foot 38 32 16 9 7 44 28 16 10 6 0 31 12 16 6 3 7 13 16 16 57
4 Clermont 31 16 8 7 48 19 15 10 4 1 28 6 16 6 4 6 20 13 29 56
5 Paris 32 15 10 7 44 32 16 9 5 2 25 16 16 6 5 5 19 16 12 55
6 Auxerre 32 13 12 7 55 34 16 8 5 3 32 14 16 5 7 4 23 20 21 51
7 Sochaux 32 11 14 7 40 27 16 5 6 5 20 18 16 6 8 2 20 9 13 47
8 Valenciennes 32 11 10 11 39 44 16 7 5 4 20 16 16 4 5 7 19 28 -5 43
9 Nancy 32 10 11 11 44 43 16 5 7 4 23 23 16 5 4 7 21 20 1 41
10 Ajaccio 32 10 9 13 28 38 16 7 4 5 15 14 16 3 5 8 13 24 -10 39
11 Le Havre 32 9 12 11 26 36 16 3 8 5 11 16 16 6 4 6 15 20 -10 39
12 Rodez 31 8 14 9 32 36 16 6 6 4 19 16 15 2 8 5 13 20 -4 38
13 Niort 32 9 11 12 32 48 16 6 5 5 16 19 16 3 6 7 16 29 -16 38
14 Amiens SC 29 9 10 10 25 26 15 5 7 3 11 8 14 4 3 7 14 18 -1 37
15 Caen 32 8 12 12 31 42 16 5 7 4 14 17 16 3 5 8 17 25 -11 36
16 Pau 32 9 8 15 32 42 16 7 4 5 19 16 16 2 4 10 13 26 -10 35
17 Dunkerque 31 9 7 15 26 37 15 5 5 5 16 13 16 4 2 10 10 24 -11 34
18 Guingamp 31 5 15 11 31 42 15 2 8 5 15 22 16 3 7 6 16 20 -11 30
19 Chambly 32 6 10 16 33 57 16 5 2 9 17 26 16 1 8 7 16 31 -24 28
20 Chateauroux 32 4 9 19 29 50 16 3 3 10 19 28 16 1 6 9 10 22 -21 21

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 Troyes 32 18 8 6 47 31 16 12 3 1 26 14 16 6 5 5 21 17 16 62
2 Toulouse 31 17 7 7 59 33 16 11 3 2 38 16 15 6 4 5 21 17 26 58
3 Grenoble Foot 38 32 16 9 7 44 28 16 10 6 0 31 12 16 6 3 7 13 16 16 57
4 Clermont 31 16 8 7 48 19 15 10 4 1 28 6 16 6 4 6 20 13 29 56
5 Paris 32 15 10 7 44 32 16 9 5 2 25 16 16 6 5 5 19 16 12 55
6 Auxerre 32 13 12 7 55 34 16 8 5 3 32 14 16 5 7 4 23 20 21 51
7 Sochaux 32 11 14 7 40 27 16 5 6 5 20 18 16 6 8 2 20 9 13 47
8 Valenciennes 32 11 10 11 39 44 16 7 5 4 20 16 16 4 5 7 19 28 -5 43
9 Nancy 32 10 11 11 44 43 16 5 7 4 23 23 16 5 4 7 21 20 1 41
10 Ajaccio 32 10 9 13 28 38 16 7 4 5 15 14 16 3 5 8 13 24 -10 39
11 Le Havre 32 9 12 11 26 36 16 3 8 5 11 16 16 6 4 6 15 20 -10 39
12 Rodez 31 8 14 9 32 36 16 6 6 4 19 16 15 2 8 5 13 20 -4 38
13 Niort 32 9 11 12 32 48 16 6 5 5 16 19 16 3 6 7 16 29 -16 38
14 Amiens SC 29 9 10 10 25 26 15 5 7 3 11 8 14 4 3 7 14 18 -1 37
15 Caen 32 8 12 12 31 42 16 5 7 4 14 17 16 3 5 8 17 25 -11 36
16 Pau 32 9 8 15 32 42 16 7 4 5 19 16 16 2 4 10 13 26 -10 35
17 Dunkerque 31 9 7 15 26 37 15 5 5 5 16 13 16 4 2 10 10 24 -11 34
18 Guingamp 31 5 15 11 31 42 15 2 8 5 15 22 16 3 7 6 16 20 -11 30
19 Chambly 32 6 10 16 33 57 16 5 2 9 17 26 16 1 8 7 16 31 -24 28
20 Chateauroux 32 4 9 19 29 50 16 3 3 10 19 28 16 1 6 9 10 22 -21 21

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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.