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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps (23467 seats)

Auxerre have played great football so far, proven by 3rd spot in the table. Nîmes have a view both ways from their 9th place.

Insights:
  • Auxerre have the most scored goals (9) at home in Ligue 2
  • Nîmes have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Ligue 2

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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Auxerre form and stats

Overall Ligue 2 statistics at home this season for Auxerre are 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Auxerre after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The Auxerre goalkeeper Donovan Leon is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 367 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligue 2.

Auxerre travelled for their previous game, a trip to Sochaux that ended 0-0. The goalie Donovan Leon was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.83 out of ten. Leon stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match, Auxerre won a home game hosting Rodez (1-0).

A decent goal production from Auxerre in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. Auxerre have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.

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Nîmes form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Nîmes have lost on their last two travels.

Nîmes have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 195 minutes ago. M. Kone was the goal scorer.

Nîmes's previous game was their home loss versus Le Havre (0-1). Defender Pablo Martinez was the best team player with a rating of 7.42. Martinez won 7 of 14 duels.

Prior to that match, the Nîmes manager P. Plancque faced defeat when travelling to Paris and losing 0-2.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Nîmes have scored 7 goals in 5 league games away. 5 goals have been conceded by Nîmes in these games.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these contenders: Auxerre won five, Nîmes were winners in two and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

AuxerreG. Charbonnier
G. Charbonnier
6 goals
NîmesY. Benrahou
Y. Benrahou
4 goals
AuxerreG. Hein
G. Hein
2 goals

Auxerre missing players

Nîmes missing players

Auxerre Nîmes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 5 10
5 3 2 Won W 0 2 3
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 4
1 1 0 Lost L 1 2 3
16 9 5 Scored S 0 7 12
5 2 0 Conceded C 2 5 10
70% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 80%
60% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 70%
50% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 40%
20% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
40% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 40%
60% 80% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 40%
30% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 20% 40%
 
5.5 5.6 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 4.9
3.9 2.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.8 4.6
1.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.3 11.8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.6 8.6
5.3 5.6 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4 3.7
30% 32% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 35% 32%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • All of Nîmes's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Auxerre have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Auxerre have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Auxerre have the most scored goals (9) at home in Ligue 2
  • Auxerre have the the best goal difference (+7) at home in Ligue 2
  • Auxerre have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Nîmes have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Ligue 2
  • Nîmes have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Nîmes 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 9 7 2 0 20 6 4 3 1 0 8 3 5 4 1 0 12 3 14 23
2 Sochaux 10 6 2 2 11 6 5 3 1 1 4 2 5 3 1 1 7 4 5 20
3 Auxerre 10 5 4 1 16 5 5 3 1 1 9 2 5 2 3 0 7 3 11 19
4 Ajaccio 9 5 4 0 12 4 5 4 1 0 7 1 4 1 3 0 5 3 8 19
5 Le Havre 10 4 5 1 9 5 5 2 2 1 5 4 5 2 3 0 4 1 4 17
6 Paris 10 5 1 4 13 11 4 2 1 1 5 3 6 3 0 3 8 8 2 16
7 Pau 10 4 3 3 12 9 6 3 1 2 8 5 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 15
8 Niort 10 4 3 3 10 9 5 3 1 1 7 2 5 1 2 2 3 7 1 15
9 Nîmes 10 3 4 3 12 10 5 1 3 1 5 5 5 2 1 2 7 5 2 13
10 Rodez 10 3 4 3 10 12 5 1 3 1 4 5 5 2 1 2 6 7 -2 13
11 Quevilly Rouen 10 3 3 4 11 12 5 1 2 2 5 6 5 2 1 2 6 6 -1 12
12 Valenciennes 10 3 3 4 8 13 5 1 1 3 4 10 5 2 2 1 4 3 -5 12
13 Caen 9 3 2 4 9 8 5 2 0 3 7 5 4 1 2 1 2 3 1 11
14 Guingamp 10 2 5 3 8 11 4 0 2 2 3 6 6 2 3 1 5 5 -3 11
15 Grenoble Foot 38 10 3 2 5 10 16 5 3 1 1 8 6 5 0 1 4 2 10 -6 11
16 Dijon 10 3 1 6 11 16 6 2 1 3 8 10 4 1 0 3 3 6 -5 10
17 Amiens SC 10 1 5 4 11 15 5 0 2 3 4 8 5 1 3 1 7 7 -4 8
18 Bastia 9 1 4 4 7 11 4 0 4 0 3 3 5 1 0 4 4 8 -4 7
19 Dunkerque 10 1 3 6 7 15 5 0 2 3 2 7 5 1 1 3 5 8 -8 6
20 Nancy 10 0 4 6 6 19 5 0 2 3 3 11 5 0 2 3 3 8 -13 4

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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.