It's advantage Auxerre so far this season, with their 5th position in the Ligue 2 table and anticipating the visit of Niort (who are sitting at 11th).
- Auxerre have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Auxerre have scored more than double the goals of Niort.
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.
Auxerre form and stats
Overall Ligue 2 statistics playing at home this season for Auxerre are 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Auxerre enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Nancy's place. The match ended 4-1 with Aly Ndom, Gaëtan Charbonnier (2) and Jubal scoring. The attacker Gaëtan Charbonnier was "man of the match" for Auxerre with a rating of 9.4/10. Charbonnier scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).
Ahead of that match, Auxerre lost 1-2 at home to Guingamp.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Auxerre have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won five times, drawn eight and lost five.
Auxerre are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. From these home matches, Auxerre have conceded only 2 goals.
Niort form and stats
Niort are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Ligue 2, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Niort's last game was the home draw against Amiens SC (0-0). Midfield player Dylan Louiserre was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.8/10. Louiserre hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 61 successful passes (of 68 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Le Havre's place.Niort are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is six wins, six draws and six defeats. From a total of 18 matches.
The visiting Niort have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 3 goals from 3 games. As opposed to that, Niort have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Auxerre victories, three draws and three Niort wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Hein 2 goals |  H. Sakhi 2 goals |  M. Autret 2 goals |
Auxerre missing players
Niort missing players
| Auxerre | Niort | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 83% | 67% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 83% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 33% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 33% |
| 33% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 5.3 | 4.7 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 5 | 2.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 11 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.7 | 8.7 |
| 5.3 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| 34% | 33% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 20% |
- Auxerre have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Auxerre have scored more than double the goals of Niort.
- Niort have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Paris | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Sochaux | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Nimes | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Auxerre | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | Caen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Pau | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | Ajaccio | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | Le Havre | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | Rodez | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Niort | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Quevilly Rouen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Guingamp | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Bastia | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | Amiens SC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Valenciennes | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 5 |
| 17 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 4 |
| 18 | Dunkerque | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
| 19 | Dijon | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 1 |
| 20 | Nancy | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -10 | 1 |