Home advantage could prove decisive in Auxerre - Quevilly Rouen battle

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps (23467 seats)

Nothing but a win will please the Auxerre followers in this Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps battle with Quevilly Rouen, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Ligue 2 table.

Insights:
  • Auxerre have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Quevilly Rouen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Auxerre and Quevilly Rouen should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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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 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Happy days for Auxerre in their previous game, a fixture away at Niort (placed 7th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Midfield player Sakhi got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, the max score being 10. Sakhi served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 48 successful passes (of 53 total).

Before that, Auxerre drew at home versus Nancy.

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 20 games) they have won five times, drawn nine and lost six.

The Auxerre fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 12 league matches. Auxerre have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Quevilly Rouen form and stats

Playing away, Quevilly Rouen have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 7 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Quevilly's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Quevilly Rouen's last game was the home draw against Valenciennes (1-1).

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Paris's place.

We have checked recent matches where Quevilly Rouen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 21 games were six victories, four draws and eleven defeats.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Quevilly struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

This duo played each other before this campaign: Quevilly Rouen - Auxerre 0-0. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Auxerre victory, one draw and one Quevilly Rouen win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last three encounters.

Top Goalscorers

AuxerreG. Charbonnier
G. Charbonnier
13 goals
Quevilly RouenD. Nazon
D. Nazon
6 goals
AuxerreM. Autret
M. Autret
5 goals

Auxerre missing players

Quevilly Rouen missing players

Auxerre Quevilly Rouen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 4 13 25
11 5 2 Won W 1 4 7
9 4 2 Drew D 1 2 8
5 3 0 Lost L 2 7 10
37 22 7 Scored S 2 11 23
27 13 3 Conceded C 5 20 34
84% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
68% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 77% 72%
52% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 54% 52%
32% 42% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 12%
16% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
52% 58% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 46% 52%
44% 42% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 8% 16%
20% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 46% 40%
 
4.7 4.9 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 3.7
4 3.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.9 5.3
1.7 1.7 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.7 1.8
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
9.6 10.2 11 Shots (avg) S ( 4.2 7.2 7.3
4.9 5.2 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.7 2.8
30% 35% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 31% 33%
 
8.6 8.2 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 6.8 9 9.8
3.8 3.3 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.7 4.1
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Auxerre have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Quevilly Rouen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Quevilly Rouen 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 24 13 9 2 52 21 12 7 4 1 32 12 12 6 5 1 20 9 31 48
2 Paris 25 14 6 5 36 21 12 7 4 1 18 8 13 7 2 4 18 13 15 48
3 Ajaccio 25 13 6 6 22 13 12 7 3 2 11 3 13 6 3 4 11 10 9 45
4 Sochaux 25 12 8 5 28 21 13 6 4 3 13 10 12 6 4 2 15 11 7 44
5 Auxerre 25 11 9 5 37 27 12 5 4 3 22 13 13 6 5 2 15 14 10 42
6 Le Havre 24 8 11 5 24 20 13 4 5 4 11 11 11 4 6 1 13 9 4 35
7 Niort 25 10 5 10 28 26 12 6 2 4 15 9 13 4 3 6 13 17 2 35
8 Nîmes 25 10 5 10 32 32 13 5 3 5 16 16 12 5 2 5 16 16 0 35
9 Pau 25 10 5 10 27 28 13 8 1 4 18 10 12 2 4 6 9 18 -1 35
10 Guingamp 25 7 10 8 27 33 12 4 5 3 17 16 13 3 5 5 10 17 -6 31
11 Amiens SC 25 6 12 7 31 24 13 5 4 4 20 11 12 1 8 3 11 13 7 30
12 Dijon 25 9 3 13 29 34 13 5 2 6 16 17 12 4 1 7 13 17 -5 30
13 Rodez 25 7 9 9 21 26 12 3 6 3 9 9 13 4 3 6 12 17 -5 30
14 Caen 25 7 8 10 31 28 13 5 1 7 18 13 12 2 7 3 13 15 3 29
15 Bastia 25 6 11 8 25 24 13 3 10 0 13 6 12 3 1 8 12 18 1 29
16 Quevilly Rouen 25 7 8 10 23 34 12 3 6 3 12 14 13 4 2 7 11 20 -11 29
17 Valenciennes 25 6 9 10 25 35 12 3 2 7 16 24 13 3 7 3 9 11 -10 27
18 Grenoble Foot 38 25 7 4 14 20 34 12 6 1 5 15 14 13 1 3 9 5 20 -14 25
19 Dunkerque 25 6 6 13 19 31 13 3 5 5 9 12 12 3 1 8 10 19 -12 24
20 Nancy 25 4 8 13 21 46 12 3 4 5 10 19 13 1 4 8 11 27 -25 20

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.