There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Ligue 2 table so far. Here's the Auxerre - Valenciennes latest:
It's no vacation for neither Auxerre nor Valenciennes as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Auxerre form and stats
Auxerre have collected 12 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 3-3-2.
The Auxerre supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Valenciennes in Ligue 2 and win 1-0. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Orléans.
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 14 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 3 and lost 6.
Auxerre have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade de l'Abbe-Deschamps with 13 goals in 8 league matches. On the other hand, Auxerre have conceded 9 goals.
Valenciennes form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Valenciennes playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season.
183 minutes! That's how long the Valenciennes goalkeeper Jerome Prior and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Two away games in a row for Valenciennes, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Auxerre in the Ligue 2. Before that, Valenciennes secured a home win against Lens with the score 2-0.
Valenciennes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Valenciennes's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 8 matches. It's not easy to score on Valenciennes as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Auxerre victories, 5 draws and 2 Valenciennes wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Dugimont 5 goals |   T. Chevalier 5 goals |  Y. Merdji 4 goals |
Auxerre missing players
Valenciennes missing players
| Auxerre | Valenciennes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 21 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 78% | 82% |
| 71% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 22% | 35% |
| 35% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 29% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 47% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 24% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 44% | 47% |
| 35% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 53% |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 7.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 4.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 6.3 | 5.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 188 | 100 | 38 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 62 | 165 |
| 59 | 33 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 19 | 48 |
| 36% | 42% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 21% | 21% |
- Auxerre have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Auxerre have scored more than double the goals of Valenciennes.
- Auxerre haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Valenciennes has the fewest conceded goals (10)
- Valenciennes has the fewest matches over the total-line (1)
- Valenciennes has the most matches under the total-line (14)
- Valenciennes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Lorient | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 33 |
| 2 | Lens | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Troyes | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | Le Havre | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 25 |
| 6 | Sochaux | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 25 |
| 7 | Clermont | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Nancy | 17 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | Valenciennes | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Guingamp | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Caen | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Auxerre | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | Rodez | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 15 | Niort | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 16 | Châteauroux | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 17 |
| 17 | Chambly | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -8 | 16 |
| 18 | Paris | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 15 |
| 19 | Le Mans | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 14 |
| 20 | Orléans | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -9 | 10 |