Auxerre vs Valenciennes pre-match info: Guests will have a hard 90 minutes at Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 09.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps (23467 seats)

Ligue 2: Top-drawer versus below par, at least that's what the standings say. Auxerre - Valenciennes. Home victory or a shock result?

Insights:
  • Auxerre have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Ligue 2
  • Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) 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

When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Auxerre have managed 7 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 15 games.

An away draw last time out for Auxerre, facing Bastia in a game that ended 1-1. Midfielder Toure was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.21 (out of ten) in that game. Toure had 47 successful passes (of 54 total).

Ahead of that match, Auxerre lost 1-2 at home to Toulouse.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Auxerre's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played eight games, won four matches, drawn four and lost zero.

Auxerre have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps with 27 goals in 15 league matches. On the other hand, Auxerre have conceded 17 goals.

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Valenciennes form and stats

The visitors are W4-D8-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.

Valenciennes failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Amiens SC (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Diliberto got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Diliberto hit three key passes and had 41 successful passes (of 49 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Dunkerque at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Valenciennes when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing three and winning one game.

The attacking power of Valenciennes when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 15 league matches away. Many of these goals have come late in the fixtures; more than 50 % (14 goals) after the 60th minute. It's not easy to score on Valenciennes as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Auxerre and Valenciennes have faced each other before this season: Valenciennes - Auxerre 1-2. Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Auxerre won three, Valenciennes triumphed in one and we saw six draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

AuxerreG. Charbonnier
G. Charbonnier
14 goals
AuxerreG. Hein
G. Hein
7 goals
AuxerreM. Autret
M. Autret
6 goals

Auxerre missing players

Valenciennes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Auxerre Valenciennes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 4 15 31
15 7 4 Won W 1 4 8
10 4 1 Drew D 2 8 12
6 4 0 Lost L 1 3 11
48 27 7 Scored S 3 12 30
34 17 1 Conceded C 3 13 40
87% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 80% 84%
71% 73% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 68%
55% 67% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 27% 42%
32% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 16%
16% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
58% 60% 20% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 58%
39% 40% 80% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 29%
16% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 29%
 
4.5 4.6 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.1 4.5
4.2 3.5 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 6.1 4.9
1.6 1.5 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.2
6 3 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
9.8 10.3 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 3.8 6.6 8.4
5 5.1 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.8 3.5
31% 35% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 29% 28%
 
8.4 8.3 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8 7.9 8.4
3.5 3.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 3.7
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Auxerre have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Auxerre have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Valenciennes have scored away.
  • Auxerre have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Ligue 2
  • Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) 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 Toulouse 31 19 9 3 71 27 16 11 4 1 46 13 15 8 5 2 25 14 44 66
2 Paris 31 16 8 7 44 29 15 9 5 1 24 10 16 7 3 6 20 19 15 56
3 Auxerre 31 15 10 6 48 34 15 7 4 4 27 17 16 8 6 2 21 17 14 55
4 Ajaccio 30 16 7 7 26 15 15 9 3 3 14 5 15 7 4 4 12 10 11 55
5 Sochaux 31 15 9 7 37 28 15 8 4 3 16 10 16 7 5 4 21 18 9 54
6 Caen 31 11 9 11 44 35 16 8 1 7 26 16 15 3 8 4 18 19 9 42
7 Guingamp 31 10 12 9 35 37 15 6 6 3 22 18 16 4 6 6 13 19 -2 42
8 Pau 31 12 6 13 32 34 16 10 1 5 22 13 15 2 5 8 10 21 -2 42
9 Dijon 31 12 5 14 35 37 16 8 2 6 20 17 15 4 3 8 15 20 -2 41
10 Le Havre 31 10 11 10 30 33 16 5 5 6 14 16 15 5 6 4 16 17 -3 41
11 Amiens SC 31 9 13 9 39 33 16 7 5 4 25 12 15 2 8 5 14 21 6 40
12 Niort 31 11 7 13 32 32 15 7 3 5 18 11 16 4 4 8 14 21 0 40
13 Nîmes 31 11 6 14 35 41 16 5 4 7 18 21 15 6 2 7 17 20 -6 39
14 Bastia 31 8 14 9 31 29 16 4 12 0 16 8 15 4 2 9 15 21 2 38
15 Valenciennes 31 8 12 11 30 40 16 4 4 8 18 27 15 4 8 3 12 13 -10 36
16 Rodez 31 7 12 12 25 35 15 3 8 4 12 14 16 4 4 8 13 21 -10 33
17 Grenoble Foot 38 31 9 6 16 23 38 15 6 3 6 16 17 16 3 3 10 7 21 -15 33
18 Quevilly Rouen 31 7 10 14 24 42 15 3 7 5 12 18 16 4 3 9 12 24 -18 31
19 Dunkerque 31 8 6 17 24 39 16 5 5 6 13 15 15 3 1 11 11 24 -15 30
20 Nancy 30 5 8 17 25 52 14 4 4 6 13 20 16 1 4 11 12 32 -27 23

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 Toulouse 31 19 9 3 71 27 16 11 4 1 46 13 15 8 5 2 25 14 44 66
2 Paris 31 16 8 7 44 29 15 9 5 1 24 10 16 7 3 6 20 19 15 56
3 Auxerre 31 15 10 6 48 34 15 7 4 4 27 17 16 8 6 2 21 17 14 55
4 Ajaccio 30 16 7 7 26 15 15 9 3 3 14 5 15 7 4 4 12 10 11 55
5 Sochaux 31 15 9 7 37 28 15 8 4 3 16 10 16 7 5 4 21 18 9 54
6 Caen 31 11 9 11 44 35 16 8 1 7 26 16 15 3 8 4 18 19 9 42
7 Guingamp 31 10 12 9 35 37 15 6 6 3 22 18 16 4 6 6 13 19 -2 42
8 Pau 31 12 6 13 32 34 16 10 1 5 22 13 15 2 5 8 10 21 -2 42
9 Dijon 31 12 5 14 35 37 16 8 2 6 20 17 15 4 3 8 15 20 -2 41
10 Le Havre 31 10 11 10 30 33 16 5 5 6 14 16 15 5 6 4 16 17 -3 41
11 Amiens SC 31 9 13 9 39 33 16 7 5 4 25 12 15 2 8 5 14 21 6 40
12 Niort 31 11 7 13 32 32 15 7 3 5 18 11 16 4 4 8 14 21 0 40
13 Nîmes 31 11 6 14 35 41 16 5 4 7 18 21 15 6 2 7 17 20 -6 39
14 Bastia 31 8 14 9 31 29 16 4 12 0 16 8 15 4 2 9 15 21 2 38
15 Valenciennes 31 8 12 11 30 40 16 4 4 8 18 27 15 4 8 3 12 13 -10 36
16 Rodez 31 7 12 12 25 35 15 3 8 4 12 14 16 4 4 8 13 21 -10 33
17 Grenoble Foot 38 31 9 6 16 23 38 15 6 3 6 16 17 16 3 3 10 7 21 -15 33
18 Quevilly Rouen 31 7 10 14 24 42 15 3 7 5 12 18 16 4 3 9 12 24 -18 31
19 Dunkerque 31 8 6 17 24 39 16 5 5 6 13 15 15 3 1 11 11 24 -15 30
20 Nancy 30 5 8 17 25 52 14 4 4 6 13 20 16 1 4 11 12 32 -27 23

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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.