Ligue 2 match preview: Chambly versus Niort

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 16.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Marais (10178 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stade des Marais haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Chambly languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Niort will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Chambly have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Niort has the most conceded goals (19) away 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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Chambly form and stats

Chambly's struggle is real here at Stade des Marais with only 10 points collected from 10 Ligue 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-1-6.

Happy days for Chambly in their previous game, a Ligue 2 match away at Pau (placed 19th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Before that game, the home loss against Le Havre with the scoreline 0-1.

The manager B. Luzi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Valenciennes in only two days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Chambly here at Stade des Marais in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 10 games). Chambly have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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Niort form and stats

Playing away, Niort, who have the most conceded goals (19) away in Ligue 2, have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season.

The manager S. Desabre was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 2 match played at their home ground Stade René Gaillard. Niort suffered a 0-2 loss to Amiens SC (placed 8th). A 1-1 draw at Rodez's stadium before that.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only two days as another away game awaits: The Coupe de France trip to Toulouse.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Niort have scored 9 goals in 9 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Niort, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Niort - Chambly 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Chambly-Niort H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Chambly one win, Niort zero wins, one draw. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

NiortP. Bâ
P. Bâ
8 goals
ChamblyJ. Correa
J. Correa
6 goals
ChamblyM. Guezoui
M. Guezoui
4 goals

Chambly missing players

Niort missing players

Chambly Niort
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 2 Played P 4 9 19
4 3 0 Won W 1 3 7
7 1 0 Drew D 1 1 4
8 6 2 Lost L 2 5 8
21 9 1 Scored S 3 9 20
29 14 3 Conceded C 7 19 29
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
74% 70% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 68%
58% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 44% 42%
26% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 21%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 33% 16%
53% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 37%
21% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 22% 37%
37% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.9 1.9
5 3 0 Red cards R C 2 2 4
 
7.4 7.2 6 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 7.9 8.3
3.2 2.9 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.6 3.1
35% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 39% 36%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Chambly have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chambly haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Niort has the most conceded goals (19) away in Ligue 2
  • Niort have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Niort have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Niort 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 Troyes 19 11 5 3 27 14 9 7 2 0 15 5 10 4 3 3 12 9 13 38
2 Toulouse 18 10 5 3 35 21 10 5 3 2 19 13 8 5 2 1 16 8 14 35
3 Grenoble Foot 38 19 10 5 4 27 15 9 7 2 0 20 6 10 3 3 4 7 9 12 35
4 Clermont 19 9 7 3 25 10 9 5 3 1 15 5 10 4 4 2 10 5 15 34
5 Auxerre 19 9 6 4 37 22 10 6 2 2 23 9 9 3 4 2 14 13 15 33
6 Paris 19 9 5 5 26 20 10 5 3 2 13 10 9 4 2 3 13 10 6 32
7 Sochaux 19 6 10 3 25 17 10 4 4 2 17 13 9 2 6 1 8 4 8 28
8 Amiens SC 19 7 6 6 18 14 9 3 4 2 6 5 10 4 2 4 12 9 4 27
9 Valenciennes 19 7 6 6 25 22 9 3 3 3 10 10 10 4 3 3 15 12 3 27
10 Caen 18 7 6 5 18 19 9 4 4 1 8 7 9 3 2 4 10 12 -1 27
11 Niort 19 7 4 8 20 29 10 4 3 3 11 10 9 3 1 5 9 19 -9 25
12 Le Havre 19 6 5 8 17 25 9 2 4 3 6 8 10 4 1 5 11 17 -8 23
13 Ajaccio 19 5 7 7 16 23 9 3 3 3 8 9 10 2 4 4 8 14 -7 22
14 Dunkerque 19 6 3 10 15 21 10 3 3 4 9 9 9 3 0 6 6 12 -6 21
15 Guingamp 19 4 8 7 21 26 9 2 4 3 10 11 10 2 4 4 11 15 -5 20
16 Chambly 19 4 7 8 21 29 10 3 1 6 9 14 9 1 6 2 12 15 -8 19
17 Nancy 19 4 6 9 24 30 9 2 4 3 16 18 10 2 2 6 8 12 -6 18
18 Rodez 19 2 10 7 17 28 10 2 4 4 9 13 9 0 6 3 8 15 -11 16
19 Pau 19 3 5 11 15 30 9 2 3 4 8 12 10 1 2 7 7 18 -15 14
20 Châteauroux 19 3 4 12 14 28 10 2 1 7 8 16 9 1 3 5 6 12 -14 13

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.