Ligue 2 match preview: Châteauroux versus Guingamp

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Fri 20.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Gaston Petit (17072 seats)

Châteauroux hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 18 points and a 16th position in the Ligue 2 table. Visiting Guingamp holds 10th place with 24 pts.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Ligue 2 game only four days ago.

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Châteauroux form and stats

With {1 Ligue 2 wins}, 3 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Châteauroux are certainly not brimming with confidence.

In their previous game, the manager N. Usaï led his Châteauroux to a defeat in the Ligue 2 match away at Nancy. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Gaston Petit. Before that, Châteauroux drew at home versus Sochaux.

Châteauroux's goalkeeper Julien Fabri was extremely busy against Nancy, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning 10 saves.

Châteauroux has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 4 goals from 8 games. Châteauroux have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Guingamp form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Guingamp failed to get anything from their last game, a Ligue 2 home match vs Troyes (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-1. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Paris.

Guingamp are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. In the opposite end, Guingamp have conceded 12 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Châteauroux won 1, Guingamp won 5 and 4 draws. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 7 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GuingampF. Pierrot
F. Pierrot
7 goals
GuingampB. Pelé
B. Pelé
5 goals

Châteauroux missing players

Guingamp missing players

Châteauroux Guingamp
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 3 Played P 4 8 18
4 1 0 Won W 2 3 6
6 3 3 Drew D 2 2 6
8 4 0 Lost L 0 3 6
11 4 2 Scored S 10 12 27
20 8 2 Conceded C 3 12 23
89% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 88% 94%
50% 38% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 72%
28% 12% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 62% 50%
6% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 17%
39% 38% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 50%
28% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 28%
44% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 28%
 
4.4 5.6 5.3 Corners For (avg) C F 3.8 5.4 5.9
5 4.6 3.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 4.8 4.1
2.2 2 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.9 1.8
6 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
 
205 96 39 Total Shots T S 39 75 224
72 33 16 Shots on Target S O 19 32 82
15% 12% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 38% 33%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Châteauroux has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
  • Châteauroux have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Guingamp have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Guingamp have scored more than double the goals of Châteauroux.

  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 18 12 3 3 30 12 9 6 1 2 13 5 9 6 2 1 17 7 18 39
2 Lens 18 11 4 3 29 15 8 6 1 1 14 4 10 5 3 2 15 11 14 37
3 Troyes 18 11 2 5 20 15 9 5 0 4 11 12 9 6 2 1 9 3 5 35
4 Ajaccio 18 9 6 3 22 13 9 3 4 2 9 7 9 6 2 1 13 6 9 33
5 Clermont 18 8 5 5 20 18 9 3 3 3 10 9 9 5 2 2 10 9 2 29
6 Le Havre 18 7 7 4 28 19 8 3 4 1 13 6 10 4 3 3 15 13 9 28
7 Sochaux 18 7 6 5 20 14 10 5 3 2 14 5 8 2 3 3 6 9 6 27
8 Valenciennes 18 7 6 5 12 11 9 4 3 2 7 5 9 3 3 3 5 6 1 27
9 Nancy 18 5 11 2 19 15 10 5 5 0 13 5 8 0 6 2 6 10 4 26
10 Guingamp 18 6 6 6 27 23 10 3 4 3 15 11 8 3 2 3 12 12 4 24
11 Grenoble Foot 38 18 4 11 3 17 16 8 1 6 1 6 6 10 3 5 2 11 10 1 23
12 Rodez 18 6 3 9 22 24 9 5 1 3 17 12 9 1 2 6 5 12 -2 21
13 Caen 18 4 8 6 19 23 9 2 4 3 8 12 9 2 4 3 11 11 -4 20
14 Auxerre 18 4 7 7 21 21 9 3 4 2 14 10 9 1 3 5 7 11 0 19
15 Chambly 18 5 4 9 14 24 10 2 3 5 6 15 8 3 1 4 8 9 -10 19
16 Châteauroux 18 4 6 8 11 20 8 1 3 4 4 8 10 3 3 4 7 12 -9 18
17 Niort 18 4 5 9 16 23 9 2 3 4 8 10 9 2 2 5 8 13 -7 17
18 Le Mans 18 5 2 11 20 32 10 4 1 5 13 14 8 1 1 6 7 18 -12 17
19 Paris 18 4 3 11 10 25 8 2 1 5 6 14 10 2 2 6 4 11 -15 15
20 Orleans 18 1 7 10 14 28 9 0 2 7 4 16 9 1 5 3 10 12 -14 10

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.