Struggling Châteauroux will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Lorient in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Lorient have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 21-7-14 (win-draw-loss) from 42 matches.
Châteauroux form and stats
Châteauroux's results here at Stade Gaston Petit in the Ligue 2 have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Julien Fabri not having conceded a league goal in 230 minutes.
The points were shared in Châteauroux's previous game, also at home. Visiting Niort (placed 15th) travelled back with a point after a 1-1 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting Valenciennes and winning 1-0.
Châteauroux has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 6 games. Châteauroux have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lorient form and stats
Lorient's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Lorient collect 14 points from their 7 away matches in the Ligue 2. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
The supporters enjoyed Lorient's previous game versus Guingamp (placed 7th), a Coupe de France 3-0 win played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Niort.
Lorient are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Lorient as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Châteauroux won 1 game, 0 matches ended with a draw and Lorient has 6 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 1Top Goalscorers
 
Y. Wissa
8 goals
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P. Hamel
5 goals
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Y. M'Bone
2 goals
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Châteauroux missing players
Lorient missing players
| Châteauroux | Lorient | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 86% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 57% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 43% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 43% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 36% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 4.4 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.7 | 4.9 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.6 | 1.7 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
- Châteauroux have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Châteauroux have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Lorient have scored more than double the goals of Châteauroux.
- Lorient have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Lorient 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 | Lens | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 2 | Lorient | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Troyes | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Sochaux | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 25 |
| 6 | Clermont | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | Guingamp | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| 8 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Le Havre | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 19 |
| 10 | Nancy | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| 11 | Rodez | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | Auxerre | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 13 | Valenciennes | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Caen | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 | Niort | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 16 | Châteauroux | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 14 |
| 17 | Le Mans | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Chambly | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -10 | 13 |
| 19 | Paris | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 12 |
| 20 | Orleans | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -8 | 9 |