Châteauroux fights Orléans in Ligue 2 battle

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

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Ligue 2, Châteauroux holding 15th place and Orléans lying 20th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

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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Châteauroux form and stats

Châteauroux's struggle is real here at Stade Gaston Petit with only 13 points collected from 14 Ligue 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-4-7.

Châteauroux's last game was hosting Caen (placed 13th) and winning 2-1. Before that game, the home loss against Le Havre with the scoreline 0-3.

The victory against Caen came after Cheick Diarra's winning goal. The Châteauroux manager N. Usaï was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 75th minute.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Châteauroux here at Stade Gaston Petit in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 14 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.

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Orléans form and stats

There's been little loot from Orléans's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 14 away games in the Ligue 2. Orléans only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws.

J. Lopy was the last player to score for the away team. Orléans haven't scored a league goal in the last 217 minutes.

Orléans lost away at Lens (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Troyes.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Orléans as they have only managed to score 13 times from 14 away games in the league. 20 goals have been conceded by Orléans in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Orléans - Châteauroux 1-1, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Châteauroux, five draws and four wins for Orléans. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

ChâteaurouxR. Grange
R. Grange
5 goals
OrléansJ. Lopy
J. Lopy
5 goals
OrléansA. Scheidler
A. Scheidler
5 goals

Châteauroux missing players

Orléans missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Châteauroux Orléans
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 3 14 28
9 3 0 Won W 0 2 4
7 4 3 Drew D 1 5 7
12 7 1 Lost L 2 7 17
22 11 2 Scored S 5 13 21
38 23 3 Conceded C 8 20 43
93% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 79% 89%
61% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 57%
39% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 43%
11% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 29% 25%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 14% 11%
43% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 39%
25% 14% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 18%
39% 43% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 54%
 
4.5 6.1 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3 4.6
5 4.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 4.6 4.9
2.2 2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.6 2
7 2 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
313 168 57 Total Shots T S 36 123 283
116 64 17 Shots on Target S O 15 53 105
19% 17% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 25% 20%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Châteauroux has the fewest scored goals in the first half (8)
  • Châteauroux have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Châteauroux have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Châteauroux have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Orléans has the fewest clean sheets (5)
  • Orléans has the fewest scored goals (21)
  • Orléans has the the worst goal difference (-22)
  • Orléans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Orléans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Orléans have won significantly less corners away then at 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 28 17 3 8 45 25 14 9 1 4 22 12 14 8 2 4 23 13 20 54
2 Lens 28 15 8 5 39 24 14 9 3 2 19 9 14 6 5 3 20 15 15 53
3 Ajaccio 28 15 7 6 38 22 14 6 4 4 17 12 14 9 3 2 21 10 16 52
4 Troyes 28 16 3 9 34 25 14 8 1 5 20 17 14 8 2 4 14 8 9 51
5 Clermont 28 14 8 6 35 25 14 7 3 4 21 14 14 7 5 2 14 11 10 50
6 Le Havre 28 11 11 6 38 25 14 5 7 2 18 10 14 6 4 4 20 15 13 44
7 Valenciennes 28 11 9 8 24 20 14 7 5 2 14 7 14 4 4 6 10 13 4 42
8 Guingamp 28 10 9 9 40 33 14 5 6 3 20 14 14 5 3 6 20 19 7 39
9 Grenoble Foot 38 28 7 14 7 27 29 14 3 8 3 13 13 14 4 6 4 14 16 -2 35
10 Chambly 28 9 8 11 26 32 15 4 4 7 12 21 13 5 4 4 14 11 -6 35
11 Auxerre 28 8 10 10 31 30 14 5 7 2 19 12 14 3 3 8 12 18 1 34
12 Nancy 28 6 16 6 27 26 14 6 6 2 16 9 14 0 10 4 11 17 1 34
13 Caen 28 8 10 10 33 34 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 4 5 5 19 17 -1 34
14 Sochaux 28 8 10 10 28 30 14 6 5 3 17 11 14 2 5 7 11 19 -2 34
15 Châteauroux 28 9 7 12 22 38 14 3 4 7 11 23 14 6 3 5 11 15 -16 34
16 Rodez 28 8 8 12 31 34 14 6 3 5 22 18 14 2 5 7 9 16 -3 32
17 Paris 28 7 7 14 22 40 13 3 2 8 9 22 15 4 5 6 13 18 -18 28
18 Niort 28 6 8 14 30 41 14 4 5 5 16 16 14 2 3 9 14 25 -11 26
19 Le Mans 28 7 5 16 30 45 14 5 3 6 16 17 14 2 2 10 14 28 -15 26
20 Orléans 28 4 7 17 21 43 14 2 2 10 8 23 14 2 5 7 13 20 -22 19

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 Lorient 28 17 3 8 45 25 14 9 1 4 22 12 14 8 2 4 23 13 20 54
2 Lens 28 15 8 5 39 24 14 9 3 2 19 9 14 6 5 3 20 15 15 53
3 Ajaccio 28 15 7 6 38 22 14 6 4 4 17 12 14 9 3 2 21 10 16 52
4 Troyes 28 16 3 9 34 25 14 8 1 5 20 17 14 8 2 4 14 8 9 51
5 Clermont 28 14 8 6 35 25 14 7 3 4 21 14 14 7 5 2 14 11 10 50
6 Le Havre 28 11 11 6 38 25 14 5 7 2 18 10 14 6 4 4 20 15 13 44
7 Valenciennes 28 11 9 8 24 20 14 7 5 2 14 7 14 4 4 6 10 13 4 42
8 Guingamp 28 10 9 9 40 33 14 5 6 3 20 14 14 5 3 6 20 19 7 39
9 Grenoble Foot 38 28 7 14 7 27 29 14 3 8 3 13 13 14 4 6 4 14 16 -2 35
10 Chambly 28 9 8 11 26 32 15 4 4 7 12 21 13 5 4 4 14 11 -6 35
11 Auxerre 28 8 10 10 31 30 14 5 7 2 19 12 14 3 3 8 12 18 1 34
12 Nancy 28 6 16 6 27 26 14 6 6 2 16 9 14 0 10 4 11 17 1 34
13 Caen 28 8 10 10 33 34 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 4 5 5 19 17 -1 34
14 Sochaux 28 8 10 10 28 30 14 6 5 3 17 11 14 2 5 7 11 19 -2 34
15 Châteauroux 28 9 7 12 22 38 14 3 4 7 11 23 14 6 3 5 11 15 -16 34
16 Rodez 28 8 8 12 31 34 14 6 3 5 22 18 14 2 5 7 9 16 -3 32
17 Paris 28 7 7 14 22 40 13 3 2 8 9 22 15 4 5 6 13 18 -18 28
18 Niort 28 6 8 14 30 41 14 4 5 5 16 16 14 2 3 9 14 25 -11 26
19 Le Mans 28 7 5 16 30 45 14 5 3 6 16 17 14 2 2 10 14 28 -15 26
20 Orléans 28 4 7 17 21 43 14 2 2 10 8 23 14 2 5 7 13 20 -22 19

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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.