Ligue 2 match preview: Dunkerque versus Amiens SC

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 03.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Tribut (4200 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stade Marcel-Tribut haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Dunkerque languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Amiens SC will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Dunkerque have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligue 2
  • Amiens SC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Ligue 2

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Dunkerque form and stats

Dunkerque have collected 20 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 5-5-5.

The fans are hoping that Dunkerque will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Ligue 2 game against Pau (placed 16th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Niort in a game that was won 2-0.

Dunkerque are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 15 games. Dunkerque have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Amiens SC form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

Amiens SC won their last game, 3-1 versus Troyes played at home. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Auxerre.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Amiens manager O. Tanchot as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Clermont.

Amiens have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Amiens have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Amiens SC - Dunkerque 1-0. Dunkerque-Amiens SC H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Dunkerque three wins, Amiens SC one win, four draws. two of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

DunkerqueM. Tchokounté
M. Tchokounté
6 goals
DunkerqueC. Diarra
C. Diarra
6 goals
DunkerqueB. Ketkeophomphone
B. Ketkeophomphone
3 goals

Dunkerque missing players

Amiens SC missing players

Dunkerque Amiens SC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 4 14 29
8 5 2 Won W 0 4 9
7 5 1 Drew D 2 3 10
15 5 2 Lost L 2 7 10
24 16 4 Scored S 2 14 25
36 13 3 Conceded C 5 18 26
90% 87% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 79%
50% 53% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 52%
33% 27% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 43% 28%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 14% 10%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
37% 40% 20% BTTS BTTS 25% 36% 34%
30% 40% 60% Clean Sheets C S 25% 36% 45%
43% 33% 40% Failed to Score F T 75% 43% 41%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.5 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.6 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
7.1 7.1 8.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.4 8.3
2.6 2.6 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.9 3.5
31% 41% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 26% 25%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Amiens SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Amiens SC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Ligue 2
  • Dunkerque have the fewest points from losing position (0) 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 Troyes 30 17 7 6 45 30 15 11 3 1 25 14 15 6 4 5 20 16 15 58
2 Clermont 29 16 7 6 47 17 14 10 3 1 28 6 15 6 4 5 19 11 30 55
3 Toulouse 30 16 7 7 55 32 15 10 3 2 34 15 15 6 4 5 21 17 23 55
4 Grenoble Foot 38 30 15 8 7 39 25 14 9 5 0 26 9 16 6 3 7 13 16 14 53
5 Paris 30 14 9 7 41 30 15 9 4 2 24 15 15 5 5 5 17 15 11 51
6 Auxerre 30 12 11 7 50 33 15 8 4 3 31 13 15 4 7 4 19 20 17 47
7 Sochaux 30 11 13 6 39 25 15 5 6 4 19 16 15 6 7 2 20 9 14 46
8 Nancy 30 10 10 10 43 39 15 5 6 4 23 23 15 5 4 6 20 16 4 40
9 Valenciennes 30 10 10 10 37 40 15 6 5 4 18 15 15 4 5 6 19 25 -3 40
10 Amiens SC 29 9 10 10 25 26 15 5 7 3 11 8 14 4 3 7 14 18 -1 37
11 Rodez 30 8 13 9 30 34 15 6 5 4 17 14 15 2 8 5 13 20 -4 37
12 Le Havre 30 9 10 11 24 34 15 3 7 5 10 15 15 6 3 6 14 19 -10 37
13 Niort 30 9 10 11 32 44 15 6 5 4 16 15 15 3 5 7 16 29 -12 37
14 Caen 30 8 11 11 29 38 15 5 6 4 13 16 15 3 5 7 16 22 -9 35
15 Ajaccio 30 9 8 13 24 37 15 6 4 5 12 14 15 3 4 8 12 23 -13 35
16 Pau 30 8 7 15 29 40 15 6 4 5 17 15 15 2 3 10 12 25 -11 31
17 Dunkerque 30 8 7 15 24 36 15 5 5 5 16 13 15 3 2 10 8 23 -12 31
18 Guingamp 30 5 15 10 31 41 15 2 8 5 15 22 15 3 7 5 16 19 -10 30
19 Chambly 30 6 9 15 30 53 16 5 2 9 17 26 14 1 7 6 13 27 -23 27
20 Châteauroux 30 4 8 18 26 46 15 3 3 9 18 26 15 1 5 9 8 20 -20 20

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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.