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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Tribut (4200 seats)

Dunkerque delivered a 0-3 result versus Amiens SC last game, a match to learn from. The next assignment is this strong Auxerre team.

Insights:
  • Auxerre have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Ligue 2

Both teams have had adequate rest since their last game. Let's agree to expect an energetic match!

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Dunkerque form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Ligue 2 this season. Dunkerque have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stade Marcel-Tribut. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Dunkerque to get some points in this home game.

B. Brahimi was the last player to score a league goal for Dunkerque and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Dunkerque haven't scored in 306 minutes.

The fans are hoping that Dunkerque will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Ligue 2 game against Amiens SC (placed 16th). Axel Maraval had a busy but productive day in the Amiens SC match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Midfielder Bilal Brahimi was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.2 (out of ten) in that game. Brahimi hit two key passes and had 45 successful passes (of 54 total).

Ahead of that match, Dunkerque lost 0-1 at home to Ajaccio.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Dunkerque here at Stade Marcel-Tribut in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 9 games). On the other hand, Dunkerque have conceded 9 goals.

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Auxerre form and stats

The visitors are W3-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.

Auxerre's last game was the home draw against Caen (2-2). Midfielder Birama Toure was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.03. Toure hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 64 successful passes (of 73 total).

Prior to that result Auxerre won their away game at Chambery in the Coupe de France. The scoreline was 6-4.

Auxerre find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Auxerre have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the previous two meetings featuring these two squads are: zero wins for Dunkerque, zero draws and two wins for Auxerre. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

AuxerreG. Charbonnier
G. Charbonnier
9 goals
DunkerqueM. Tchokounté
M. Tchokounté
5 goals
AuxerreM. Autret
M. Autret
4 goals

Dunkerque missing players

Auxerre missing players

Dunkerque Auxerre
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 4 8 17
4 2 1 Won W 3 3 8
4 3 0 Drew D 0 3 6
9 4 2 Lost L 1 2 3
14 6 1 Scored S 9 10 28
22 9 3 Conceded C 6 13 20
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 82%
71% 67% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 71%
35% 11% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 65%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 41%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 25% 18%
41% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 53%
18% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 41%
47% 44% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 24%
 
3.8 4.3 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5 4.7
4.9 3.3 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.8 4.3
2.2 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
7.8 9.3 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 9 9.6
3.2 3.3 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8.5 5.4 5.4
25% 20% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 23% 30%
 
9.4 7.8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 10.1 9.1
4.4 3.3 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.5 4.3
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Auxerre have the most matches over the total-line (11) 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 Toulouse 16 9 6 1 36 14 8 5 2 1 22 9 8 4 4 0 14 5 22 33
2 Ajaccio 17 9 5 3 18 8 9 6 2 1 10 2 8 3 3 2 8 6 10 32
3 Sochaux 17 9 4 4 17 13 9 5 2 2 8 5 8 4 2 2 9 8 4 31
4 Auxerre 17 8 6 3 28 20 9 5 3 1 18 7 8 3 3 2 10 13 8 30
5 Paris 17 9 3 5 20 15 8 4 3 1 10 6 9 5 0 4 10 9 5 30
6 Le Havre 17 7 8 2 17 10 9 4 4 1 9 5 8 3 4 1 8 5 7 29
7 Rodez 17 7 4 6 19 16 8 3 3 2 8 6 9 4 1 4 11 10 3 25
8 Pau 17 7 3 7 18 18 9 6 1 2 12 5 8 1 2 5 6 13 0 24
9 Niort 16 6 3 7 16 18 7 3 1 3 8 7 9 3 2 4 8 11 -2 21
10 Guingamp 17 5 6 6 21 24 8 3 2 3 13 13 9 2 4 3 8 11 -3 21
11 Grenoble Foot 38 17 6 3 8 16 21 9 5 1 3 13 10 8 1 2 5 3 11 -5 21
12 Nimes 17 5 5 7 19 21 8 2 3 3 8 10 9 3 2 4 11 11 -2 20
13 Quevilly Rouen 17 5 5 7 16 22 8 2 3 3 7 10 9 3 2 4 9 12 -6 20
14 Valenciennes 17 5 5 7 13 22 8 2 1 5 7 15 9 3 4 2 6 7 -9 20
15 Dijon 17 6 1 10 19 25 9 4 1 4 12 12 8 2 0 6 7 13 -6 19
16 Amiens SC 17 3 9 5 18 17 9 2 4 3 10 8 8 1 5 2 8 9 1 18
17 Caen 17 4 6 7 18 19 9 2 1 6 10 11 8 2 5 1 8 8 -1 18
18 Bastia 17 4 6 7 14 17 8 2 6 0 7 3 9 2 0 7 7 14 -3 18
19 Dunkerque 17 4 4 9 14 22 9 2 3 4 6 9 8 2 1 5 8 13 -8 16
20 Nancy 17 2 6 9 13 28 8 1 3 4 5 14 9 1 3 5 8 14 -15 12

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.