Stade Marcel-Tribut: Dunkerque vs Grenoble Foot 38 Ligue 2 preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Tribut (4200 seats)

Struggling Dunkerque will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Grenoble Foot 38 in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Dunkerque have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligue 2

Dunkerque and Grenoble Foot 38 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Grenoble Foot 38 have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Dunkerque form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Dunkerque at their home stadium (Stade Marcel-Tribut) is 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Dunkerque enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Chateauroux's place. The match ended 2-1 with Malik Tchokounte and Jeremy Huysman scoring. Prior to that, an away loss at Pau.

Dunkerque are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 2 match at Caen awaits in two days.

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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Grenoble Foot 38 form and stats

6 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Grenoble Foot 38 playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season.

Grenoble won their last game, 3-1 versus Caen played at home. A draw for Grenoble before that, at their own venue hosting Chateauroux (2-2).

A quick return to home after this game, as Grenoble are hosting Sochaux in the Ligue 2 only two days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Grenoble Foot 38 as they have only managed to score 13 times from 16 away games in the league. 16 goals have been conceded by Grenoble in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Grenoble Foot 38 - Dunkerque 4-0 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Dunkerque won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Grenoble Foot 38 has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one

Top Goalscorers

Grenoble Foot 38M. Djitte
M. Djitte
8 goals
DunkerqueM. Tchokounté
M. Tchokounté
7 goals
DunkerqueC. Diarra
C. Diarra
6 goals

Dunkerque missing players

Grenoble Foot 38 missing players

Dunkerque Grenoble Foot 38
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 6 16 32
9 5 0 Won W 3 6 16
7 5 2 Drew D 1 3 9
15 5 2 Lost L 2 7 7
26 16 1 Scored S 6 13 44
37 13 3 Conceded C 4 16 28
90% 87% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
52% 53% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 72%
35% 27% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 25% 34%
19% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 16%
6% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
39% 40% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 31% 41%
29% 40% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 41%
42% 33% 75% Failed to Score F T 33% 44% 28%
 
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 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.1 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
7.1 7.1 4.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 8.4 8.8
2.6 2.6 1.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.3 3.8
32% 41% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 25% 36%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • 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 32 18 8 6 47 31 16 12 3 1 26 14 16 6 5 5 21 17 16 62
2 Toulouse 31 17 7 7 59 33 16 11 3 2 38 16 15 6 4 5 21 17 26 58
3 Grenoble Foot 38 32 16 9 7 44 28 16 10 6 0 31 12 16 6 3 7 13 16 16 57
4 Clermont 31 16 8 7 48 19 15 10 4 1 28 6 16 6 4 6 20 13 29 56
5 Paris 32 15 10 7 44 32 16 9 5 2 25 16 16 6 5 5 19 16 12 55
6 Auxerre 32 13 12 7 55 34 16 8 5 3 32 14 16 5 7 4 23 20 21 51
7 Sochaux 32 11 14 7 40 27 16 5 6 5 20 18 16 6 8 2 20 9 13 47
8 Valenciennes 32 11 10 11 39 44 16 7 5 4 20 16 16 4 5 7 19 28 -5 43
9 Nancy 32 10 11 11 44 43 16 5 7 4 23 23 16 5 4 7 21 20 1 41
10 Ajaccio 32 10 9 13 28 38 16 7 4 5 15 14 16 3 5 8 13 24 -10 39
11 Le Havre 32 9 12 11 26 36 16 3 8 5 11 16 16 6 4 6 15 20 -10 39
12 Rodez 31 8 14 9 32 36 16 6 6 4 19 16 15 2 8 5 13 20 -4 38
13 Niort 32 9 11 12 32 48 16 6 5 5 16 19 16 3 6 7 16 29 -16 38
14 Amiens SC 29 9 10 10 25 26 15 5 7 3 11 8 14 4 3 7 14 18 -1 37
15 Caen 32 8 12 12 31 42 16 5 7 4 14 17 16 3 5 8 17 25 -11 36
16 Pau 32 9 8 15 32 42 16 7 4 5 19 16 16 2 4 10 13 26 -10 35
17 Dunkerque 31 9 7 15 26 37 15 5 5 5 16 13 16 4 2 10 10 24 -11 34
18 Guingamp 31 5 15 11 31 42 15 2 8 5 15 22 16 3 7 6 16 20 -11 30
19 Chambly 32 6 10 16 33 57 16 5 2 9 17 26 16 1 8 7 16 31 -24 28
20 Chateauroux 32 4 9 19 29 50 16 3 3 10 19 28 16 1 6 9 10 22 -21 21

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.