Football tips: Dunkerque vs Nancy - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 13.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Tribut (4200 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Ligue 2, Dunkerque holding 15th place and Nancy lying 16th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Dunkerque has the fewest scored goals (18) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy has the fewest clean sheets (3) 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

4-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Dunkerque, who have the fewest scored goals (18) in Ligue 2, so far this season.

Dunkerque are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 273 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by M. Tchokounte). The Dunkerque goalkeeper Axel Maraval is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 242 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligue 2.

An away draw last time out for Dunkerque, facing Guingamp in a game that ended 0-0. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Rodez that ended 0-0.

The Dunkerque fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 12 matches. From these home matches, Dunkerque have conceded only 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Nancy form and stats

Nancy, who have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Ligue 2, have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 2-4-6 (12 played). Two points from the last two away games for Nancy, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Nancy had fun at their own home (Stade Marcel-Tribut) last time out, beating Pau 1-0. Saliou Ciss scored. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Le Havre that ended 1-1.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Nancy have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Nancy - Dunkerque 2-1 earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

NancyM. Biron
M. Biron
7 goals
DunkerqueC. Diarra
C. Diarra
5 goals
NancyA. Bassi
A. Bassi
4 goals

Dunkerque missing players

Nancy missing players

Dunkerque Nancy
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 2 12 24
7 4 2 Won W 0 2 5
5 4 2 Drew D 2 4 10
12 4 0 Lost L 0 6 9
18 12 5 Scored S 1 9 29
28 10 2 Conceded C 1 13 34
88% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 92% 96%
42% 42% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 58% 71%
33% 25% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 46%
21% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 33%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
29% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 42% 62%
33% 42% 75% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 12%
50% 42% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.6 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 4 5
 
6.5 5.8 6.2 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 6.1 7
2.3 1.9 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.7 2.9
32% 52% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 28% 41%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Dunkerque has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligue 2
  • Dunkerque has the fewest scored goals (18) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy has the fewest clean sheets (3) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy has the most dropped points from leading position (21) 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 24 14 6 4 35 19 12 9 3 0 21 8 12 5 3 4 14 11 16 48
2 Toulouse 24 13 7 4 45 29 12 7 3 2 24 15 12 6 4 2 21 14 16 46
3 Grenoble Foot 38 24 13 5 6 33 20 11 9 2 0 24 7 13 4 3 6 9 13 13 44
4 Clermont 24 12 7 5 35 16 12 8 3 1 23 6 12 4 4 4 12 10 19 43
5 Auxerre 24 11 7 6 45 28 12 8 2 2 30 11 12 3 5 4 15 17 17 40
6 Paris 24 10 7 7 34 29 12 6 4 2 20 15 12 4 3 5 14 14 5 37
7 Valenciennes 24 9 8 7 32 27 12 5 3 4 13 11 12 4 5 3 19 16 5 35
8 Sochaux 24 7 11 6 31 24 12 4 4 4 17 16 12 3 7 2 14 8 7 32
9 Amiens SC 24 8 8 8 21 20 12 4 6 2 7 5 12 4 2 6 14 15 1 32
10 Ajaccio 24 8 8 8 22 27 12 5 4 3 11 10 12 3 4 5 11 17 -5 32
11 Caen 24 7 9 8 24 29 12 4 6 2 12 12 12 3 3 6 12 17 -5 30
12 Le Havre 24 7 9 8 20 27 12 3 6 3 9 10 12 4 3 5 11 17 -7 30
13 Niort 24 7 9 8 27 36 12 4 5 3 12 11 12 3 4 5 15 25 -9 30
14 Rodez 24 5 12 7 23 30 13 4 5 4 13 14 11 1 7 3 10 16 -7 27
15 Dunkerque 24 7 5 12 18 28 12 4 4 4 12 10 12 3 1 8 6 18 -10 26
16 Nancy 24 5 10 9 29 34 12 3 6 3 20 21 12 2 4 6 9 13 -5 25
17 Guingamp 24 4 11 9 25 32 12 2 6 4 12 14 12 2 5 5 13 18 -7 23
18 Chambly 24 5 8 11 27 42 13 4 2 7 15 21 11 1 6 4 12 21 -15 23
19 Pau 24 5 5 14 20 35 11 3 3 5 10 13 13 2 2 9 10 22 -15 20
20 Châteauroux 24 4 6 14 23 37 12 3 2 7 15 19 12 1 4 7 8 18 -14 18

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.