Dunkerque vs Niort match preview: Even contest expected at Stade Marcel-Tribut

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 07.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Tribut (4200 seats)

Dunkerque battle against Niort for glory and sporting success.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Dunkerque form and stats

A Ligue 2 draw at home so far for Dunkerque. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 8 draws and 5 defeats from 19 matches.

No payout for Dunkerque in their previous match, an away game at Paris that ended in defeat 1-2. Malik Tchokounte, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.35 (out of 10). Tchokounte scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Quevilly Rouen that ended 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Dunkerque perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Dunkerque as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Dunkerque has won five of these, drawn five and lost two.

At Stade Marcel-Tribut, Dunkerque has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Niort form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Ligue 2 away game of the season. During their previous season 19 away games resulted in 3 wins, 8 draws and 8 defeats.

Niort are looking to quickly end their 411 minutes long goal drought in the Ligue 2.

Niort might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Caen proved too strong as Niort slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade René Gaillard. Midfield player Dylan Louiserre was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.34/10. Louiserre had 117 successful passes (of 132 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Valenciennes that ended 0-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Niort in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Niort, two draws and five defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Niort has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Dunkerque won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Niort has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one

Top Goalscorers

DunkerqueA. Gomis
A. Gomis
1 goals
DunkerqueM. Tchokounté
M. Tchokounté
1 goals

Dunkerque missing players

Niort missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dunkerque Niort
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 1 1 Scored S 0 0 0
3 1 1 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
4 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 6.5
7 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 4.5
2 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
6 4 4 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 7.5
3 2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 2.5
33% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Dunkerque Last season Niort
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
10 6   Won W   3 9
11 8   Drew D   8 14
17 5   Lost L   8 15
34 22   Scored S   17 34
47 18   Conceded C   33 58
92% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
58% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 71%
34% 26%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 39%
18% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 21%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 11%
45% 47%   BTTS BTTS   47% 42%
26% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 29%
37% 26%   Failed to Score F T   42% 39%
 
3.4 3.6   Corners for (avg) C F   2.6 3.1
4 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.3
1.8 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2
2 0   Red cards R C   6 10
 
7.4 7.5   Shots (avg) S (   7.1 7.7
2.8 2.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 2.8
31% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 5 6
2 Caen 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
3 Toulouse 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 4
4 Ajaccio 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
5 Le Havre 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
6 Nîmes 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Auxerre 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Sochaux 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 3
9 Pau 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
10 Rodez 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -3 3
11 Guingamp 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
12 Valenciennes 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
13 Bastia 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
15 Dunkerque 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
16 Niort 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
17 Amiens SC 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
18 Dijon 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
19 Grenoble Foot 38 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
20 Nancy 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -5 0
Last season 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 38 23 8 7 60 36 19 15 3 1 32 15 19 8 5 6 28 21 24 77
2 Clermont 38 21 9 8 61 25 19 13 5 1 37 9 19 8 4 7 24 16 36 72
3 Toulouse 38 20 10 8 71 42 19 13 4 2 44 18 19 7 6 6 27 24 29 70
4 Grenoble Foot 38 38 18 11 9 51 35 19 12 6 1 35 14 19 6 5 8 16 21 16 65
5 Paris 38 17 13 8 53 37 19 11 5 3 31 18 19 6 8 5 22 19 16 64
6 Auxerre 38 16 14 8 64 43 19 10 6 3 38 18 19 6 8 5 26 25 21 62
7 Sochaux 38 12 15 11 45 37 19 6 7 6 24 22 19 6 8 5 21 15 8 51
8 Nancy 38 11 14 13 53 53 19 6 8 5 28 28 19 5 6 8 25 25 0 47
9 Guingamp 38 10 17 11 41 43 19 4 10 5 19 23 19 6 7 6 22 20 -2 47
10 Amiens SC 38 11 14 13 34 40 19 7 8 4 15 12 19 4 6 9 19 28 -6 47
11 Valenciennes 38 12 11 15 50 59 19 7 6 6 24 23 19 5 5 9 26 36 -9 47
12 Le Havre 38 11 14 13 38 48 19 4 8 7 16 23 19 7 6 6 22 25 -10 47
13 Ajaccio 38 11 13 14 34 43 19 8 6 5 21 17 19 3 7 9 13 26 -9 46
14 Pau 38 11 11 16 42 49 19 9 5 5 26 19 19 2 6 11 16 30 -7 44
15 Rodez 38 8 19 11 38 44 19 6 9 4 23 20 19 2 10 7 15 24 -6 43
16 Dunkerque 38 10 11 17 34 47 19 6 8 5 22 18 19 4 3 12 12 29 -13 41
17 Caen 38 9 14 15 34 49 19 6 9 4 17 19 19 3 5 11 17 30 -15 41
18 Niort 38 9 14 15 34 58 19 6 6 7 17 25 19 3 8 8 17 33 -24 41
19 Chambly 38 9 11 18 41 64 19 7 3 9 21 27 19 2 8 9 20 37 -23 38
20 Chateauroux 38 4 11 23 32 58 19 3 5 11 21 31 19 1 6 12 11 27 -26 23

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 Paris 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 5 6
2 Caen 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
3 Toulouse 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 4
4 Ajaccio 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
5 Le Havre 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
6 Nîmes 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Auxerre 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Sochaux 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 3
9 Pau 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
10 Rodez 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -3 3
11 Guingamp 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
12 Valenciennes 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
13 Bastia 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
15 Dunkerque 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
16 Niort 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
17 Amiens SC 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
18 Dijon 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
19 Grenoble Foot 38 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
20 Nancy 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -5 0

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