Stade Marcel-Tribut: Dunkerque vs Paris Ligue 2 preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 07.November
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Tribut (4200 seats)

Dunkerque will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Paris.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Dunkerque form and stats

Dunkerque have collected 7 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 2-1-1.

Dunkerque are returning here after visiting Chambly in a Ligue 2 game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Emeric Dudouit scored the goal(s). Preceding that match was a defeat to Le Havre (0-1).

Dunkerque have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. Defensively Dunkerque have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Paris form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (17) in Ligue 2, on their Ligue 2 travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. The fact that Paris have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Paris had fun at their own home (Stade Marcel-Tribut) last time out, beating Caen 3-1. Warren Caddy, Julien Lopez and Ousmane Kante scored. Prior to that result Paris won their away game at Châteauroux. The scoreline was 2-1.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Paris are regular goalscorers on their travels. Paris have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Dunkerque-Paris H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Dunkerque two wins, Paris two wins, three draws. two of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Dunkerque missing players

Paris missing players

Dunkerque Paris
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 1 4 9
4 2 0 Won W 1 3 7
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 1
4 1 1 Lost L 0 0 1
7 3 1 Scored S 2 9 17
7 2 2 Conceded C 1 4 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
33% 25% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 78%
22% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 44%
44% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 44%
22% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 11%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
55 22 14 Total Shots T S 10 35 86
14 4 2 Shots on Target S O 6 22 40
50% 75% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 41% 42%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • All of Paris's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Dunkerque haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Paris has the most scored goals (17) in Ligue 2
  • Paris has the most scored goals (9) away in Ligue 2
  • Paris has the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Ligue 2
  • Paris has the the best goal difference (+10) in Ligue 2
  • Paris have not yet lost a game away.
  • Paris have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Paris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Paris have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Paris have scored more than double the goals of Dunkerque.
  • Paris haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Paris is in the best form (4-1-1)

  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 9 7 1 1 17 7 5 4 0 1 8 3 4 3 1 0 9 4 10 22
2 Troyes 9 5 2 2 13 5 4 3 1 0 6 1 5 2 1 2 7 4 8 17
3 Le Havre 9 5 1 3 8 8 4 2 1 1 3 2 5 3 0 2 5 6 0 16
4 Clermont 9 4 3 2 12 6 4 1 2 1 4 3 5 3 1 1 8 3 6 15
5 Sochaux 9 3 5 1 10 8 4 2 1 1 7 7 5 1 4 0 3 1 2 14
6 Niort 8 4 2 2 10 9 4 2 2 0 7 3 4 2 0 2 3 6 1 14
7 Caen 9 4 2 3 7 7 4 3 1 0 3 0 5 1 1 3 4 7 0 14
8 Auxerre 9 4 1 4 16 13 5 3 0 2 11 5 4 1 1 2 5 8 3 13
9 Dunkerque 9 4 1 4 7 7 4 2 1 1 3 2 5 2 0 3 4 5 0 13
10 Grenoble Foot 38 7 4 0 3 11 7 3 3 0 0 9 3 4 1 0 3 2 4 4 12
11 Toulouse 8 3 3 2 11 8 5 2 2 1 6 2 3 1 1 1 5 6 3 12
12 Nancy 8 3 2 3 9 8 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 1 1 2 3 3 1 11
13 Amiens SC 8 3 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 1 3 2 4 1 1 2 2 2 1 11
14 Guingamp 9 3 2 4 7 8 5 2 1 2 4 4 4 1 1 2 3 4 -1 11
15 Valenciennes 9 3 2 4 7 8 5 3 1 1 6 3 4 0 1 3 1 5 -1 11
16 Rodez 9 2 3 4 8 16 5 2 1 2 5 7 4 0 2 2 3 9 -8 9
17 Châteauroux 9 2 2 5 8 10 4 1 1 2 4 4 5 1 1 3 4 6 -2 8
18 Ajaccio 9 2 1 6 5 15 5 1 1 3 2 7 4 1 0 3 3 8 -10 7
19 Pau 9 1 3 5 6 11 4 1 2 1 6 4 5 0 1 4 0 7 -5 6
20 Chambly 9 1 2 6 6 18 5 1 0 4 3 10 4 0 2 2 3 8 -12 5

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.