Dunkerque and Paris followers look forward to Ligue 2 meet at Stade Marcel-Tribut

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 08.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Tribut (4200 seats)

Home advantage is relaxed and friendly for Dunkerque, but Paris are fully determined and able to win this one. What happens today?

Insights:
  • Dunkerque is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Paris have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligue 2

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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 5 losses from their games here at Stade Marcel-Tribut. It's trouble wherever Dunkerque are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Dunkerque lost their last game at Guingamp (placed 9th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Midfield player Trichard got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, the max score being 10. Trichard served one assist and hit two key passes.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Auxerre (0-2).

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 10 games). Dunkerque have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Paris form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Paris have produced an overall stat of 6-0-4 so far. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Dunkerque.

Paris won their last game, 1-0 versus Amiens SC played at home. Name got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, top player of the team. Name served one assist and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Valenciennes at their stadium, the result 4-1.

Paris are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 10 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Paris have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides get together this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: Paris - Dunkerque 2-1. Head to head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Dunkerque won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Paris managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

DunkerqueM. Tchokounté
M. Tchokounté
6 goals
ParisM. Guilavogui
M. Guilavogui
6 goals
ParisG. Laura
G. Laura
4 goals

Dunkerque missing players

Paris missing players

Dunkerque Paris
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 4 Played P 3 10 19
4 2 1 Won W 3 6 11
4 3 0 Drew D 0 0 3
11 5 3 Lost L 0 4 5
15 6 1 Scored S 9 14 25
26 11 5 Conceded C 1 10 16
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 70% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 53%
37% 10% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 40% 32%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 30% 21%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 11%
42% 30% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 30% 37%
16% 30% 25% Clean Sheets C S 67% 40% 42%
47% 50% 75% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 21%
 
3.5 4 2.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5.1 5.2
4.9 3.2 1.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 4.5 4.2
2.2 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.5 1.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.5 8.7 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 9.3 9.3
3 3.1 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.7 4.6 4.7
26% 19% 9% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 30% 28%
 
9.6 7.9 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 7 8.3 7.8
4.5 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 2.8 2.8
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Dunkerque have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Ligue 2
  • Dunkerque is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Paris have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Paris have scored at least twice as many goals away as Dunkerque have scored home.
  • Paris have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligue 2
  • Paris haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Paris is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 Ajaccio 19 11 5 3 20 8 10 7 2 1 11 2 9 4 3 2 9 6 12 38
2 Toulouse 19 10 7 2 40 18 9 5 3 1 23 10 10 5 4 1 17 8 22 37
3 Paris 19 11 3 5 25 16 9 5 3 1 11 6 10 6 0 4 14 10 9 36
4 Auxerre 19 9 6 4 32 23 10 5 3 2 20 10 9 4 3 2 12 13 9 33
5 Sochaux 19 9 6 4 20 16 10 5 3 2 9 6 9 4 3 2 11 10 4 33
6 Le Havre 19 8 8 3 20 13 10 4 4 2 9 6 9 4 4 1 11 7 7 32
7 Niort 19 8 4 7 23 21 9 5 1 3 13 8 10 3 3 4 10 13 2 28
8 Rodez 19 7 6 6 20 17 9 3 4 2 8 6 10 4 2 4 12 11 3 27
9 Guingamp 19 6 6 7 23 27 9 4 2 3 15 14 10 2 4 4 8 13 -4 24
10 Pau 19 7 3 9 19 23 10 6 1 3 13 7 9 1 2 6 6 16 -4 24
11 Quevilly Rouen 19 6 6 7 20 25 9 2 4 3 9 12 10 4 2 4 11 13 -5 24
12 Nîmes 19 6 5 8 22 24 10 3 3 4 11 13 9 3 2 4 11 11 -2 23
13 Dijon 19 7 2 10 24 27 10 4 2 4 14 14 9 3 0 6 10 13 -3 23
14 Caen 19 5 7 7 22 21 10 3 1 6 12 11 9 2 6 1 10 10 1 22
15 Amiens SC 19 4 9 6 22 19 10 3 4 3 14 9 9 1 5 3 8 10 3 21
16 Grenoble Foot 38 19 6 3 10 17 26 9 5 1 3 13 10 10 1 2 7 4 16 -9 21
17 Valenciennes 19 5 6 8 15 27 9 2 1 6 8 19 10 3 5 2 7 8 -12 21
18 Bastia 19 4 8 7 16 19 9 2 7 0 9 5 10 2 1 7 7 14 -3 20
19 Dunkerque 19 4 4 11 15 26 10 2 3 5 6 11 9 2 1 6 9 15 -11 16
20 Nancy 19 2 6 11 14 33 9 1 3 5 5 17 10 1 3 6 9 16 -19 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.