Dunkerque vs Quevilly Rouen match preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 24.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Tribut (4200 seats)

It's ground zero in Ligue 2 - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Dunkerque and Quevilly Rouen did in their pre-season friendlies!

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Dunkerque form and stats

Last season, Dunkerque's league statistics were 10 wins, 11 draws and 17 losses, resulting in a 16th position in the Ligue 2. Over these 38 matches they scored 34 goals and conceded 47. Playing at home last season Dunkerque managed 6-8-5 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 18 conceded.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Dunkerque have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won five, drawn five and lost two.

Dunkerque have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Dunkerque scored 1 goal and let in 1 goal during these two games.

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Quevilly Rouen form and stats

A job perfectly done for Quevilly last season as they secured promotion from National. With a grand total of 16 wins, 10 draws and 8 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 8 were in away matches.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Quevilly Rouen in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Quevilly, four draws and three defeats.

It's a day of discovery for Quevilly as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Quevilly Rouen have played two with the results W0-D0-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Quevilly Rouen has scored 0 goals and conceded 4 times.

Head 2 Head

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

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Dunkerque Quevilly Rouen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 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%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Dunkerque Last season Quevilly Rouen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   17 34
10 6   Won W   8 16
11 8   Drew D   6 10
17 5   Lost L   3 8
34 22   Scored S   24 48
47 18   Conceded C   18 31
92% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
58% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 65%
34% 26%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 41%
18% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 24%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 6%
45% 47%   BTTS BTTS   59% 50%
26% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 35%
37% 26%   Failed to Score F T   18% 24%
 
3.4 3.6   Corners for (avg) C F   2.8 3.1
4 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 3.9
1.8 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.5
2 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
7.4 7.5   Shots (avg) S (   7 6
2.8 2.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.1
31% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 46%

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Amiens SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Auxerre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bastia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Caen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Dijon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Dunkerque 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Grenoble Foot 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Guingamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Le Havre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nancy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nimes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Niort 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Paris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Pau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Quevilly Rouen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Rodez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sochaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Toulouse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Valenciennes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 Bastia 34 19 9 6 57 28 17 10 4 3 29 11 17 9 5 3 28 17 29 66
2 Quevilly Rouen 34 16 10 8 48 31 17 8 4 5 24 13 17 8 6 3 24 18 17 58
3 Villefranche 34 15 10 9 40 29 17 7 6 4 19 13 17 8 4 5 21 16 11 55
4 Le Mans 34 13 13 8 46 36 17 8 7 2 27 15 17 5 6 6 19 21 10 52
5 Concarneau 34 11 15 8 38 32 17 5 9 3 19 14 17 6 6 5 19 18 6 48
6 Orleans 34 12 11 11 49 41 17 8 4 5 31 22 17 4 7 6 18 19 8 47
7 Red Star 34 11 14 9 39 33 17 7 7 3 17 12 17 4 7 6 22 21 6 47
8 Stade Briochin 34 10 13 11 32 33 17 7 6 4 16 14 17 3 7 7 16 19 -1 43
9 Sete 34 10 13 11 31 32 17 7 7 3 17 8 17 3 6 8 14 24 -1 43
10 Bourg-en-Bresse 34 10 13 11 29 33 17 7 5 5 16 16 17 3 8 6 13 17 -4 43
11 Cholet 34 11 10 13 36 48 17 7 5 5 27 25 17 4 5 8 9 23 -12 43
12 Laval 34 10 12 12 33 32 17 6 5 6 20 19 17 4 7 6 13 13 1 42
13 Avranches 34 11 8 15 36 42 17 7 3 7 22 22 17 4 5 8 14 20 -6 41
14 Annecy 34 9 13 12 42 47 17 5 8 4 24 21 17 4 5 8 18 26 -5 40
15 Boulogne 34 7 17 10 29 38 17 4 9 4 17 15 17 3 8 6 12 23 -9 38
16 Bastia-Borgo 34 7 14 13 37 49 17 5 9 3 23 18 17 2 5 10 14 31 -12 35
17 Creteil 34 8 11 15 29 48 17 7 5 5 20 18 17 1 6 10 9 30 -19 35
18 Lyon Duchere 34 5 16 13 33 52 17 3 8 6 16 24 17 2 8 7 17 28 -19 31

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.