Betting preview: Dunkerque vs Toulouse should be interesting

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 15.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Tribut (4200 seats)

The visiting Toulouse side should be favourites in this visit to Dunkerque, as the away team holds a 29 point advantage from their 37 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Dunkerque have the fewest scored goals (31) in Ligue 2
  • Toulouse have the most scored goals (68) in Ligue 2

Toulouse could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Ligue 2 game only three sleeps ago.

It's quite the trip for Toulouse when visiting Dunkerque as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

Relegation threatens Dunkerque who should definitely be looking for some points here. Toulouse is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Dunkerque form and stats

Dunkerque, who have the fewest scored goals (31) in Ligue 2, have collected 25 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 6-7-5.

Dunkerque lost their last game at Troyes (placed 1st) after a 0-2 scoreline. Goalkeeper Axel Maraval got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.1 out of ten. Maraval saved a penalty and stopped the opponent with three saves.

Ahead of that match, Dunkerque won a home game hosting Sochaux (1-0).

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 eleven matches with the results: Won five, drawn four and lost two.

Dunkerque are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 18 games. Dunkerque have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Toulouse form and stats

7-5-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Toulouse, who have the most scored goals (68) in Ligue 2, in their Ligue 2 matches away.

Toulouse delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Pau (placed 15th) in their previous match; a Ligue 2 game. The attacker Vakoun Issouf Bayo got a match rating of 8.5 in that game. Bayo scored two goals and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times.

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Caen.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Toulouse playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were one Toulouse win, one draw and three defeats.

Toulouse have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 18 league away games 24 goals have been scored. 21 goals have been conceded by Toulouse in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Toulouse - Dunkerque 0-1, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

ToulouseR. Healey
R. Healey
11 goals
ToulouseV. Bayo
V. Bayo
10 goals
ToulouseS. Spierings
S. Spierings
9 goals

Dunkerque missing players

Toulouse missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dunkerque Toulouse
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 6 18 37
10 6 0 Won W 2 7 20
10 7 3 Drew D 2 5 9
17 5 2 Lost L 2 6 8
31 19 2 Scored S 9 24 68
44 15 4 Conceded C 5 21 39
92% 89% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
57% 56% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 61% 68%
32% 22% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 39% 54%
16% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 28% 35%
5% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 14%
43% 44% 40% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 46%
27% 39% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 43%
38% 28% 60% Failed to Score F T 33% 17% 16%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.1 2.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 4 6
 
7.4 7.6 6.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 10.6 11
2.8 2.9 2.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.8 4.7
30% 37% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 28% 39%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Dunkerque have the fewest scored goals (31) in Ligue 2
  • Toulouse have scored more than double the goals of Dunkerque.
  • Toulouse have the most scored goals (68) in Ligue 2
  • Toulouse have the most scored goals in the second half (45) in Ligue 2
  • Toulouse haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 37 23 8 6 58 33 19 15 3 1 32 15 18 8 5 5 26 18 25 77
2 Clermont 37 21 9 7 60 23 19 13 5 1 37 9 18 8 4 6 23 14 37 72
3 Toulouse 37 20 9 8 68 39 19 13 4 2 44 18 18 7 5 6 24 21 29 69
4 Grenoble Foot 38 37 17 11 9 50 35 18 11 6 1 34 14 19 6 5 8 16 21 15 62
5 Paris 37 16 13 8 50 37 18 10 5 3 28 18 19 6 8 5 22 19 13 61
6 Auxerre 37 15 14 8 61 41 19 10 6 3 38 18 18 5 8 5 23 23 20 59
7 Sochaux 37 12 15 10 43 34 18 6 7 5 22 19 19 6 8 5 21 15 9 51
8 Valenciennes 37 12 11 14 47 55 19 7 6 6 24 23 18 5 5 8 23 32 -8 47
9 Nancy 37 11 13 13 51 51 18 6 7 5 26 26 19 5 6 8 25 25 0 46
10 Amiens SC 37 11 13 13 32 38 19 7 8 4 15 12 18 4 5 9 17 26 -6 46
11 Ajaccio 37 11 12 14 34 43 19 8 6 5 21 17 18 3 6 9 13 26 -9 45
12 Guingamp 37 9 17 11 39 43 19 4 10 5 19 23 18 5 7 6 20 20 -4 44
13 Le Havre 37 10 14 13 35 46 18 3 8 7 13 21 19 7 6 6 22 25 -11 44
14 Rodez 37 8 19 10 38 43 19 6 9 4 23 20 18 2 10 6 15 23 -5 43
15 Pau 37 10 11 16 38 46 18 8 5 5 22 16 19 2 6 11 16 30 -8 41
16 Niort 37 9 14 14 34 56 18 6 6 6 17 23 19 3 8 8 17 33 -22 41
17 Dunkerque 37 10 10 17 31 44 18 6 7 5 19 15 19 4 3 12 12 29 -13 40
18 Caen 37 8 14 15 32 48 18 5 9 4 15 18 19 3 5 11 17 30 -16 38
19 Chambly 37 9 11 17 41 61 19 7 3 9 21 27 18 2 8 8 20 34 -20 38
20 Chateauroux 37 4 10 23 32 58 18 3 4 11 21 31 19 1 6 12 11 27 -26 22

Toulouse:
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 Troyes 37 23 8 6 58 33 19 15 3 1 32 15 18 8 5 5 26 18 25 77
2 Clermont 37 21 9 7 60 23 19 13 5 1 37 9 18 8 4 6 23 14 37 72
3 Toulouse 37 20 9 8 68 39 19 13 4 2 44 18 18 7 5 6 24 21 29 69
4 Grenoble Foot 38 37 17 11 9 50 35 18 11 6 1 34 14 19 6 5 8 16 21 15 62
5 Paris 37 16 13 8 50 37 18 10 5 3 28 18 19 6 8 5 22 19 13 61
6 Auxerre 37 15 14 8 61 41 19 10 6 3 38 18 18 5 8 5 23 23 20 59
7 Sochaux 37 12 15 10 43 34 18 6 7 5 22 19 19 6 8 5 21 15 9 51
8 Valenciennes 37 12 11 14 47 55 19 7 6 6 24 23 18 5 5 8 23 32 -8 47
9 Nancy 37 11 13 13 51 51 18 6 7 5 26 26 19 5 6 8 25 25 0 46
10 Amiens SC 37 11 13 13 32 38 19 7 8 4 15 12 18 4 5 9 17 26 -6 46
11 Ajaccio 37 11 12 14 34 43 19 8 6 5 21 17 18 3 6 9 13 26 -9 45
12 Guingamp 37 9 17 11 39 43 19 4 10 5 19 23 18 5 7 6 20 20 -4 44
13 Le Havre 37 10 14 13 35 46 18 3 8 7 13 21 19 7 6 6 22 25 -11 44
14 Rodez 37 8 19 10 38 43 19 6 9 4 23 20 18 2 10 6 15 23 -5 43
15 Pau 37 10 11 16 38 46 18 8 5 5 22 16 19 2 6 11 16 30 -8 41
16 Niort 37 9 14 14 34 56 18 6 6 6 17 23 19 3 8 8 17 33 -22 41
17 Dunkerque 37 10 10 17 31 44 18 6 7 5 19 15 19 4 3 12 12 29 -13 40
18 Caen 37 8 14 15 32 48 18 5 9 4 15 18 19 3 5 11 17 30 -16 38
19 Chambly 37 9 11 17 41 61 19 7 3 9 21 27 18 2 8 8 20 34 -20 38
20 Chateauroux 37 4 10 23 32 58 18 3 4 11 21 31 19 1 6 12 11 27 -26 22

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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.