Grenoble Foot 38 - Auxerre: Small difference between teams in Ligue 2 clash

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 08.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Alpes (20068 seats)

Grenoble Foot 38 will pray that their home comfort is enough to get all three points from this demanding dispute, vs frisky Auxerre.

Insights:
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Auxerre have the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Ligue 2

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Grenoble Foot 38 form and stats

5 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Grenoble Foot 38 have to build on here at Stade des Alpes in the Ligue 2. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Grenoble Foot 38 with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Dunkerque game, 63 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

The fans are hoping that Grenoble will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Ligue 2 game against Ajaccio (placed 1st). Midfielder Perez was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Perez dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 49 successful passes (of 57 total).

Prior to that, an away loss at Amiens SC.

The Grenoble Foot 38 fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. Grenoble Foot 38's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. When Grenoble hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Nancy, Dunkerque, Valenciennes, Amiens SC, Bastia and Caen), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Auxerre form and stats

4-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Auxerre in their Ligue 2 matches away.

The manager Furlan was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 2 match played at their home ground Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps. Auxerre suffered a 2-3 loss to Le Havre (placed 6th). Joly, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.05. Joly hit three key passes and won 12 of 16 duels.

Prior to that match, the Auxerre manager Furlan faced defeat when travelling to Lille and losing 1-3.

Auxerre are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 9 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Auxerre have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Auxerre - Grenoble 3-0 was the product when these two sides last did battle, also in this season. Grenoble Foot 38-Auxerre H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Grenoble Foot 38 two wins, Auxerre four wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AuxerreG. Charbonnier
G. Charbonnier
11 goals
AuxerreM. Autret
M. Autret
5 goals
GrenobleY. Ravet
Y. Ravet
4 goals

Grenoble Foot 38 missing players

Auxerre missing players

Grenoble Foot 38 Auxerre
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 4 9 19
6 5 0 Won W 4 4 9
3 1 0 Drew D 0 3 6
10 3 2 Lost L 0 2 4
17 13 1 Scored S 10 12 32
26 10 6 Conceded C 3 13 23
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 84%
58% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 74%
42% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 56% 63%
21% 22% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 42%
16% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 22% 21%
37% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 56% 53%
32% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 42%
42% 22% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 21%
 
3.5 5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.7 4.7
4.2 3.9 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.2 4.1
1.7 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.4 1.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
7.3 8.2 7 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 9 9.6
2.8 3.4 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 5.4 5.4
32% 42% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 24% 31%
 
11.2 10.1 12 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 9.3 8.7
4.4 3.8 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 5 4.2
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Auxerre have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Ligue 2
  • Auxerre have the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Ligue 2
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have won significantly more corners at home than 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 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.