Grenoble Foot 38 vs Laval: Soccer match preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 08.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Alpes (20068 seats)

There has been no shortage of boom and bust for these contenders so far this season, placed in positions near the median of the Ligue 2 table. Here's the Grenoble Foot 38 - Laval latest:

Insights:
  • Laval have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Ligue 2

Grenoble Foot 38 and Laval should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Grenoble Foot 38 form and stats

3-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Grenoble Foot 38 so far this season.

An away draw last time out for Grenoble Foot 38, facing Saint-Etienne in a game that ended 2-2. Grenoble's goalie Maubleu played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Saint-Etienne with a stunning seven saves.

Before that, Grenoble Foot 38 had a home game versus Caen which ended with a victory 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 Grenoble have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 5 and lost 2.

Grenoble Foot 38 has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Grenoble are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade des Alpes in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.

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Laval form and stats

The visitors are W3-D0-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.

Laval might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Bordeaux proved too strong as Laval slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade Francis Le Basser. Midfielder Maggiotti was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.34. Maggiotti scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Quevilly Rouen with the score of 3-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Laval in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Laval, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

Laval have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. 6 goals have been conceded by Laval in these games.

Head 2 Head

Laval have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (2-3-0) when facing Grenoble Foot 38.

Top Goalscorers

LavalJ. Maggiotti
J. Maggiotti
5 goals
LavalZ. Naidji
Z. Naidji
4 goals
GrenobleA. Sanyang
A. Sanyang
3 goals

Grenoble Foot 38 missing players

Laval missing players

Grenoble Foot 38 Laval
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 5 10
3 3 1 Won W 1 3 3
4 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 1 Lost L 0 2 6
8 6 2 Scored S 2 7 13
10 4 2 Conceded C 0 6 17
70% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
40% 40% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 70%
40% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 60%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 40%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
30% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 60%
50% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 20%
50% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 20%
 
3.6 4.2 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.4 4.7
4.6 4.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 5.2
2.6 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.6 2.7
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
6.2 8.6 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.4 8.6
3 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4.4
27% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 35% 30%
 
12 13 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15 12.2 10.3
4.9 4.4 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4 3.6
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Laval have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Ligue 2
  • Laval have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Laval haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bordeaux 10 6 2 2 15 6 5 3 1 1 7 2 5 3 1 1 8 4 9 20
2 Amiens SC 10 6 2 2 13 9 5 4 1 0 9 2 5 2 1 2 4 7 4 20
3 Sochaux 10 6 1 3 18 7 5 3 1 1 10 3 5 3 0 2 8 4 11 19
4 Le Havre 10 5 4 1 16 5 5 2 3 0 6 3 5 3 1 1 10 2 11 19
5 Guingamp 9 5 2 2 17 11 4 2 1 1 7 3 5 3 1 1 10 8 6 17
6 Valenciennes 10 4 4 2 10 9 5 3 2 0 8 5 5 1 2 2 2 4 1 16
7 Bastia 10 5 1 4 12 13 5 3 0 2 5 4 5 2 1 2 7 9 -1 16
8 Caen 10 4 3 3 14 10 5 3 1 1 9 4 5 1 2 2 5 6 4 15
9 Metz 10 4 2 4 17 14 6 3 1 2 10 8 4 1 1 2 7 6 3 14
10 Paris 10 3 4 3 10 11 4 1 1 2 5 7 6 2 3 1 5 4 -1 13
11 Grenoble Foot 38 10 3 4 3 8 10 5 3 1 1 6 4 5 0 3 2 2 6 -2 13
12 Dijon 10 3 3 4 9 12 6 2 2 2 6 8 4 1 1 2 3 4 -3 12
13 Laval 10 3 1 6 13 17 5 0 1 4 6 11 5 3 0 2 7 6 -4 10
14 Quevilly Rouen 10 2 4 4 10 16 5 1 3 1 8 9 5 1 1 3 2 7 -6 10
15 Pau 10 2 4 4 7 14 4 1 2 1 3 5 6 1 2 3 4 9 -7 10
16 Annecy 10 2 3 5 6 10 5 1 1 3 2 5 5 1 2 2 4 5 -4 9
17 Rodez 9 2 3 4 8 13 5 0 2 3 4 11 4 2 1 1 4 2 -5 9
18 Saint-Etienne 10 2 5 3 18 19 5 2 2 1 10 9 5 0 3 2 8 10 -1 8
19 Nimes 10 2 2 6 9 14 5 2 1 2 2 2 5 0 1 4 7 12 -5 8
20 Niort 10 2 2 6 8 18 5 1 1 3 3 7 5 1 1 3 5 11 -10 8

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.