Ligue 2 match prediction: Little separates Grenoble Foot 38 and Nancy in quality

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Fri 22.November
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Alpes (20068 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Ligue 2 table so far. Here's the Grenoble Foot 38 - Nancy latest:

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Grenoble Foot 38 form and stats

1-4-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Grenoble Foot 38 so far this season. Two draws in a row at home now for Grenoble Foot 38.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 253 minutes without scoring a league goal. M. K. Djitte was the last player to find the net. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Brice Maubleu not having conceded a league goal in 586 minutes.

Grenoble Foot 38 lost their last game at Frejus St-Raphael after a 1-2 scoreline. Preceding that game was the away draw at Le Mans that finished 0-0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Grenoble Foot 38 here at Stade des Alpes in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 6 games). From these home matches, Grenoble Foot 38 have conceded only 4 goals.

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Nancy form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nancy so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-1 (win-draw-lose). Nancy has built quite a streak of draws from their away games now, as four in a row has ended all square. Will this streak be broken in today's game? Nancy has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 49 days ago, in the Niort fixture.

Nancy are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Coupe de France against Belfort Sud. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Troyes in the Ligue 2.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 8 goals have been conceded by Nancy in these games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Grenoble Foot 38, 1 draw and 3 wins for Nancy. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.

Top Goalscorers

NancyVágner
Vágner
6 goals
Grenoble Foot 38M. Djitte
M. Djitte
5 goals
NancyM. Gueye
M. Gueye
3 goals

Grenoble Foot 38 missing players

Nancy missing players

Grenoble Foot 38 Nancy
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 6 0 Played P 3 6 14
4 1 0 Won W 0 0 3
8 4 0 Drew D 3 5 10
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
13 4 0 Scored S 3 5 14
11 4 0 Conceded C 3 8 12
71% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 71%
43% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 71%
21% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 36%
21% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 7%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
36% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 57%
57% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 36%
36% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 36%
 
4.2 5 0 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4 5.6
4.5 3.8 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.7 4 3.9
2 2.2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.2 2.3
2 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 2
Key stats this season:
  • Nancy have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Nancy have yet to win a 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 Lens 14 8 4 2 20 12 6 4 1 1 7 4 8 4 3 1 13 8 8 28
2 Lorient 14 8 3 3 20 10 7 4 1 2 10 4 7 4 2 1 10 6 10 27
3 Ajaccio 14 7 5 2 17 10 7 3 3 1 7 4 7 4 2 1 10 6 7 26
4 Troyes 14 8 2 4 17 11 7 4 0 3 10 8 7 4 2 1 7 3 6 26
5 Sochaux 14 7 4 3 18 7 8 5 2 1 13 3 6 2 2 2 5 4 11 25
6 Clermont 14 6 3 5 15 15 7 1 3 3 7 8 7 5 0 2 8 7 0 21
7 Guingamp 14 5 5 4 23 17 8 3 3 2 14 9 6 2 2 2 9 8 6 20
8 Grenoble Foot 38 14 4 8 2 13 11 6 1 4 1 4 4 8 3 4 1 9 7 2 20
9 Le Havre 14 4 7 3 19 16 6 1 4 1 7 6 8 3 3 2 12 10 3 19
10 Nancy 14 3 10 1 14 12 8 3 5 0 9 4 6 0 5 1 5 8 2 19
11 Rodez 14 5 3 6 18 18 7 4 1 2 14 9 7 1 2 4 4 9 0 18
12 Auxerre 14 4 5 5 18 15 7 3 2 2 11 7 7 1 3 3 7 8 3 17
13 Valenciennes 14 4 5 5 7 10 7 2 3 2 4 5 7 2 2 3 3 5 -3 17
14 Caen 14 3 6 5 13 17 7 1 3 3 4 9 7 2 3 2 9 8 -4 15
15 Niort 14 3 5 6 12 17 7 1 3 3 6 8 7 2 2 3 6 9 -5 14
16 Chateauroux 14 3 5 6 6 13 6 1 2 3 2 4 8 2 3 3 4 9 -7 14
17 Le Mans 14 4 1 9 13 23 8 3 1 4 9 10 6 1 0 5 4 13 -10 13
18 Chambly 14 3 4 7 7 17 8 1 3 4 3 11 6 2 1 3 4 6 -10 13
19 Paris 14 3 3 8 8 19 6 1 1 4 4 11 8 2 2 4 4 8 -11 12
20 Orléans 14 1 6 7 10 18 7 0 2 5 4 11 7 1 4 2 6 7 -8 9

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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.