Delightful dogfight as daring Grenoble Foot 38 duel with determined Niort

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Alpes (20068 seats)

In total; 32 league fixtures are played and Grenoble Foot 38 are 20 points in front of Niort. Who wins?

Insights:
  • Niort have the most conceded goals (53) in Ligue 2

Grenoble Foot 38 and Niort 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

8-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Grenoble Foot 38 so far this season.

Grenoble Foot 38 haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 263 minutes ago. Phaëton scored that one.

No payout for Grenoble Foot 38 in their previous match, an away game at Bordeaux that ended in defeat 0-3. Maubleu had a busy but productive day in the Bordeaux match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.

Ahead of that match, Grenoble lost 0-2 at home to Saint-Etienne.

It should be noted that a look at the 21 latest league matches shows that 16 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

From these home matches, Grenoble Foot 38 have conceded only 13 goals.

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Niort form and stats

There's been little loot from Niort's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 16 away games in the Ligue 2. Niort only have 2 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 4 draws.

Home advantage was not enough for Niort in their previous game as they lost hosting Caen, 1-2. Midfielder Boutobba was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.32. Boutobba hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Valenciennes that ended 0-0.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Niort playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 1 away win, 2 draws and 2 home wins.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Niort's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 25 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

This was the end result when the teams met previously this campaign; Niort - Grenoble 0-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Grenoble Foot 38 five wins, four draws and Niort one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NiortB. Boutobba
B. Boutobba
10 goals
Grenoble Foot 38M. Phaeton
M. Phaeton
9 goals
GrenobleA. Sanyang
A. Sanyang
6 goals

Grenoble Foot 38 missing players

Niort missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Grenoble Foot 38 Niort
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 5 16 32
13 8 5 Won W 0 2 7
8 4 1 Drew D 2 4 6
11 4 0 Lost L 3 10 19
30 16 11 Scored S 4 10 28
30 13 6 Conceded C 10 25 53
81% 81% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 91%
47% 44% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 56% 66%
34% 31% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 56%
12% 12% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 12% 22%
9% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 16%
28% 38% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 31% 47%
44% 44% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 12%
47% 38% 17% Failed to Score F T 60% 62% 50%
 
3.6 3.8 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 3.6 3.8
5.2 5.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.6 4.4 4.6
2 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.4 1.7
4 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
8.2 8.9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 8.4 8 9.2
3.4 3.9 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.9 3.3
28% 25% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 22% 26%
 
11.1 10.5 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.6 12.1 11.8
4.2 3.9 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 4.9 4.6
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Niort have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Niort have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the most conceded goals (53) in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the the worst goal difference (-25) in Ligue 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Le Havre 32 17 14 1 41 14 16 9 7 0 21 7 16 8 7 1 20 7 27 65
2 Bordeaux 32 17 8 7 45 26 16 10 4 2 24 9 16 7 4 5 21 17 19 59
3 Metz 32 16 10 6 51 28 16 8 6 2 23 12 16 8 4 4 28 16 23 58
4 Sochaux 32 15 7 10 52 31 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 3 7 21 17 21 52
5 Caen 32 14 10 8 42 34 16 10 5 1 26 11 16 4 5 7 16 23 8 52
6 Bastia 32 15 7 10 39 35 16 10 2 4 22 12 16 5 5 6 17 23 4 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 32 13 8 11 30 30 16 8 4 4 16 13 16 5 4 7 14 17 0 47
8 Quevilly Rouen 32 11 11 10 35 34 16 6 7 3 25 19 16 5 4 7 10 15 1 44
9 Paris 32 12 7 13 39 40 16 5 3 8 20 21 16 7 4 5 19 19 -1 43
10 Saint-Etienne 32 12 9 11 50 48 16 7 4 5 25 23 16 5 5 6 25 25 2 42
11 Guingamp 32 11 9 12 40 41 16 5 3 8 20 22 16 6 6 4 20 19 -1 42
12 Rodez 32 10 10 12 34 38 16 4 5 7 15 23 16 6 5 5 19 15 -4 40
13 Pau 32 10 10 12 28 36 16 5 6 5 14 17 16 5 4 7 14 19 -8 40
14 Amiens SC 32 11 7 14 33 42 16 7 3 6 17 17 16 4 4 8 16 25 -9 40
15 Valenciennes 32 8 13 11 35 41 16 5 10 1 25 20 16 3 3 10 10 21 -6 37
16 Annecy 32 9 9 14 32 45 16 7 3 6 15 17 16 2 6 8 17 28 -13 36
17 Laval 32 10 4 18 35 47 16 6 2 8 21 22 16 4 2 10 14 25 -12 34
18 Dijon 32 7 10 15 29 39 17 6 6 5 17 16 15 1 4 10 12 23 -10 31
19 Nimes 32 8 5 19 32 48 15 7 1 7 17 15 17 1 4 12 15 33 -16 29
20 Niort 32 7 6 19 28 53 16 5 2 9 18 28 16 2 4 10 10 25 -25 27

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 Le Havre 32 17 14 1 41 14 16 9 7 0 21 7 16 8 7 1 20 7 27 65
2 Bordeaux 32 17 8 7 45 26 16 10 4 2 24 9 16 7 4 5 21 17 19 59
3 Metz 32 16 10 6 51 28 16 8 6 2 23 12 16 8 4 4 28 16 23 58
4 Sochaux 32 15 7 10 52 31 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 3 7 21 17 21 52
5 Caen 32 14 10 8 42 34 16 10 5 1 26 11 16 4 5 7 16 23 8 52
6 Bastia 32 15 7 10 39 35 16 10 2 4 22 12 16 5 5 6 17 23 4 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 32 13 8 11 30 30 16 8 4 4 16 13 16 5 4 7 14 17 0 47
8 Quevilly Rouen 32 11 11 10 35 34 16 6 7 3 25 19 16 5 4 7 10 15 1 44
9 Paris 32 12 7 13 39 40 16 5 3 8 20 21 16 7 4 5 19 19 -1 43
10 Saint-Etienne 32 12 9 11 50 48 16 7 4 5 25 23 16 5 5 6 25 25 2 42
11 Guingamp 32 11 9 12 40 41 16 5 3 8 20 22 16 6 6 4 20 19 -1 42
12 Rodez 32 10 10 12 34 38 16 4 5 7 15 23 16 6 5 5 19 15 -4 40
13 Pau 32 10 10 12 28 36 16 5 6 5 14 17 16 5 4 7 14 19 -8 40
14 Amiens SC 32 11 7 14 33 42 16 7 3 6 17 17 16 4 4 8 16 25 -9 40
15 Valenciennes 32 8 13 11 35 41 16 5 10 1 25 20 16 3 3 10 10 21 -6 37
16 Annecy 32 9 9 14 32 45 16 7 3 6 15 17 16 2 6 8 17 28 -13 36
17 Laval 32 10 4 18 35 47 16 6 2 8 21 22 16 4 2 10 14 25 -12 34
18 Dijon 32 7 10 15 29 39 17 6 6 5 17 16 15 1 4 10 12 23 -10 31
19 Nimes 32 8 5 19 32 48 15 7 1 7 17 15 17 1 4 12 15 33 -16 29
20 Niort 32 7 6 19 28 53 16 5 2 9 18 28 16 2 4 10 10 25 -25 27

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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.