Fixture sneak peek for Ligue 2: Grenoble Foot 38 - Valenciennes at Stade des Alpes

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Tue 19.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Alpes (20068 seats)

This season has been challenging for Grenoble Foot 38 so far, and that also applies to Valenciennes. These weathered teams would do anything for some vital points here.

Insights:
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Ligue 2

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Grenoble Foot 38 form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Grenoble Foot 38 at their home stadium (Stade des Alpes) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats. When Grenoble Foot 38 hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Nancy, Dunkerque, Rodez, Bastia, Grenoble Foot 38 and Quevilly Rouen), they have won 3 of 5 matches!

Grenoble Foot 38 are returning here after visiting Dunkerque and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Nestor and Sanyang (2) scored the goal(s). The attacker Sanyang was named "man of the match" for Grenoble with the rating of 8.8/10. Sanyang scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Caen (0-2).

The manager Hognon will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Le Havre in only three days.

Grenoble Foot 38's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Grenoble Foot 38 has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Valenciennes form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 4 wins, 8 draws and 4 defeats. Recent form does not give Valenciennes much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Grenoble Foot 38 will be a tough nut to crack.

Boutoutaou was the last player to score for the away team. Valenciennes haven't scored a league goal in the last 276 minutes.

Valenciennes might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Le Havre proved too strong as Valenciennes slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade du Hainaut. Ntim was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.84. The defender Ntim won 6 of 8 duels.

Prior to that match, the Valenciennes manager Delmotte faced defeat when travelling to Auxerre and losing 0-1.

A new game in only three days for Valenciennes, the Ligue 2 home match versus Ajaccio. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Valenciennes are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 14 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H encounter ended Valenciennes - Grenoble 1-0, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Grenoble Foot 38 four wins, one draw and Valenciennes five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ValenciennesB. Guillaume
B. Guillaume
6 goals
GrenobleY. Ravet
Y. Ravet
5 goals
Grenoble Foot 38L. Nestor
L. Nestor
4 goals

Grenoble Foot 38 missing players

Valenciennes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Grenoble Foot 38 Valenciennes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
10 6 3 Won W 2 4 8
6 3 2 Drew D 3 8 12
17 7 0 Lost L 0 4 13
26 16 8 Scored S 5 12 30
40 19 2 Conceded C 3 14 42
88% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 81% 85%
52% 69% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 56% 64%
33% 38% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 25% 39%
18% 19% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 15%
9% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
30% 38% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 55%
36% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 27%
45% 38% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 38% 33%
 
3.9 5.1 3.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4 4.5
4.3 3.9 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.1 5
1.9 1.8 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.3
6 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
6.8 7.5 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 6.6 8.5
2.6 3 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 2.7 3.3
30% 33% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 28% 27%
 
10.8 9.4 6.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8.2 8.5
4.2 3.6 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.2 3.8
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • 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.
  • Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) 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 Toulouse 33 21 9 3 77 29 17 12 4 1 48 13 16 9 5 2 29 16 48 72
2 Ajaccio 33 19 7 7 33 16 16 10 3 3 16 6 17 9 4 4 17 10 17 64
3 Auxerre 33 17 10 6 53 35 16 8 4 4 28 17 17 9 6 2 25 18 18 61
4 Paris 33 17 9 7 47 31 16 9 6 1 26 12 17 8 3 6 21 19 16 60
5 Sochaux 33 17 9 7 41 29 16 9 4 3 17 10 17 8 5 4 24 19 12 60
6 Le Havre 33 12 11 10 33 34 17 6 5 6 16 17 16 6 6 4 17 17 -1 47
7 Caen 33 12 10 11 47 36 17 8 2 7 27 17 16 4 8 4 20 19 11 46
8 Guingamp 33 11 12 10 39 42 16 6 6 4 24 22 17 5 6 6 15 20 -3 45
9 Niort 33 12 8 13 34 32 16 7 4 5 18 11 17 5 4 8 16 21 2 44
10 Amiens SC 33 9 15 9 40 34 17 7 6 4 25 12 16 2 9 5 15 22 6 42
11 Dijon 33 12 6 15 37 42 17 8 2 7 20 20 16 4 4 8 17 22 -5 42
12 Pau 33 12 6 15 34 40 17 10 1 6 23 17 16 2 5 9 11 23 -6 42
13 Nîmes 33 11 7 15 36 44 17 5 4 8 19 24 16 6 3 7 17 20 -8 40
14 Bastia 33 8 15 10 32 31 17 4 12 1 17 10 16 4 3 9 15 21 1 39
15 Valenciennes 33 8 12 13 30 42 17 4 4 9 18 28 16 4 8 4 12 14 -12 36
16 Grenoble Foot 38 33 10 6 17 26 40 16 6 3 7 16 19 17 4 3 10 10 21 -14 36
17 Quevilly Rouen 33 8 10 15 26 44 16 4 7 5 14 18 17 4 3 10 12 26 -18 34
18 Rodez 33 7 12 14 25 38 16 3 8 5 12 15 17 4 4 9 13 23 -13 33
19 Dunkerque 33 8 6 19 25 44 17 5 5 7 13 18 16 3 1 12 12 26 -19 30
20 Nancy 33 5 8 20 25 57 16 4 4 8 13 24 17 1 4 12 12 33 -32 23

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 Toulouse 33 21 9 3 77 29 17 12 4 1 48 13 16 9 5 2 29 16 48 72
2 Ajaccio 33 19 7 7 33 16 16 10 3 3 16 6 17 9 4 4 17 10 17 64
3 Auxerre 33 17 10 6 53 35 16 8 4 4 28 17 17 9 6 2 25 18 18 61
4 Paris 33 17 9 7 47 31 16 9 6 1 26 12 17 8 3 6 21 19 16 60
5 Sochaux 33 17 9 7 41 29 16 9 4 3 17 10 17 8 5 4 24 19 12 60
6 Le Havre 33 12 11 10 33 34 17 6 5 6 16 17 16 6 6 4 17 17 -1 47
7 Caen 33 12 10 11 47 36 17 8 2 7 27 17 16 4 8 4 20 19 11 46
8 Guingamp 33 11 12 10 39 42 16 6 6 4 24 22 17 5 6 6 15 20 -3 45
9 Niort 33 12 8 13 34 32 16 7 4 5 18 11 17 5 4 8 16 21 2 44
10 Amiens SC 33 9 15 9 40 34 17 7 6 4 25 12 16 2 9 5 15 22 6 42
11 Dijon 33 12 6 15 37 42 17 8 2 7 20 20 16 4 4 8 17 22 -5 42
12 Pau 33 12 6 15 34 40 17 10 1 6 23 17 16 2 5 9 11 23 -6 42
13 Nîmes 33 11 7 15 36 44 17 5 4 8 19 24 16 6 3 7 17 20 -8 40
14 Bastia 33 8 15 10 32 31 17 4 12 1 17 10 16 4 3 9 15 21 1 39
15 Valenciennes 33 8 12 13 30 42 17 4 4 9 18 28 16 4 8 4 12 14 -12 36
16 Grenoble Foot 38 33 10 6 17 26 40 16 6 3 7 16 19 17 4 3 10 10 21 -14 36
17 Quevilly Rouen 33 8 10 15 26 44 16 4 7 5 14 18 17 4 3 10 12 26 -18 34
18 Rodez 33 7 12 14 25 38 16 3 8 5 12 15 17 4 4 9 13 23 -13 33
19 Dunkerque 33 8 6 19 25 44 17 5 5 7 13 18 16 3 1 12 12 26 -19 30
20 Nancy 33 5 8 20 25 57 16 4 4 8 13 24 17 1 4 12 12 33 -32 23

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