Can Grenoble Foot 38 beat Valenciennes in Stade des Alpes clash?

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 22.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Alpes (20068 seats)

A total of twelve rounds of games have gone by and both Grenoble Foot 38 and Valenciennes are up there with the best. Let's go!

Insights:
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Valenciennes have scored away.

Grenoble Foot 38 and Valenciennes 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

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade des Alpes as Grenoble Foot 38 have scored 9 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 2 are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stade des Alpes.

Happy days for Grenoble Foot 38 in their previous game, a fixture away at Niort (placed 20th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Monfray was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.35 out of 10. The defender Monfray won 4 of 4 duels.

Before that, Grenoble had a home game versus Laval which ended with a victory 3-2.

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 Foot 38 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 have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade des Alpes with 9 goals in 6 league matches.

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Valenciennes form and stats

2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Valenciennes playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season.

The Valenciennes goalkeeper Gautier Larsonneur is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 239 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Valenciennes had fun at their own home (Stade des Alpes) last time out, beating Guingamp 1-0. Cuffaut scored. Cuffaut was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.93. The defender Cuffaut scored one goal and won 3 of 5 duels.

Prior to that result Valenciennes won their away game at Paris. The scoreline was 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Valenciennes in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Valenciennes, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

A tale of few goals? 9 of this team's last 12 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.

Valenciennes are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {3 goals} from 6 away games. It's not easy to score on Valenciennes as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Grenoble Foot 38-Valenciennes H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Grenoble Foot 38 five wins, Valenciennes five wins, zero draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Grenoble Foot 38A. Sanyang
A. Sanyang
5 goals
Grenoble Foot 38M. Phaeton
M. Phaeton
3 goals
ValenciennesJ. Cuffaut
J. Cuffaut
3 goals

Grenoble Foot 38 missing players

Valenciennes missing players

Grenoble Foot 38 Valenciennes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 1 6 12
5 4 1 Won W 0 2 6
4 1 1 Drew D 1 2 4
3 1 0 Lost L 0 2 2
14 9 1 Scored S 0 3 12
12 6 0 Conceded C 0 4 9
75% 83% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 83% 83%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 42%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
17% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
33% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 33%
50% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 50%
42% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 33%
 
3.4 3.8 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 2.8 2.9
4.6 4.7 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.2 5
2.2 2.2 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
6.8 8.2 9 Shots (avg) S ( 4 7.2 6.8
3.3 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.8 3.3
35% 39% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 18% 30%
 
11.3 12.8 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7 12.5 12.4
4.8 4.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.3 4.5
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Valenciennes have scored 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 Le Havre 12 6 5 1 20 6 6 3 3 0 9 3 6 3 2 1 11 3 14 23
2 Sochaux 12 7 2 3 20 8 6 4 1 1 12 4 6 3 1 2 8 4 12 23
3 Bordeaux 11 7 2 2 17 6 6 4 1 1 9 2 5 3 1 1 8 4 11 23
4 Amiens SC 12 7 2 3 15 12 6 5 1 0 11 3 6 2 1 3 4 9 3 23
5 Valenciennes 12 6 4 2 12 9 6 4 2 0 9 5 6 2 2 2 3 4 3 22
6 Grenoble Foot 38 12 5 4 3 14 12 6 4 1 1 9 6 6 1 3 2 5 6 2 19
7 Guingamp 12 5 3 4 17 16 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 3 1 2 10 9 1 18
8 Caen 12 5 3 4 15 14 6 4 1 1 10 4 6 1 2 3 5 10 1 18
9 Paris 12 4 4 4 12 12 5 1 1 3 5 8 7 3 3 1 7 4 0 16
10 Bastia 11 5 1 5 12 16 5 3 0 2 5 4 6 2 1 3 7 12 -4 16
11 Metz 12 4 3 5 17 16 7 3 2 2 10 8 5 1 1 3 7 8 1 15
12 Quevilly Rouen 12 3 5 4 13 17 6 2 3 1 11 10 6 1 2 3 2 7 -4 14
13 Pau 12 3 5 4 11 16 5 1 3 1 5 7 7 2 2 3 6 9 -5 14
14 Laval 12 4 1 7 19 20 6 1 1 4 10 11 6 3 0 3 9 9 -1 13
15 Dijon 12 3 4 5 10 14 7 2 3 2 6 8 5 1 1 3 4 6 -4 13
16 Annecy 12 3 3 6 10 12 6 1 1 4 2 7 6 2 2 2 8 5 -2 12
17 Rodez 12 2 6 4 11 16 6 0 3 3 5 12 6 2 3 1 6 4 -5 12
18 Nîmes 12 3 2 7 12 17 6 3 1 2 4 2 6 0 1 5 8 15 -5 11
19 Saint-Étienne 12 2 5 5 19 23 6 2 2 2 10 11 6 0 3 3 9 12 -4 8
20 Niort 12 2 2 8 8 22 6 1 1 4 3 10 6 1 1 4 5 12 -14 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.