Home advantage could prove decisive in Guingamp - Dunkerque battle

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 12.Aug
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Roudourou (18378 seats)

Round two of the Ligue 2 season and the participants have done their adjustments after the first game. Here's the ultimate Guingamp - Dunkerque guide:

This has all the signs of an entertaining match with lots of spark and bustle as both participants are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

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Guingamp form and stats

The previous season, Guingamp's league statistics were 15 wins, 10 draws and 13 losses, leading to 6th place in the Ligue 2. Over these 38 matches they scored {51 goals} and gave away 46. Performing as the host team in the previous season Guingamp managed 7-4-8 (win-draw-lost) with {26 goals} and 24 conceded.

A good away victory last time out for Guingamp, who won 4-1 against Annecy (placed 19th). Ouazzani (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.12/10. Ouazzani scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Grenoble Foot 38 and winning 2-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Guingamp handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

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Dunkerque form and stats

Let's have a look at how Dunkerque performed last season in the National: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 5 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded {32 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 25/18 goals scored/conceded.

Dunkerque's last game was the home draw against Troyes (2-2). An inspired comeback made the scores level in Dunkerque's duel with Troyes. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Ghrieb found the equalizer. The attacker Ghrieb got a match rating of 9.05 in that game. Ghrieb scored two goals, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Le Mans at their stadium, the result 3-2.

Dunkerque are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Head 2 Head

Last four meetings with these teams: Guingamp won two, Dunkerque triumphed in one and we saw one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

DunkerqueR. Ghrieb
R. Ghrieb
2 goals
GuingampA. El Ouazzani
A. El Ouazzani
1 goals

Guingamp missing players

Dunkerque missing players

Guingamp Dunkerque
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 16
8 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 40%
 
10 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 14
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 7
Guingamp Last season Dunkerque
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   17 34
15 7   Won W   9 19
10 4   Drew D   3 5
13 8   Lost L   5 10
51 26   Scored S   25 50
46 24   Conceded C   18 32
89% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
74% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 62%
45% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   41% 41%
24% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 24%
11% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 15%
55% 53%   BTTS BTTS   41% 38%
29% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   41% 47%
26% 32%   Failed to Score F T   29% 24%
 
3.4 3.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.2
4.5 4   Corners against (avg) C A   5 5.1
1.6 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.8
2 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
9.7 10.7   Shots (avg) S (   8.4 10.1
3.9 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.4
34% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 34%
 
9.4 8.1   Shots against (avg) S A   9.3 10.3
4 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Auxerre 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Guingamp 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
3 Caen 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Grenoble Foot 38 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Amiens SC 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Laval 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Dunkerque 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Troyes 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Ajaccio 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Rodez 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Bastia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Concarneau 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Pau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Angers SCO 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Saint-Étienne 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Paris 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Valenciennes 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
19 Annecy 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Bordeaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
Last season 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 38 20 15 3 46 19 19 11 7 1 23 9 19 9 8 2 23 10 27 75
2 Metz 38 20 12 6 61 33 19 10 7 2 28 15 19 10 5 4 33 18 28 72
3 Bordeaux 38 20 9 8 51 27 19 12 4 2 28 9 19 8 5 6 23 18 24 69
4 Bastia 38 17 9 12 52 45 19 11 4 4 26 15 19 6 5 8 26 30 7 60
5 Caen 38 16 11 11 52 43 19 11 6 2 33 17 19 5 5 9 19 26 9 59
6 Guingamp 38 15 10 13 51 46 19 7 4 8 26 24 19 8 6 5 25 22 5 55
7 Paris 38 15 10 13 45 43 19 8 3 8 24 22 19 7 7 5 21 21 2 55
8 Saint-Étienne 38 15 11 12 63 57 19 10 4 5 34 27 19 5 7 7 29 30 6 53
9 Sochaux 38 15 7 16 54 41 19 9 4 6 31 18 19 6 3 10 23 23 13 52
10 Grenoble Foot 38 38 14 9 15 33 36 19 9 5 5 19 16 19 5 4 10 14 20 -3 51
11 Quevilly Rouen 38 12 14 12 47 49 19 6 9 4 28 24 19 6 5 8 19 25 -2 50
12 Pau 38 12 11 15 40 52 19 6 6 7 20 27 19 6 5 8 20 25 -12 47
13 Amiens SC 38 13 8 17 40 52 19 8 3 8 20 22 19 5 5 9 20 30 -12 47
14 Rodez 38 10 13 14 38 44 19 4 7 8 18 27 19 6 6 6 20 17 -6 46
15 Laval 38 14 4 20 44 56 19 9 2 8 27 24 19 5 2 12 17 32 -12 46
16 Valenciennes 38 10 15 13 42 49 19 6 11 2 27 23 19 4 4 11 15 26 -7 45
17 Annecy 38 11 12 15 39 51 19 9 4 6 18 18 19 2 8 9 21 33 -12 45
18 Dijon 38 10 12 16 38 43 19 7 7 5 21 17 19 3 5 11 17 26 -5 42
19 Nimes 38 10 6 22 44 62 19 9 2 8 27 23 19 1 4 14 17 39 -18 36
20 Niort 38 7 8 23 35 67 19 5 4 10 24 36 19 2 4 13 11 31 -32 29
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dunkerque 34 19 5 10 50 32 17 10 2 5 25 14 17 9 3 5 25 18 18 62
2 Red Star 34 17 9 8 51 30 17 8 3 6 23 20 17 9 6 2 28 10 21 60
3 Concarneau 34 18 7 9 57 37 17 10 3 4 27 14 17 8 4 5 30 23 20 60
4 Martigues 34 15 15 4 54 40 17 10 6 1 31 18 17 5 9 3 23 22 14 60
5 Versailles 34 14 9 11 41 41 17 9 3 5 21 18 17 5 6 6 20 23 0 51
6 Avranches 34 15 4 15 47 44 17 8 2 7 27 22 17 7 2 8 20 22 3 48
7 Villefranche 34 11 13 10 49 40 17 7 7 3 25 16 17 4 6 7 24 24 9 46
8 Sedan 34 12 10 12 41 47 17 6 4 7 18 22 17 6 6 5 23 25 -6 46
9 Orleans 34 10 14 10 38 37 17 4 8 5 16 17 17 6 6 5 22 20 1 44
10 Chateauroux 34 12 8 14 41 46 17 6 4 7 23 25 17 6 4 7 18 21 -5 44
11 Le Mans 34 10 13 11 50 42 17 7 8 2 34 15 17 3 5 9 16 27 8 43
12 Nancy 34 10 13 11 37 39 17 7 3 7 20 19 17 3 10 4 17 20 -2 42
13 Cholet 34 10 12 12 36 44 17 6 7 4 19 18 17 4 5 8 17 26 -8 42
14 Bourg-en-Bresse 34 9 13 12 42 46 17 4 8 5 24 26 17 5 5 7 18 20 -4 40
15 Stade Briochin 34 8 14 12 36 46 17 4 8 5 16 19 17 4 6 7 20 27 -10 38
16 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 34 7 14 13 34 50 17 3 8 6 19 24 17 4 6 7 15 26 -16 35
17 Gobelins 34 6 13 15 28 42 17 3 9 5 18 19 17 3 4 10 10 23 -14 31
18 Bastia-Borgo 34 6 8 20 32 61 17 5 4 8 21 31 17 1 4 12 11 30 -29 26

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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.