Guingamp vs Laval: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Roudourou (18378 seats)

The home advantage belongs to Guingamp in this game against Laval, but the away side will fight to the end. Here's the complete Tipsway match guide!

Insights:
  • Guingamp have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Ligue 2
  • Laval have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in Ligue 2

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Guingamp form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Guingamp at their home stadium (Stade du Roudourou) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats.

Guingamp lost their last game at Pau (placed 13th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Midfield player Louiserre got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Louiserre served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 55 successful passes (of 59 total).

Ahead of that match, Guingamp won a home game hosting Amiens SC (3-1).

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 Guingamp have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Guingamp are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 16 games. On the other hand, Guingamp have conceded 22 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Laval form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Laval so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 4-2-10 (win-draw-lose). A depressing four defeats in a row for Laval in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Pau.

The club members enjoyed Laval's previous match versus Sochaux (placed 4th), a 2-1 win played at home. Yippee; their first win in the league after seven rounds not winning. Midfield player Adeoti was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.12/10. Adeoti served one assist and hit three key passes.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Rodez's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Laval playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 4 Laval wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Laval rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 25 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Laval - Guingamp 1-2 was the scoreline in these teams' previous H2H game, earlier this season. Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two sides are: six wins for Guingamp, two draws and two wins for Laval. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

GuingampJ. Livolant
J. Livolant
8 goals
LavalJ. Maggiotti
J. Maggiotti
7 goals
LavalZ. Naidji
Z. Naidji
6 goals

Guingamp missing players

Laval missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Guingamp Laval
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 6 16 32
11 5 3 Won W 2 4 10
9 3 0 Drew D 1 2 4
12 8 2 Lost L 3 10 18
40 20 9 Scored S 6 14 35
41 22 8 Conceded C 6 25 47
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 88% 94%
72% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 59%
47% 56% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 44% 53%
22% 31% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 38% 31%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 25% 16%
56% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 47%
25% 25% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 25%
31% 38% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 34%
 
3.3 3.8 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.4 4.6
4.3 3.6 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 3.8 4.2
1.7 1.6 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.6 2.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
9 10.1 11.4 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.8 8.9
3.7 4.1 5.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.3 3.8
34% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 26% 29%
 
9.1 7.8 8.6 Shots against (avg) S A 9 10.6 10.2
3.8 3.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.2 3.7
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Guingamp have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Guingamp have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Ligue 2
  • Laval have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) 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 Metz 32 16 10 6 51 28 16 8 6 2 23 12 16 8 4 4 28 16 23 58
3 Bordeaux 31 16 8 7 42 26 15 9 4 2 21 9 16 7 4 5 21 17 16 56
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 31 13 8 10 30 27 16 8 4 4 16 13 15 5 4 6 14 14 3 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-Étienne 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 Nîmes 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 Metz 32 16 10 6 51 28 16 8 6 2 23 12 16 8 4 4 28 16 23 58
3 Bordeaux 31 16 8 7 42 26 15 9 4 2 21 9 16 7 4 5 21 17 16 56
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 31 13 8 10 30 27 16 8 4 4 16 13 15 5 4 6 14 14 3 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-Étienne 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 Nîmes 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.