Guingamp will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 19 points behind Lorient.
It's no vacation for neither Guingamp nor Lorient as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
This pitch has grass, which is not Lorient's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Lorient have performed like this: Played 41 matches resulting in 22 wins, 5 draws and 14 defeats with the goal stats 60-47 (scored/conceded).
Guingamp form and stats
4 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Guingamp have to build on here at Stade du Roudourou in the Ligue 2.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Marc-Aurele Caillard not having conceded a league goal in 232 minutes.
Guingamp manager S. Didot and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Valenciennes (placed 7th) in the Ligue 2. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Auxerre in a game that was won 1-0.
Guingamp has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. On the other hand, Guingamp have conceded 12 goals.
Lorient form and stats
Lorient's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Lorient, who have the most scored goals (42) in Ligue 2, collect 23 points from their 11 away matches in the Ligue 2. 7 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). The fact that Lorient have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Lorient won their last game, 4-2 versus Le Mans played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Sochaux.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Lorient, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Lorient are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 11 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Lorient - Guingamp 0-1 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Guingamp wins - draws - Lorient wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Wissa 14 goals |   F. Pierrot 8 goals |  P. Hamel 8 goals |
Guingamp missing players
Lorient missing players
| Guingamp | Lorient | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 34 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 21 | 42 |
| 27 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 70% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 70% |
| 43% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | 61% |
| 30% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | 26% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 48% | 58% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 48% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | 35% |
| 30% | 17% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 18% | 22% |
| 6.1 | 6.4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 284 | 171 | 57 | Total Shots | T S | 39 | 107 | 259 |
| 107 | 58 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 51 | 114 |
| 32% | 29% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 41% | 37% |
- Guingamp haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Lorient has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
- Lorient has the most scored goals (21) away
- Lorient has the most scored goals (42)
- Lorient has the most scored goals in the first half (22)
- Lorient has the the best goal difference (+11) away
- Lorient has the the best goal difference (+23)
- Lorient have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lorient have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lorient have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Lorient haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Lorient is in the best form (5-0-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lorient | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 23 | 51 |
| 2 | Lens | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 46 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 42 |
| 4 | Clermont | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 38 |
| 5 | Troyes | 23 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 38 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 37 |
| 7 | Valenciennes | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 35 |
| 8 | Guingamp | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 32 |
| 9 | Nancy | 23 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 31 |
| 11 | Sochaux | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 29 |
| 12 | Auxerre | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 27 |
| 13 | Caen | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 27 |
| 14 | Chambly | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | -7 | 27 |
| 15 | Rodez | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 26 |
| 16 | Châteauroux | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -14 | 25 |
| 17 | Le Mans | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -13 | 21 |
| 18 | Niort | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -10 | 19 |
| 19 | Paris | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -19 | 18 |
| 20 | Orléans | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -15 | 16 |