Match preview: Home fans have big expectations when Guingamp greet Niort

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Fri 26.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Roudourou (18378 seats)

Ligue 2: What this game might lack in glamour it should make up for in effort and attitude. Get ready for Guingamp - Niort!

Insights:
  • Guingamp have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the fewest scored goals (32) in Ligue 2

Guingamp can neither be promoted or relegated from Ligue 2. Niort are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

This has all the signs of an action-packed game with lots of fun and excitement as both sides are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

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Guingamp form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Guingamp have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 18 games.

The spoils were shared in Guingamp's previous game, also at home. Visiting Metz (placed 3rd) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Courtet, an attacker, was the declared top player for the side in that game, earning a rating of 7.64 (out of 10). Courtet scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Sochaux with a 1-0 scoreline.

Guingamp has scored 24 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. On the other hand, Guingamp have conceded 24 goals.

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Niort form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Niort so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-12 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Niort are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Niort delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Annecy (placed 14th) in their previous game. Midfielder Zemzemi was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.4. Zemzemi scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 53 successful passes (of 59 total).

Prior to that match, the Niort manager Simondi faced defeat when travelling to Bastia and losing 1-2.

The attacking power of Niort when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 18 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Niort have conceded 29 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Niort - Guingamp 0-0 was the end result in these squads' previous h2h fixture, played this season. Numbers for the previous ten meetings involving these two sides are: four wins for Guingamp, three draws and three wins for Niort. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.

Top Goalscorers

NiortB. Boutobba
B. Boutobba
10 goals
GuingampJ. Livolant
J. Livolant
9 goals
GuingampG. Courtet
G. Courtet
8 goals

Guingamp missing players

Niort missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Guingamp Niort
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 6 18 36
13 6 4 Won W 0 2 7
10 4 0 Drew D 2 4 7
13 8 2 Lost L 4 12 22
47 24 13 Scored S 4 11 32
46 24 8 Conceded C 14 29 62
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 92%
72% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 61% 69%
47% 56% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 58%
25% 33% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 11% 25%
11% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 11% 14%
58% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 50%
25% 22% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 11%
28% 33% 17% Failed to Score F T 67% 61% 47%
 
3.4 3.7 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.6 3.9
4.5 4 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.4 4.7
1.7 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.4 1.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
9.4 10.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.2 9.3
3.8 4.2 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 3.3
34% 32% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 21% 27%
 
9.3 8.1 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14 12.8 12.4
4 3.3 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.2 4.9
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Guingamp have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Guingamp have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Niort have scored away.
  • Guingamp have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Ligue 2
  • Niort have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Niort have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the fewest scored goals (11) away in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the fewest scored goals (32) in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the most conceded goals (62) in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the most conceded goals in the first half (31) in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the the worst goal difference (-30) 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 35 19 14 2 44 16 17 10 7 0 22 7 18 9 7 2 22 9 28 71
2 Bordeaux 36 20 9 7 51 26 18 12 4 2 28 9 18 8 5 5 23 17 25 69
3 Metz 36 18 12 6 57 31 18 9 7 2 25 13 18 9 5 4 32 18 26 66
4 Bastia 36 17 8 11 49 41 18 11 3 4 25 14 18 6 5 7 24 27 8 59
5 Caen 36 16 10 10 50 40 18 11 5 2 31 15 18 5 5 8 19 25 10 58
6 Sochaux 36 15 7 14 53 37 18 9 4 5 31 17 18 6 3 9 22 20 16 52
7 Paris 36 14 9 13 43 42 18 7 3 8 23 22 18 7 6 5 20 20 1 51
8 Grenoble Foot 38 36 14 9 13 33 33 18 9 5 4 19 14 18 5 4 9 14 19 0 51
9 Saint-Étienne 36 14 10 12 59 55 18 9 4 5 32 27 18 5 6 7 27 28 4 49
10 Guingamp 36 13 10 13 47 46 18 6 4 8 24 24 18 7 6 5 23 22 1 49
11 Quevilly Rouen 36 12 13 11 43 43 18 6 9 3 27 21 18 6 4 8 16 22 0 49
12 Amiens SC 36 12 8 16 36 49 18 8 3 7 19 20 18 4 5 9 17 29 -13 44
13 Rodez 36 10 13 13 36 41 18 4 7 7 16 24 18 6 6 6 20 17 -5 43
14 Annecy 36 10 12 14 38 50 18 8 4 6 17 18 18 2 8 8 21 32 -12 42
15 Dijon 36 10 11 15 37 41 18 7 6 5 20 16 18 3 5 10 17 25 -4 41
16 Pau 36 10 11 15 36 50 18 5 6 7 19 27 18 5 5 8 17 23 -14 41
17 Laval 36 12 4 20 40 55 18 8 2 8 25 24 18 4 2 12 15 31 -15 40
18 Valenciennes 35 8 15 12 39 47 18 5 11 2 26 23 17 3 4 10 13 24 -8 39
19 Nîmes 36 9 6 21 41 59 18 8 2 8 24 22 18 1 4 13 17 37 -18 33
20 Niort 36 7 7 22 32 62 18 5 3 10 21 33 18 2 4 12 11 29 -30 28

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 35 19 14 2 44 16 17 10 7 0 22 7 18 9 7 2 22 9 28 71
2 Bordeaux 36 20 9 7 51 26 18 12 4 2 28 9 18 8 5 5 23 17 25 69
3 Metz 36 18 12 6 57 31 18 9 7 2 25 13 18 9 5 4 32 18 26 66
4 Bastia 36 17 8 11 49 41 18 11 3 4 25 14 18 6 5 7 24 27 8 59
5 Caen 36 16 10 10 50 40 18 11 5 2 31 15 18 5 5 8 19 25 10 58
6 Sochaux 36 15 7 14 53 37 18 9 4 5 31 17 18 6 3 9 22 20 16 52
7 Paris 36 14 9 13 43 42 18 7 3 8 23 22 18 7 6 5 20 20 1 51
8 Grenoble Foot 38 36 14 9 13 33 33 18 9 5 4 19 14 18 5 4 9 14 19 0 51
9 Saint-Étienne 36 14 10 12 59 55 18 9 4 5 32 27 18 5 6 7 27 28 4 49
10 Guingamp 36 13 10 13 47 46 18 6 4 8 24 24 18 7 6 5 23 22 1 49
11 Quevilly Rouen 36 12 13 11 43 43 18 6 9 3 27 21 18 6 4 8 16 22 0 49
12 Amiens SC 36 12 8 16 36 49 18 8 3 7 19 20 18 4 5 9 17 29 -13 44
13 Rodez 36 10 13 13 36 41 18 4 7 7 16 24 18 6 6 6 20 17 -5 43
14 Annecy 36 10 12 14 38 50 18 8 4 6 17 18 18 2 8 8 21 32 -12 42
15 Dijon 36 10 11 15 37 41 18 7 6 5 20 16 18 3 5 10 17 25 -4 41
16 Pau 36 10 11 15 36 50 18 5 6 7 19 27 18 5 5 8 17 23 -14 41
17 Laval 36 12 4 20 40 55 18 8 2 8 25 24 18 4 2 12 15 31 -15 40
18 Valenciennes 35 8 15 12 39 47 18 5 11 2 26 23 17 3 4 10 13 24 -8 39
19 Nîmes 36 9 6 21 41 59 18 8 2 8 24 22 18 1 4 13 17 37 -18 33
20 Niort 36 7 7 22 32 62 18 5 3 10 21 33 18 2 4 12 11 29 -30 28

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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.