The football year has been a rollercoaster for these contenders so far, boom and bust resulting in mid-table places so far. Let's get ready for Guingamp - Valenciennes!
- Guingamp have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Ligue 2
- Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Ligue 2
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Guingamp form and stats
With 2 Ligue 2 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Guingamp are certainly not brimming with confidence. With seven home Ligue 2 games in a row without a win, the Guingamp fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.
Guingamp are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Quevilly Rouen. Midfield player Sivis got a match rating of 7.11 in that game, the max score being 10. Sivis hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, the home loss against Nimes with the scoreline 1-2.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Guingamp handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats.
Guingamp have conceded 17 from these games.
Valenciennes form and stats
Valenciennes have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 2-2-7 (11 played). Bitter travels for Valenciennes as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Paris match.
Valenciennes go into this game after a win, the home game against Laval that ended 3-1. Hooray; their first win in the league after nine rounds not winning. Midfield player Kaba was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.05/10. Kaba hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sochaux wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.Valenciennes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 18 matches.
Goals are few and far between in Valenciennes's away league games. Only {4 goals} from 11 travels. 13 goals have been conceded by Valenciennes in these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Surprisingly enough, the last time Valenciennes kept a "clean sheet" was also versus this opponent, eleven league games ago (Valenciennes - Guingamp 1-0). Guingamp-Valenciennes H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Guingamp two wins, Valenciennes three wins, five draws. zero of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Livolant 7 goals |   J. Cuffaut 4 goals |  G. Courtet 3 goals |
Guingamp missing players
Valenciennes missing players
| Guingamp | Valenciennes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 26 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| 31 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 24 |
| 86% | 82% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 68% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 36% | 55% |
| 45% | 55% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 18% | 32% |
| 23% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 23% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 50% | 45% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 18% | 45% |
| 27% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 27% | 27% |
| 36% | 45% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 64% | 36% |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 9.6 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 8.2 | 7.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 32% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 12% | 27% |
| 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 11.6 | 11.7 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
- Guingamp have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Guingamp have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Valenciennes have scored away.
- Guingamp have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Ligue 2
- Valenciennes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Ligue 2
- Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) 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 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 47 |
| 2 | Sochaux | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 39 |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 36 |
| 5 | Bastia | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -2 | 34 |
| 6 | Metz | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 33 |
| 7 | Amiens SC | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 33 |
| 8 | Caen | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 32 |
| 9 | Quevilly Rouen | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 31 |
| 10 | Valenciennes | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 29 |
| 11 | Annecy | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 28 |
| 12 | Paris | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -5 | 28 |
| 13 | Guingamp | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -5 | 27 |
| 14 | Laval | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -7 | 27 |
| 15 | Pau | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 26 |
| 16 | Nimes | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -11 | 22 |
| 17 | Dijon | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 21 |
| 18 | Saint-Étienne | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -7 | 21 |
| 19 | Rodez | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -10 | 20 |
| 20 | Niort | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -16 | 20 |
