Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir: Lorient vs Châteauroux Ligue 2 preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Fri 17.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir (18110 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Lorient fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Châteauroux's 15th place in the table will show on the pitch.

This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Châteauroux's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Châteauroux have performed like this: Played one match resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat with the goal stats 1-2 (scored/conceded).

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Lorient form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir as Lorient, who have the most scored goals (45) in Ligue 2, have scored 22 goals to get 28 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 2 are 9-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). The Lorient manager C. Pélissier might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

In their previous game, the manager C. Pélissier led his Lorient to a defeat in the Ligue 2 match away at Ajaccio. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir. Ahead of that match, Lorient lost 1-2 at home to Chambly.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Lorient as they are travelling to their away game against Grenoble Foot 38 in the Ligue 2. That match is four days after this one.

Lorient have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir with 22 goals in 14 league matches. Lorient have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Châteauroux form and stats

6-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Châteauroux in their Ligue 2 matches away.

Cheick Diarra and Romain Grange scored in Châteauroux's previous match, the home game against Caen that ended 2-1. A loss against Le Havre was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Cheick Diarra came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Caen last time out, making the manager N. Usaï feel like a tactical genius.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Le Mans in just four days.

The attacking power of Châteauroux when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 14 league matches away. As opposed to that, Châteauroux have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Châteauroux - Lorient 1-3, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Lorient seven wins, zero draws and Châteauroux one victory. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LorientY. Wissa
Y. Wissa
15 goals
LorientP. Hamel
P. Hamel
9 goals
ChâteaurouxR. Grange
R. Grange
5 goals

Lorient missing players

Châteauroux missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lorient Châteauroux
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 5 14 28
17 9 5 Won W 2 6 9
3 1 0 Drew D 0 3 7
8 4 0 Lost L 3 5 12
45 22 14 Scored S 2 11 22
25 12 4 Conceded C 6 15 38
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
64% 57% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 57% 61%
57% 57% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 36% 39%
21% 14% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
7% 14% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
46% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 0% 36% 43%
32% 29% 40% Clean Sheets C S 40% 36% 25%
25% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 36% 39%
 
5.5 6.5 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 3 4.5
4.4 3.6 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5.8 5
1.6 1.4 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.4 2.4 2.2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 3 5 7
 
298 163 73 Total Shots T S 45 145 313
128 69 31 Shots on Target S O 16 52 116
35% 32% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 21% 19%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Châteauroux has the fewest scored goals in the first half (8)
  • Châteauroux have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Lorient has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9)
  • Lorient has the most scored goals (45)
  • Lorient has the most scored goals in the first half (25)
  • Lorient has the the best goal difference (+20)
  • Lorient have scored more than double the goals of Châteauroux.

  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 28 17 3 8 45 25 14 9 1 4 22 12 14 8 2 4 23 13 20 54
2 Lens 28 15 8 5 39 24 14 9 3 2 19 9 14 6 5 3 20 15 15 53
3 Ajaccio 28 15 7 6 38 22 14 6 4 4 17 12 14 9 3 2 21 10 16 52
4 Troyes 28 16 3 9 34 25 14 8 1 5 20 17 14 8 2 4 14 8 9 51
5 Clermont 28 14 8 6 35 25 14 7 3 4 21 14 14 7 5 2 14 11 10 50
6 Le Havre 28 11 11 6 38 25 14 5 7 2 18 10 14 6 4 4 20 15 13 44
7 Valenciennes 28 11 9 8 24 20 14 7 5 2 14 7 14 4 4 6 10 13 4 42
8 Guingamp 28 10 9 9 40 33 14 5 6 3 20 14 14 5 3 6 20 19 7 39
9 Grenoble Foot 38 28 7 14 7 27 29 14 3 8 3 13 13 14 4 6 4 14 16 -2 35
10 Chambly 28 9 8 11 26 32 15 4 4 7 12 21 13 5 4 4 14 11 -6 35
11 Auxerre 28 8 10 10 31 30 14 5 7 2 19 12 14 3 3 8 12 18 1 34
12 Nancy 28 6 16 6 27 26 14 6 6 2 16 9 14 0 10 4 11 17 1 34
13 Caen 28 8 10 10 33 34 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 4 5 5 19 17 -1 34
14 Sochaux 28 8 10 10 28 30 14 6 5 3 17 11 14 2 5 7 11 19 -2 34
15 Châteauroux 28 9 7 12 22 38 14 3 4 7 11 23 14 6 3 5 11 15 -16 34
16 Rodez 28 8 8 12 31 34 14 6 3 5 22 18 14 2 5 7 9 16 -3 32
17 Paris 28 7 7 14 22 40 13 3 2 8 9 22 15 4 5 6 13 18 -18 28
18 Niort 28 6 8 14 30 41 14 4 5 5 16 16 14 2 3 9 14 25 -11 26
19 Le Mans 28 7 5 16 30 45 14 5 3 6 16 17 14 2 2 10 14 28 -15 26
20 Orléans 28 4 7 17 21 43 14 2 2 10 8 23 14 2 5 7 13 20 -22 19

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 Lorient 28 17 3 8 45 25 14 9 1 4 22 12 14 8 2 4 23 13 20 54
2 Lens 28 15 8 5 39 24 14 9 3 2 19 9 14 6 5 3 20 15 15 53
3 Ajaccio 28 15 7 6 38 22 14 6 4 4 17 12 14 9 3 2 21 10 16 52
4 Troyes 28 16 3 9 34 25 14 8 1 5 20 17 14 8 2 4 14 8 9 51
5 Clermont 28 14 8 6 35 25 14 7 3 4 21 14 14 7 5 2 14 11 10 50
6 Le Havre 28 11 11 6 38 25 14 5 7 2 18 10 14 6 4 4 20 15 13 44
7 Valenciennes 28 11 9 8 24 20 14 7 5 2 14 7 14 4 4 6 10 13 4 42
8 Guingamp 28 10 9 9 40 33 14 5 6 3 20 14 14 5 3 6 20 19 7 39
9 Grenoble Foot 38 28 7 14 7 27 29 14 3 8 3 13 13 14 4 6 4 14 16 -2 35
10 Chambly 28 9 8 11 26 32 15 4 4 7 12 21 13 5 4 4 14 11 -6 35
11 Auxerre 28 8 10 10 31 30 14 5 7 2 19 12 14 3 3 8 12 18 1 34
12 Nancy 28 6 16 6 27 26 14 6 6 2 16 9 14 0 10 4 11 17 1 34
13 Caen 28 8 10 10 33 34 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 4 5 5 19 17 -1 34
14 Sochaux 28 8 10 10 28 30 14 6 5 3 17 11 14 2 5 7 11 19 -2 34
15 Châteauroux 28 9 7 12 22 38 14 3 4 7 11 23 14 6 3 5 11 15 -16 34
16 Rodez 28 8 8 12 31 34 14 6 3 5 22 18 14 2 5 7 9 16 -3 32
17 Paris 28 7 7 14 22 40 13 3 2 8 9 22 15 4 5 6 13 18 -18 28
18 Niort 28 6 8 14 30 41 14 4 5 5 16 16 14 2 3 9 14 25 -11 26
19 Le Mans 28 7 5 16 30 45 14 5 3 6 16 17 14 2 2 10 14 28 -15 26
20 Orléans 28 4 7 17 21 43 14 2 2 10 8 23 14 2 5 7 13 20 -22 19

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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.