Nancy and Auxerre spectators can't wait for Ligue 2 clash at Stade Marcel-Picot

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 12.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Picot (20087 seats)

The visiting Auxerre side should be favourites in this visit to Nancy, as the away team holds a 12 point advantage from their 14 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Nancy has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Ligue 2
  • Auxerre has the most scored goals (29) 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!

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Nancy form and stats

Nancy, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Ligue 2, have collected 7 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 2-1-2.

Nancy shared the glory with Sochaux in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Before that game, the home loss against Toulouse with the scoreline 1-3.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Ligue 2 game versus Troyes in only three days. This game is also played here at Stade Marcel-Picot.

Nancy are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nancy defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Auxerre form and stats

2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Auxerre, who have the most scored goals (29) in Ligue 2, playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season.

Auxerre won their last game, 6-0 versus Niort played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Le Havre that ended 1-1.

As mentioned above, Auxerre was the only team on the pitch versus Niort in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention Mickaël Le Bihan's lethal finishing against Niort. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

Auxerre are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. As for defending, Auxerre rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Nancy wins - draws - Auxerre wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AuxerreM. Le Bihan
M. Le Bihan
13 goals
AuxerreM. Autret
M. Autret
5 goals
AuxerreR. Dugimont
R. Dugimont
5 goals

Nancy missing players

Auxerre missing players

Nancy Auxerre
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 5 1 Played P 3 6 14
3 2 0 Won W 1 2 7
3 1 0 Drew D 1 2 3
7 2 1 Lost L 1 2 4
12 7 1 Scored S 4 9 29
17 8 3 Conceded C 5 9 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 93%
38% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 64%
15% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 36%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
54% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 57%
8% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 21%
38% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 17% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.5 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.8 9.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 9 9.1
3.1 3.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3 4.4
30% 39% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 48%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • All of Auxerre's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Auxerre has the most matches over the total-line (10) in Ligue 2
  • Auxerre has the most scored goals (29) in Ligue 2
  • Auxerre has the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Ligue 2
  • Auxerre has the the best goal difference (+13) in Ligue 2
  • Auxerre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Auxerre have scored more than double the goals of Nancy.
  • Auxerre haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Nancy has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Nancy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nancy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Troyes 13 8 3 2 21 10 7 5 2 0 12 5 6 3 1 2 9 5 11 27
2 Paris 14 8 3 3 19 12 7 4 1 2 8 6 7 4 2 1 11 6 7 27
3 Grenoble Foot 38 13 8 2 3 18 9 6 5 1 0 12 4 7 3 1 3 6 5 9 26
4 Auxerre 14 7 3 4 29 16 8 5 1 2 20 7 6 2 2 2 9 9 13 24
5 Clermont 14 6 5 3 18 8 7 3 3 1 9 3 7 3 2 2 9 5 10 23
6 Toulouse 14 6 5 3 24 18 8 3 3 2 14 10 6 3 2 1 10 8 6 23
7 Caen 14 6 4 4 13 12 7 4 3 0 7 3 7 2 1 4 6 9 1 22
8 Valenciennes 14 5 5 4 17 16 7 3 3 1 8 5 7 2 2 3 9 11 1 20
9 Dunkerque 14 6 2 6 13 12 7 3 2 2 7 5 7 3 0 4 6 7 1 20
10 Niort 13 6 2 5 17 22 6 3 2 1 9 5 7 3 0 4 8 17 -5 20
11 Sochaux 14 4 7 3 19 15 7 3 2 2 15 12 7 1 5 1 4 3 4 19
12 Amiens SC 14 5 3 6 11 11 7 3 2 2 5 4 7 2 1 4 6 7 0 18
13 Le Havre 13 5 2 6 11 17 6 2 2 2 5 5 7 3 0 4 6 12 -6 17
14 Guingamp 14 3 6 5 13 15 7 2 2 3 7 8 7 1 4 2 6 7 -2 15
15 Pau 14 3 4 7 12 18 6 2 2 2 7 6 8 1 2 5 5 12 -6 13
16 Ajaccio 13 3 4 6 9 18 6 1 2 3 2 7 7 2 2 3 7 11 -9 13
17 Nancy 13 3 3 7 12 17 5 2 1 2 7 8 8 1 2 5 5 9 -5 12
18 Châteauroux 14 3 3 8 11 18 7 2 1 4 6 9 7 1 2 4 5 9 -7 12
19 Rodez 14 2 5 7 11 22 8 2 2 4 7 11 6 0 3 3 4 11 -11 11
20 Chambly 14 2 5 7 11 23 8 2 1 5 6 13 6 0 4 2 5 10 -12 11

Read more about Ligue 2

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.