Ligue 2: We're previewing an exciting and important fight involving Nancy and Grenoble Foot 38 at Stade Marcel-Picot. Both need the points!
- Nancy have the most conceded goals (47) in Ligue 2
- Grenoble Foot 38 have the fewest scored goals (20) in Ligue 2
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Nancy form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Nancy at their home stadium (Stade Marcel-Picot) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. When Nancy hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Nancy, Dunkerque, Valenciennes, Rodez, Bastia and Quevilly Rouen), they have won 2 of 4 matches!
Nancy lost their last game at Le Havre (placed 6th) after a 0-1 scoreline.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Dunkerque in a game that was won 2-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Nancy have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won three, drawn four and lost six.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Nancy here at Stade Marcel-Picot in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 12 games). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 19 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Nancy has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Grenoble Foot 38 form and stats
Grenoble Foot 38 have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 1-3-9 (13 played). Grenoble Foot 38 seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Grenoble failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Toulouse (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-2. The attacker Diallo got a match rating of 7.44 in that game. Diallo hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 7 of 8 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Nîmes wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Grenoble Foot 38 in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Grenoble Foot 38, five draws and six defeats.
Goals are few and far between in Grenoble Foot 38's away league games. Only 5 goals from 13 travels. Grenoble struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The sides have played each other previously this season, with the final score Grenoble Foot 38 - Nancy 4-1 entered in the official records. Data for the former ten meetings featuring these two participants are: two wins for Nancy, two draws and six wins for Grenoble Foot 38. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Biron 5 goals |  M. Thiam 5 goals |   Y. Ravet 4 goals |
Nancy missing players
Grenoble Foot 38 missing players
| Nancy | Grenoble Foot 38 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| 47 | 19 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 20 | 36 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 85% | 88% |
| 81% | 83% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 38% | 54% |
| 46% | 42% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 31% | 38% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 23% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 12% |
| 58% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 31% | 35% |
| 12% | 17% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 23% | 31% |
| 38% | 42% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 62% | 46% |
| 4.8 | 6.3 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.6 | 4.1 |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9.7 | 11.5 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 6.6 | 7.2 |
| 3.7 | 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 22% | 19% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 7% | 16% | 27% |
| 10.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 12.2 | 11.2 |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 5 | 4.4 |
- Grenoble Foot 38 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Grenoble Foot 38 have the fewest points (6) away in Ligue 2
- Grenoble Foot 38 have the fewest scored goals (20) in Ligue 2
- Grenoble Foot 38 have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Ligue 2
- Grenoble Foot 38 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nancy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nancy have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Ligue 2
- Nancy have the fewest points (13) at home in Ligue 2
- Nancy have the most conceded goals (47) in Ligue 2
- Nancy have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in Ligue 2
- Nancy have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Ligue 2
- Nancy have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Ligue 2
- Nancy have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Toulouse | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 58 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 37 | 54 |
| 2 | Paris | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 51 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 48 |
| 4 | Auxerre | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 45 |
| 5 | Sochaux | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 44 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 38 |
| 7 | Niort | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 35 |
| 8 | Pau | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -2 | 35 |
| 9 | Nîmes | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | -3 | 35 |
| 10 | Guingamp | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 34 |
| 11 | Amiens SC | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 34 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 33 |
| 12 | Caen | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 32 |
| 13 | Dijon | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 30 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 19 | -6 | 30 |
| 14 | Rodez | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 30 |
| 15 | Valenciennes | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -9 | 30 |
| 16 | Bastia | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 29 |
| 17 | Quevilly Rouen | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -12 | 29 |
| 18 | Dunkerque | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 27 |
| 19 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 20 | -16 | 25 |
| 20 | Nancy | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 47 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 28 | -26 | 20 |
