Nancy fights Nîmes battle

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Picot (20087 seats)

Nancy - Nîmes in Ligue 2: Data, teams, matches, trends and news. Read our broad guide!

Insights:
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals (58) in Ligue 2
  • Nîmes have won significantly less corners away then at home.

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

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Ligue 2 this season. Nancy have only managed 4 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Stade Marcel-Picot. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Nancy, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Nancy travelled for their previous game, a trip to Rodez that ended 1-1. Delos, defender, was given a rating of 8.14/10 in that game, top of the team. Delos served one assist, hit one key pass and won 9 of 14 duels.

Ahead of that match, Nancy lost 0-2 at home to Niort.

Nancy have scored 13 league goals here from 16 matches, not a lot. Nancy have conceded 24 from these games.

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Nîmes form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 7 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

Nîmes won their last game, 3-2 versus Rodez played at home. The end of the last match, against Rodez, was very satisfying as Ómarsson scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Ómarsson, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.04. Ómarsson scored two goals, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Quevilly Rouen with the score of 1-0.

The visiting Nîmes have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 17 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 20 goals have been conceded by Nîmes in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent past history involving both these contenders is the Nîmes - Nancy 2-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nancy three wins, four draws and Nîmes three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NîmesY. Benrahou
Y. Benrahou
10 goals
NîmesM. Koné
M. Koné
9 goals
NancyM. Biron
M. Biron
7 goals

Nancy missing players

Nîmes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nancy Nîmes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 16 6 Played P 6 17 35
5 4 2 Won W 4 7 13
9 4 2 Drew D 0 3 7
20 8 2 Lost L 2 7 15
26 13 6 Scored S 10 18 40
58 24 9 Conceded C 3 20 46
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
76% 81% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 65% 71%
41% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 54%
21% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 20%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
50% 38% 67% BTTS BTTS 17% 29% 49%
12% 19% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 41% 26%
44% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 17% 35% 34%
 
4.6 5.4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.4 4.4
5 4.6 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.9 5.1
1.7 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.2 2.1
12 5 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.8 11.4 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 6.6 7.6
3.7 4.4 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.2 3.7
20% 19% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 33% 31%
 
10.3 9.6 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 13.2 11.6
4.7 4.6 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 5.3 4.5
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Nancy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Nancy have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the fewest points (16) at home in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals (58) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals in the first half (31) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the the worst goal difference (-32) in Ligue 2
  • Nîmes have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 34 21 10 3 78 30 17 12 4 1 48 13 17 9 6 2 30 17 48 73
2 Ajaccio 35 20 8 7 35 17 17 11 3 3 18 7 18 9 5 4 17 10 18 68
3 Auxerre 35 18 11 6 56 37 17 9 4 4 30 18 18 9 7 2 26 19 19 65
4 Sochaux 35 18 10 7 43 30 17 9 5 3 18 11 18 9 5 4 25 19 13 64
5 Paris 35 18 9 8 49 33 17 10 6 1 27 12 18 8 3 7 22 21 16 63
6 Le Havre 35 13 11 11 35 35 18 6 5 7 16 18 17 7 6 4 19 17 0 50
7 Guingamp 35 12 13 10 45 45 17 7 6 4 27 22 18 5 7 6 18 23 0 49
8 Caen 35 12 11 12 48 38 18 8 3 7 28 18 17 4 8 5 20 20 10 47
9 Nîmes 35 13 7 15 40 46 18 6 4 8 22 26 17 7 3 7 18 20 -6 46
10 Niort 34 12 9 13 35 33 17 7 5 5 19 12 17 5 4 8 16 21 2 45
11 Amiens SC 35 9 16 10 40 36 18 7 6 5 25 14 17 2 10 5 15 22 4 43
12 Bastia 35 9 16 10 35 33 18 5 12 1 19 11 17 4 4 9 16 22 2 43
13 Dijon 35 12 7 16 41 47 18 8 3 7 23 23 17 4 4 9 18 24 -6 43
14 Pau 35 12 6 17 34 44 18 10 1 7 23 18 17 2 5 10 11 26 -10 42
15 Grenoble Foot 38 35 12 6 17 30 40 17 7 3 7 19 19 18 5 3 10 11 21 -10 42
16 Valenciennes 35 8 13 14 30 45 18 4 5 9 18 28 17 4 8 5 12 17 -15 37
17 Rodez 35 7 13 15 28 42 17 3 9 5 13 16 18 4 4 10 15 26 -14 34
18 Quevilly Rouen 34 8 10 16 26 45 17 4 7 6 14 19 17 4 3 10 12 26 -19 34
19 Dunkerque 35 8 7 20 26 46 18 5 6 7 13 18 17 3 1 13 13 28 -20 31
20 Nancy 34 5 9 20 26 58 16 4 4 8 13 24 18 1 5 12 13 34 -32 24

Nîmes:
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 Toulouse 34 21 10 3 78 30 17 12 4 1 48 13 17 9 6 2 30 17 48 73
2 Ajaccio 35 20 8 7 35 17 17 11 3 3 18 7 18 9 5 4 17 10 18 68
3 Auxerre 35 18 11 6 56 37 17 9 4 4 30 18 18 9 7 2 26 19 19 65
4 Sochaux 35 18 10 7 43 30 17 9 5 3 18 11 18 9 5 4 25 19 13 64
5 Paris 35 18 9 8 49 33 17 10 6 1 27 12 18 8 3 7 22 21 16 63
6 Le Havre 35 13 11 11 35 35 18 6 5 7 16 18 17 7 6 4 19 17 0 50
7 Guingamp 35 12 13 10 45 45 17 7 6 4 27 22 18 5 7 6 18 23 0 49
8 Caen 35 12 11 12 48 38 18 8 3 7 28 18 17 4 8 5 20 20 10 47
9 Nîmes 35 13 7 15 40 46 18 6 4 8 22 26 17 7 3 7 18 20 -6 46
10 Niort 34 12 9 13 35 33 17 7 5 5 19 12 17 5 4 8 16 21 2 45
11 Amiens SC 35 9 16 10 40 36 18 7 6 5 25 14 17 2 10 5 15 22 4 43
12 Bastia 35 9 16 10 35 33 18 5 12 1 19 11 17 4 4 9 16 22 2 43
13 Dijon 35 12 7 16 41 47 18 8 3 7 23 23 17 4 4 9 18 24 -6 43
14 Pau 35 12 6 17 34 44 18 10 1 7 23 18 17 2 5 10 11 26 -10 42
15 Grenoble Foot 38 35 12 6 17 30 40 17 7 3 7 19 19 18 5 3 10 11 21 -10 42
16 Valenciennes 35 8 13 14 30 45 18 4 5 9 18 28 17 4 8 5 12 17 -15 37
17 Rodez 35 7 13 15 28 42 17 3 9 5 13 16 18 4 4 10 15 26 -14 34
18 Quevilly Rouen 34 8 10 16 26 45 17 4 7 6 14 19 17 4 3 10 12 26 -19 34
19 Dunkerque 35 8 7 20 26 46 18 5 6 7 13 18 17 3 1 13 13 28 -20 31
20 Nancy 34 5 9 20 26 58 16 4 4 8 13 24 18 1 5 12 13 34 -32 24

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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.