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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Tue 15.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Picot (20087 seats)

Pre-match info: 35 points separate the sides up until now, Paris having performed best. Will Nancy take the guests by surprise?

Insights:
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals (49) in Ligue 2
  • Paris haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Nancy form and stats

Nancy's results here at Stade Marcel-Picot in the Ligue 2 have been very modest with 3 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. Nancy has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Cartier and the players.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 298 minutes without scoring a league goal. Thiam was the last player to find the net.

In their previous game, the manager Cartier led his Nancy to a defeat away at Amiens SC. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Marcel-Picot. Latouchent, defender, was given a rating of 7.41/10 in that game, top of the team. Latouchent hit one key pass and won 6 of 9 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Grenoble Foot 38 with the scoreline 0-1.

Nancy are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 2 match at Guingamp awaits in four days.

Nancy have scored 10 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nancy defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Paris form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 7 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. In general it has been a productive period now for Paris as they haven't lost any of their last 16 games.

Impressive finishing from Name and Kante secured the home win 2-0 against Niort in their previous game. Kante was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.84. The defender Kante scored one goal and won 8 of 9 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Nîmes that ended 1-1.

After this away game Paris return home for a Ligue 2 game against Pau. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Paris are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 14 games (in the league).

Head 2 Head

Paris - Nancy 1-1 was the result in these teams' last H2H fixture, played this season. Head to head totals (for the former ten meetings): Nancy won three games, three matches ended in a draw and Paris have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

ParisM. Guilavogui
M. Guilavogui
11 goals
NancyM. Biron
M. Biron
5 goals
NancyM. Thiam
M. Thiam
5 goals

Nancy missing players

Paris missing players

Nancy Paris
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 13 4 Played P 4 14 28
4 3 0 Won W 3 7 16
8 4 2 Drew D 1 3 7
16 6 2 Lost L 0 4 5
21 10 2 Scored S 10 19 42
49 20 9 Conceded C 2 14 23
93% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 77% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 68%
43% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 36%
21% 15% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 21% 21%
11% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 14% 7%
54% 46% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 46%
11% 15% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 39%
43% 46% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 14%
 
4.8 6.2 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.2 4.6
4.6 4.3 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.4 4.4
1.9 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 1.3
10 4 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.8 12.1 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 9.4 9.1
3.7 4.6 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.5 4.4 4.4
20% 17% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 34%
 
10.2 9.1 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 6.2 8.2 7.8
4.8 4.5 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.1 3.1
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 (3) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the fewest points (13) at home in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals (49) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the the worst goal difference (-28) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Paris 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 Toulouse 28 16 9 3 61 25 14 9 4 1 38 12 14 7 5 2 23 13 36 57
2 Paris 28 16 7 5 42 23 14 9 4 1 23 9 14 7 3 4 19 14 19 55
3 Auxerre 28 14 9 5 44 30 14 7 4 3 26 15 14 7 5 2 18 15 14 51
4 Ajaccio 28 15 6 7 25 15 14 8 3 3 13 5 14 7 3 4 12 10 10 51
5 Sochaux 28 13 8 7 32 27 14 7 4 3 14 10 14 6 4 4 18 17 5 47
6 Le Havre 28 10 11 7 27 25 15 5 5 5 12 12 13 5 6 2 15 13 2 41
7 Nîmes 28 11 6 11 34 36 14 5 4 5 17 17 14 6 2 6 17 19 -2 39
8 Pau 28 11 5 12 29 31 14 9 1 4 20 11 14 2 4 8 9 20 -2 38
9 Amiens SC 28 8 12 8 36 26 15 7 4 4 24 11 13 1 8 4 12 15 10 36
10 Caen 28 9 8 11 37 31 15 7 1 7 24 15 13 2 7 4 13 16 6 35
11 Niort 28 10 5 13 28 30 13 6 2 5 15 10 15 4 3 8 13 20 -2 35
12 Guingamp 28 8 11 9 29 35 14 5 6 3 19 17 14 3 5 6 10 18 -6 35
13 Dijon 28 10 4 14 31 36 14 6 2 6 17 17 14 4 2 8 14 19 -5 34
14 Bastia 28 7 12 9 28 27 14 3 11 0 14 7 14 4 1 9 14 20 1 33
15 Valenciennes 28 7 11 10 27 36 14 4 3 7 17 24 14 3 8 3 10 12 -9 32
16 Rodez 28 7 10 11 23 31 13 3 6 4 10 12 15 4 4 7 13 19 -8 31
17 Dunkerque 28 8 6 14 22 34 15 5 5 5 12 13 13 3 1 9 10 21 -12 30
18 Quevilly Rouen 28 7 9 12 24 38 13 3 6 4 12 16 15 4 3 8 12 22 -14 30
19 Grenoble Foot 38 28 8 5 15 21 36 14 6 2 6 15 16 14 2 3 9 6 20 -15 29
20 Nancy 28 4 8 16 21 49 13 3 4 6 10 20 15 1 4 10 11 29 -28 20

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.