Ligue 2 duel: Close contest expected between Nancy and Paris

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 30.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Picot (20087 seats)

Struggling Nancy will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Paris in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Nancy has the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Ligue 2
  • Paris has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligue 2

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Ligue 2. That game, against Valenciennes, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Paris.

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Nancy form and stats

Overall Ligue 2 stats at home this season for Nancy, who have the most conceded goals (20) at home in Ligue 2, are 2-5-3 (wins-draw-losses). With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Nancy. Three draws in a row here at Stade Marcel-Picot for Nancy, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.

The spoils were shared in Nancy's previous game, also at home. Visiting Niort (placed 11th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Sochaux with the scoreline 0-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Nancy perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Nancy as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Nancy has won five of these, drawn four and lost four.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nancy as they are travelling to their away game against Le Havre in the Ligue 2. That match is three days after this one.

The Nancy fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Nancy with 20 goals conceded in these matches.

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Paris form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Paris have produced an overall stat of 4-2-4 so far. It's all red in the travel logs of Paris, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Paris are travelling again after losing away to Valenciennes in their previous match (0-2). Prior to that match, a home win 4-2 against Amiens SC.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Paris in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Paris, three draws and five defeats.

A new game in only three days for Paris, the Ligue 2 home match versus Niort. Busy days.

The visiting Paris have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 10 games. Paris have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Paris - Nancy 0-2. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's three Nancy victories, one draw and four Paris wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NancyM. Biron
M. Biron
6 goals
ParisJ. López Baila
J. López Baila
5 goals
ParisG. Laura
G. Laura
5 goals

Nancy missing players

Paris missing players

Nancy Paris
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
4 2 0 Won W 3 4 10
8 5 1 Drew D 0 2 5
9 3 2 Lost L 0 4 6
26 18 5 Scored S 6 13 30
32 20 8 Conceded C 1 12 24
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 90%
71% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 71%
52% 90% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 52%
38% 70% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 24%
14% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 14%
62% 90% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 48%
10% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 30% 33%
33% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.7 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.2
4 0 0 Red cards R C 2 4 4
 
7.3 8.5 8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 9.2 9.4
3 3.4 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.6 4.1
41% 53% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 28% 35%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Nancy has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Ligue 2
  • Nancy has the most conceded goals (20) at home in Ligue 2
  • Nancy has the most dropped points from leading position (17) 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 at home.
  • Paris has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligue 2
  • Paris have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Troyes 21 13 5 3 30 15 10 8 2 0 17 6 11 5 3 3 13 9 15 44
2 Toulouse 21 12 6 3 40 23 11 6 3 2 21 13 10 6 3 1 19 10 17 42
3 Clermont 21 11 7 3 31 10 11 7 3 1 21 5 10 4 4 2 10 5 21 40
4 Grenoble Foot 38 21 11 5 5 29 17 10 8 2 0 22 6 11 3 3 5 7 11 12 38
5 Auxerre 21 10 6 5 41 24 11 7 2 2 27 10 10 3 4 3 14 14 17 36
6 Paris 21 10 5 6 30 24 11 6 3 2 17 12 10 4 2 4 13 12 6 35
7 Valenciennes 21 8 7 6 30 25 10 4 3 3 12 10 11 4 4 3 18 15 5 31
8 Sochaux 21 6 10 5 26 20 11 4 4 3 17 14 10 2 6 2 9 6 6 28
9 Amiens SC 21 7 7 7 20 18 10 3 5 2 6 5 11 4 2 5 14 13 2 28
10 Caen 21 7 7 7 21 24 11 4 5 2 11 11 10 3 2 5 10 13 -3 28
11 Niort 21 7 6 8 23 32 10 4 3 3 11 10 11 3 3 5 12 22 -9 27
12 Ajaccio 21 6 7 8 18 26 10 4 3 3 9 9 11 2 4 5 9 17 -8 25
13 Le Havre 21 6 7 8 18 26 10 2 5 3 7 9 11 4 2 5 11 17 -8 25
14 Dunkerque 21 7 3 11 18 27 11 4 3 4 12 10 10 3 0 7 6 17 -9 24
15 Guingamp 21 4 10 7 22 27 10 2 5 3 10 11 11 2 5 4 12 16 -5 22
16 Rodez 21 4 10 7 20 29 11 3 4 4 10 13 10 1 6 3 10 16 -9 22
17 Nancy 21 4 8 9 26 32 10 2 5 3 18 20 11 2 3 6 8 12 -6 20
18 Chambly 21 4 8 9 22 32 11 3 2 6 10 15 10 1 6 3 12 17 -10 20
19 Chateauroux 21 3 5 13 18 35 11 2 2 7 11 19 10 1 3 6 7 16 -17 14
20 Pau 21 3 5 13 15 32 10 2 3 5 8 13 11 1 2 8 7 19 -17 14

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.