Football tips: Nancy vs Toulouse - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 31.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Picot (20087 seats)

Game week two of the Ligue 2 season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Nancy - Toulouse preview:

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.

It's quite the trip for Toulouse when visiting Nancy as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Nancy form and stats

Last season, Nancy's league statistics were 11 wins, 14 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the Ligue 2. Over these 38 matches they scored 53 goals and conceded 53. Playing at home last season Nancy managed 6-8-5 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 28 conceded.

Nancy faced defeat in their previous match, away at Pau (1-2). Attacking player Lamine Cisse bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.82 out of 10. Cisse served one assist and hit three key passes. Baptiste Valette had a busy but productive day in the Pau match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. The defeat against Pau was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by V. Lobry).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Amiens SC.

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Toulouse form and stats

Let's have a look at how Toulouse performed last season in the Ligue 2: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 10 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 71 and conceded 42 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 6 and lost 6 with 27/24 goals scored/conceded.

Toulouse's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Ajaccio that finished 2-2. Midfield player Branco Van den Boomen was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.85/10. Boomen served one assist, hit seven key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 75 successful passes (of 83 total).

Before that, Toulouse travelled to Dunkerque and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Nancy won zero, Toulouse won eight and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ToulouseR. Healey
R. Healey
1 goals

Nancy missing players

Toulouse missing players

Nancy Toulouse
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 10
2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 9
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
100% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 40%
Nancy Last season Toulouse
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 39
11 6   Won W   7 21
14 8   Drew D   6 10
13 5   Lost L   6 8
53 28   Scored S   27 74
53 28   Conceded C   24 42
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
74% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 69%
50% 63%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 56%
37% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 36%
18% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 15%
66% 68%   BTTS BTTS   53% 46%
18% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 44%
21% 11%   Failed to Score F T   16% 15%
 
3.9 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.5
4.3 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.9
1.6 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.1
5 1   Red cards R C   5 7
 
7.4 8.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 10.8
3.1 3.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.7 4.7
45% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 41%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Caen 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Paris 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
3 Auxerre 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Pau 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Ajaccio 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
6 Toulouse 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Bastia 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Dunkerque 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Nimes 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Guingamp 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Le Havre 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Niort 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Valenciennes 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Dijon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sochaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Amiens SC 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Nancy 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
19 Grenoble Foot 38 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
20 Rodez 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
Last season 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 38 23 8 7 60 36 19 15 3 1 32 15 19 8 5 6 28 21 24 77
2 Clermont 38 21 9 8 61 25 19 13 5 1 37 9 19 8 4 7 24 16 36 72
3 Toulouse 38 20 10 8 71 42 19 13 4 2 44 18 19 7 6 6 27 24 29 70
4 Grenoble Foot 38 38 18 11 9 51 35 19 12 6 1 35 14 19 6 5 8 16 21 16 65
5 Paris 38 17 13 8 53 37 19 11 5 3 31 18 19 6 8 5 22 19 16 64
6 Auxerre 38 16 14 8 64 43 19 10 6 3 38 18 19 6 8 5 26 25 21 62
7 Sochaux 38 12 15 11 45 37 19 6 7 6 24 22 19 6 8 5 21 15 8 51
8 Nancy 38 11 14 13 53 53 19 6 8 5 28 28 19 5 6 8 25 25 0 47
9 Guingamp 38 10 17 11 41 43 19 4 10 5 19 23 19 6 7 6 22 20 -2 47
10 Amiens SC 38 11 14 13 34 40 19 7 8 4 15 12 19 4 6 9 19 28 -6 47
11 Valenciennes 38 12 11 15 50 59 19 7 6 6 24 23 19 5 5 9 26 36 -9 47
12 Le Havre 38 11 14 13 38 48 19 4 8 7 16 23 19 7 6 6 22 25 -10 47
13 Ajaccio 38 11 13 14 34 43 19 8 6 5 21 17 19 3 7 9 13 26 -9 46
14 Pau 38 11 11 16 42 49 19 9 5 5 26 19 19 2 6 11 16 30 -7 44
15 Rodez 38 8 19 11 38 44 19 6 9 4 23 20 19 2 10 7 15 24 -6 43
16 Dunkerque 38 10 11 17 34 47 19 6 8 5 22 18 19 4 3 12 12 29 -13 41
17 Caen 38 9 14 15 34 49 19 6 9 4 17 19 19 3 5 11 17 30 -15 41
18 Niort 38 9 14 15 34 58 19 6 6 7 17 25 19 3 8 8 17 33 -24 41
19 Chambly 38 9 11 18 41 64 19 7 3 9 21 27 19 2 8 9 20 37 -23 38
20 Chateauroux 38 4 11 23 32 58 19 3 5 11 21 31 19 1 6 12 11 27 -26 23

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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.