Moving nearer to the top teams is the mission when these mid-table teams battle it out. Both are trying to strenghten their league status, Nîmes in 10th and Guingamp in 11th spot.
- Nîmes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Guingamp have won significantly less corners away then at home.
It's quite the trip for Guingamp when visiting Nîmes as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
This promises to be an interesting fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both contenders are well rested since they last played a game. Let's start!
Nîmes form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Nîmes have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 15 games.
No payout for Nîmes in their previous match, an away game at Ajaccio that ended in defeat 0-1. Defender Luce got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.43/10. Luce hit one key pass and won 9 of 13 duels.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Auxerre (1-2).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 Nîmes have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost two.
Nîmes are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 15 games. Nîmes's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Guingamp form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Guingamp so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 3-6-6 (win-draw-lose).
Impressive finishing from Roux and M'Changama (2) secured the home win 3-1 against Nancy in their previous game. Midfield player M'Changama was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.52/10. M'Changama scored two goals, served one assist, hit four key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 50 total).
A 1-1 draw at Rodez's stadium before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Guingamp in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Guingamp, four draws and two defeats.
The attacking power of Guingamp when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 15 league matches away. Guingamp have conceded 19 goals in these away matches. More than 60 percent of these were conceded from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two sides meet this season, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Guingamp - Nîmes 3-1. Nîmes-Guingamp H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nîmes three wins, Guingamp four wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Y. Benrahou 10 goals |   F. Pierrot 10 goals |  M. Koné 8 goals |
Nîmes missing players
Guingamp missing players
| Nîmes | Guingamp | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 35 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 33 |
| 39 | 19 | 6 | Conceded | C | 9 | 19 | 37 |
| 93% | 87% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 90% |
| 73% | 73% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 77% |
| 57% | 60% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 33% | 40% |
| 17% | 13% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 20% |
| 3% | 7% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 50% | 67% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 60% |
| 23% | 13% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 20% |
| 33% | 33% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 47% | 30% |
| 4.7 | 5.7 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.3 |
| 5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 5.2 | 4.2 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 8.1 | 9.1 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 9.6 | 9.9 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 31% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 31% |
| 11.7 | 9.8 | 7.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.3 | 8.4 |
| 4.7 | 3.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 3.2 |
- Guingamp have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nîmes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nîmes 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 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 69 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 43 | 63 |
| 2 | Paris | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 43 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 56 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 55 |
| 4 | Auxerre | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 47 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 54 |
| 5 | Sochaux | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 51 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | -2 | 41 |
| 7 | Caen | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 42 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 39 |
| 8 | Niort | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 39 |
| 9 | Pau | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -3 | 39 |
| 10 | Nîmes | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | -4 | 39 |
| 11 | Guingamp | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 39 |
| 12 | Dijon | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | -3 | 38 |
| 13 | Amiens SC | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 37 |
| 14 | Bastia | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 37 |
| 15 | Valenciennes | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -8 | 36 |
| 16 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -14 | 33 |
| 17 | Rodez | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 21 | -10 | 32 |
| 18 | Quevilly Rouen | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -16 | 31 |
| 19 | Dunkerque | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 30 |
| 20 | Nancy | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 32 | -27 | 23 |
