Ligue 2: Nîmes - Nancy preview and the hard facts

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Costières (18482 seats)

Nîmes have won 9 of their 20 in total here at their familiar ground. How will they do against Nancy?

Insights:
  • Nîmes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals (28) in Ligue 2

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Nîmes form and stats

Nîmes have collected 9 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 2-3-3.

In their previous game, the manager P. Plancque led his Nîmes to a defeat in the Ligue 2 match away at Rodez. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade des Costières. Midfielder Andrés Cubas was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.43 (out of ten) in that game. Cubas dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 51 successful passes (of 56 total).

Before that, Nîmes played out a Coupe de France draw 2-2 when visiting Aubagne (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties).

Nîmes has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Nîmes have conceded 10 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Nancy form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nancy so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-5 (win-draw-lose).

It might be tough going out on the road again for Nancy, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Quevilly Rouen (placed 13th). Giovanni Haag got a match rating of 7.75 in that game, top player of the team. Haag hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 53 successful passes (of 61 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Soleil Bischheim at their stadium, the result 1-0.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Nancy have conceded 14 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Nîmes two wins, four draws and Nancy three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NîmesY. Benrahou
Y. Benrahou
6 goals
NîmesM. Koné
M. Koné
4 goals
NîmesN. Eliasson
N. Eliasson
3 goals

Nîmes missing players

Nancy missing players

Nîmes Nancy
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 4 9 17
5 2 1 Won W 1 1 2
5 3 2 Drew D 0 3 6
7 3 0 Lost L 3 5 9
19 8 5 Scored S 6 8 13
21 10 4 Conceded C 9 14 28
88% 75% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 88%
71% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 76%
47% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 41%
18% 12% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 22% 24%
6% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 11% 12%
47% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 59%
29% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 12%
35% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 41%
 
5.1 6.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.7 4.8
4.6 4 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5 4.6
2.2 2.1 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.9 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 6
 
8.2 9.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 8.3 10.1
3.5 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 3.3
32% 27% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 32% 23%
 
11.2 10.2 8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 10 9.9
4.1 3.2 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.7 4.9
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Nancy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Nancy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nancy have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals (28) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy 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 16 9 6 1 36 14 8 5 2 1 22 9 8 4 4 0 14 5 22 33
2 Ajaccio 17 9 5 3 18 8 9 6 2 1 10 2 8 3 3 2 8 6 10 32
3 Sochaux 17 9 4 4 17 13 9 5 2 2 8 5 8 4 2 2 9 8 4 31
4 Auxerre 17 8 6 3 28 20 9 5 3 1 18 7 8 3 3 2 10 13 8 30
5 Paris 17 9 3 5 20 15 8 4 3 1 10 6 9 5 0 4 10 9 5 30
6 Le Havre 17 7 8 2 17 10 9 4 4 1 9 5 8 3 4 1 8 5 7 29
7 Rodez 17 7 4 6 19 16 8 3 3 2 8 6 9 4 1 4 11 10 3 25
8 Pau 17 7 3 7 18 18 9 6 1 2 12 5 8 1 2 5 6 13 0 24
9 Niort 16 6 3 7 16 18 7 3 1 3 8 7 9 3 2 4 8 11 -2 21
10 Guingamp 17 5 6 6 21 24 8 3 2 3 13 13 9 2 4 3 8 11 -3 21
11 Grenoble Foot 38 17 6 3 8 16 21 9 5 1 3 13 10 8 1 2 5 3 11 -5 21
12 Nîmes 17 5 5 7 19 21 8 2 3 3 8 10 9 3 2 4 11 11 -2 20
13 Quevilly Rouen 17 5 5 7 16 22 8 2 3 3 7 10 9 3 2 4 9 12 -6 20
14 Valenciennes 17 5 5 7 13 22 8 2 1 5 7 15 9 3 4 2 6 7 -9 20
15 Dijon 17 6 1 10 19 25 9 4 1 4 12 12 8 2 0 6 7 13 -6 19
16 Amiens SC 17 3 9 5 18 17 9 2 4 3 10 8 8 1 5 2 8 9 1 18
17 Caen 17 4 6 7 18 19 9 2 1 6 10 11 8 2 5 1 8 8 -1 18
18 Bastia 17 4 6 7 14 17 8 2 6 0 7 3 9 2 0 7 7 14 -3 18
19 Dunkerque 17 4 4 9 14 22 9 2 3 4 6 9 8 2 1 5 8 13 -8 16
20 Nancy 17 2 6 9 13 28 8 1 3 4 5 14 9 1 3 5 8 14 -15 12

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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.