Life has been a bit difficult for Nîmes so far, and you could say the same about Niort. These weathered teams have the opportunity for some much needed points here.
- Nîmes have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Ligue 2
- Niort have the fewest scored goals (15) in Ligue 2
Both participants have had time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's hope for an active match!
Nîmes form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Nîmes, who have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Ligue 2, have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 9 games. When Nîmes hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Rodez, Saint-Etienne, Pau, Nîmes, Laval and Dijon), they have won 2 of 2 matches! We have seen two home losses in a row now for Nîmes, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Nîmes faced defeat in their previous match, away at Le Havre (1-3). Fomba (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.32/10. Fomba scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 37 successful passes (of 43 total).
Preceding that match was the home game against Metz that was lost 1-4.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nîmes handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Nîmes are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 2 match at Guingamp awaits in three days.
Nîmes aren't scoring a lot here at Stade des Costières in the league, with only {7 goals} from 9 games. Nîmes are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade des Costières in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Nîmes has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Niort form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Niort so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-5 (win-draw-lose). Visiting Niort has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Coupe de France home loss versus Auxerre with 0-4 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Saint-Etienne.Niort are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 10 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Amiens SC in just three days.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Niort's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Niort - Nîmes 1-1 was the score in these squads' previous head-to-head fixture, played this season. Previous ten meetings featuring these sides: Nîmes won four, Niort were winners in four and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Boutobba 8 goals |   M. Tchokounté 7 goals |  M. Koné 3 goals |
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| Nîmes | Niort | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 28 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 29 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 58% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 63% |
| 42% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 53% |
| 32% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 53% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 47% |
| 32% | 56% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 56% | 53% |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 5.5 | 5.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.1 | 8.9 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 7.3 | 8.1 |
| 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 26% | 23% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 25% | 22% |
| 10.6 | 10.3 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 9.9 | 9.5 |
| 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 4.2 |
- Niort have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Niort have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Niort have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Ligue 2
- Niort have the fewest scored goals (15) in Ligue 2
- Niort have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Ligue 2
- Nîmes have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Nîmes have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Ligue 2
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Le Havre | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 42 |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Metz | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | Sochaux | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| 6 | Amiens SC | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Caen | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Bastia | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 28 |
| 9 | Paris | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | Quevilly Rouen | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 11 | Valenciennes | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Annecy | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 24 |
| 13 | Guingamp | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | -3 | 24 |
| 14 | Laval | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 23 |
| 15 | Pau | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 22 |
| 16 | Dijon | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 21 |
| 17 | Rodez | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -8 | 19 |
| 18 | Saint-Etienne | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -5 | 18 |
| 19 | Niort | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 17 |
| 20 | Nîmes | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 16 |
