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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Tue 21.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Costières (18482 seats)

Ligue 2: Two contenders in reasonably good form get together for this game. Toulouse might have a small upper hand with their 2nd position in the table?

Insights:
  • Nîmes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Toulouse have the most scored goals (38) in Ligue 2

It's no vacation for neither Nîmes nor Toulouse as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Nîmes form and stats

3-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Nîmes so far this season. Nîmes has recorded two wins in a row here at Stade des Costières, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Nîmes are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-4 away versus Toulouse. Cubas (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.8/10. Cubas served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 32 successful passes (of 36 total).

Previous to that game, a Ligue 2 home match hosting Nancy in a game that was won 2-1.

Nîmes are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Nîmes's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Toulouse form and stats

4-4-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Toulouse, who have the most scored goals (38) in Ligue 2, in their Ligue 2 matches away.

Toulouse go into this game after a win, the home game against Nîmes that ended 4-1. Attacker Onaiwu got a player rating of 9.31 in the game. "Man of the match" Onaiwu scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Rodez.

Toulouse has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 9 games. Toulouse are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Data for the preceeding seven meetings involving these two sides are: two wins for Nîmes, two draws and three wins for Toulouse. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

ToulouseR. Healey
R. Healey
12 goals
NîmesY. Benrahou
Y. Benrahou
6 goals
NîmesM. Koné
M. Koné
5 goals

Nîmes missing players

Toulouse missing players

Nîmes Toulouse
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 4 9 18
6 3 0 Won W 1 4 9
5 3 0 Drew D 2 4 7
7 3 2 Lost L 1 1 2
21 10 0 Scored S 2 15 38
22 11 3 Conceded C 2 7 17
89% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 78% 89%
72% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 67% 72%
50% 56% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 44% 56%
17% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 50%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 28%
50% 56% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 44% 56%
28% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 56% 44%
33% 44% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 22% 11%
 
5.1 6.7 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7.5 6.1 6.7
4.5 3.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 4.2 3.5
2.3 2.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.9 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.4 9.7 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 11.2 11.2
3.6 3.8 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 5.1 4.9
33% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 33% 43%
 
11.3 10.4 10 Shots against (avg) S A 8.2 7.8 7.5
4.2 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 2.3 2.6
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Nîmes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nîmes have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Toulouse have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Toulouse have the most scored goals (15) away in Ligue 2
  • Toulouse have the most scored goals (38) in Ligue 2
  • Toulouse have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Ligue 2
  • Toulouse have the the best goal difference (+21) in Ligue 2
  • Toulouse have the the best goal difference (+8) away 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 Ajaccio 18 10 5 3 19 8 9 6 2 1 10 2 9 4 3 2 9 6 11 35
2 Toulouse 18 9 7 2 38 17 9 5 3 1 23 10 9 4 4 1 15 7 21 34
3 Auxerre 18 9 6 3 30 20 9 5 3 1 18 7 9 4 3 2 12 13 10 33
4 Paris 18 10 3 5 24 16 8 4 3 1 10 6 10 6 0 4 14 10 8 33
5 Sochaux 18 9 5 4 19 15 9 5 2 2 8 5 9 4 3 2 11 10 4 32
6 Le Havre 18 7 8 3 17 11 10 4 4 2 9 6 8 3 4 1 8 5 6 29
7 Rodez 18 7 5 6 20 17 8 3 3 2 8 6 10 4 2 4 12 11 3 26
8 Niort 18 7 4 7 20 21 8 4 1 3 10 8 10 3 3 4 10 13 -1 25
9 Pau 18 7 3 8 19 20 10 6 1 3 13 7 8 1 2 5 6 13 -1 24
10 Nîmes 18 6 5 7 21 22 9 3 3 3 10 11 9 3 2 4 11 11 -1 23
11 Quevilly Rouen 18 6 5 7 18 23 8 2 3 3 7 10 10 4 2 4 11 13 -5 23
12 Amiens SC 18 4 9 5 22 18 10 3 4 3 14 9 8 1 5 2 8 9 4 21
13 Caen 18 5 6 7 20 19 10 3 1 6 12 11 8 2 5 1 8 8 1 21
14 Guingamp 18 5 6 7 21 26 8 3 2 3 13 13 10 2 4 4 8 13 -5 21
15 Grenoble Foot 38 18 6 3 9 17 25 9 5 1 3 13 10 9 1 2 6 4 15 -8 21
16 Dijon 18 6 2 10 21 27 10 4 2 4 14 14 8 2 0 6 7 13 -6 20
17 Valenciennes 18 5 5 8 14 26 9 2 1 6 8 19 9 3 4 2 6 7 -12 20
18 Bastia 18 4 7 7 16 19 9 2 7 0 9 5 9 2 0 7 7 14 -3 19
19 Dunkerque 18 4 4 10 14 24 10 2 3 5 6 11 8 2 1 5 8 13 -10 16
20 Nancy 18 2 6 10 14 30 8 1 3 4 5 14 10 1 3 6 9 16 -16 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.