Nîmes vs Valenciennes: Soccer match preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 06.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Costières (18482 seats)

Nîmes are hosting Valenciennes for another important fixture after their 3-2 result vs 14th-placed Pau.

Insights:
  • Valenciennes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It's quite the trip for Valenciennes when visiting Nîmes as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

Both teams have had plentiful rest since their last competitive action. Let's aim for an active game!

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Nîmes form and stats

8-1-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Nîmes so far this season. When Nîmes hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Niort, Annecy, Pau, Nîmes, Laval and Dijon), they have won 4 of 4 matches!

The Nîmes club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Pau and win 3-2. Finally, a league win after three fixtures without. Some amazing scenes last match, when Guessoum scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time. The forward Tchokounté edged out all the other footballers in that game and got a match rating of 8.45 out of 10. Tchokounté scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Heartbreak before that as Nîmes lost 0-3 at Paris's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Nîmes perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Nîmes as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Nîmes has won 5 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.

The Nîmes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 16 matches. On the other hand, Nîmes have conceded 17 goals.

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Valenciennes form and stats

Valenciennes have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 3-3-10 (16 played).

Valenciennes might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Bordeaux proved too strong as Valenciennes slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade du Hainaut. Linguet, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.03. Linguet won 7 of 11 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Amiens SC at their stadium, the result 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Valenciennes in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Valenciennes, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 21 goals have been conceded by Valenciennes in these games.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these parties face each other this season, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Valenciennes - Nîmes 3-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - one - one (Nîmes wins - draws - Valenciennes wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NîmesM. Tchokounté
M. Tchokounté
11 goals
ValenciennesA. Grbic
A. Grbic
7 goals
NîmesR. Said Ahamada
R. Said Ahamada
5 goals

Nîmes missing players

Valenciennes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nîmes Valenciennes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 5 16 33
9 8 4 Won W 1 3 8
5 1 0 Drew D 0 3 13
19 7 0 Lost L 4 10 12
35 20 11 Scored S 3 10 35
50 17 4 Conceded C 6 21 43
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 88%
67% 56% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 56% 64%
45% 38% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 31% 39%
30% 25% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 27%
18% 19% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
48% 31% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 38% 52%
24% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 27%
33% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 44% 33%
 
3.4 3.2 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.8 3.2
4.9 4.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 5 5
1.6 1.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.6 1.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.1 10.7 14 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 8.4 8.3
3.8 4.3 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 3.4 3.7
28% 29% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 19% 28%
 
11.6 10.9 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10 11.7 12.1
4.3 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.4 4.3
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Valenciennes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 Le Havre 33 18 14 1 43 15 16 9 7 0 21 7 17 9 7 1 22 8 28 68
2 Bordeaux 33 18 8 7 47 26 16 10 4 2 24 9 17 8 4 5 23 17 21 62
3 Metz 33 16 11 6 52 29 17 8 7 2 24 13 16 8 4 4 28 16 23 59
4 Bastia 33 15 8 10 40 36 17 10 3 4 23 13 16 5 5 6 17 23 4 53
5 Sochaux 32 15 7 10 52 31 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 3 7 21 17 21 52
6 Caen 33 14 10 9 43 36 17 10 5 2 27 13 16 4 5 7 16 23 7 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 33 14 8 11 32 30 17 9 4 4 18 13 16 5 4 7 14 17 2 50
8 Guingamp 33 12 9 12 43 42 17 6 3 8 23 23 16 6 6 4 20 19 1 45
9 Quevilly Rouen 33 11 12 10 37 36 17 6 8 3 27 21 16 5 4 7 10 15 1 45
10 Paris 33 12 8 13 40 41 16 5 3 8 20 21 17 7 5 5 20 20 -1 44
11 Saint-Étienne 33 12 10 11 51 49 16 7 4 5 25 23 17 5 6 6 26 26 2 43
12 Rodez 33 10 11 12 35 39 17 4 6 7 16 24 16 6 5 5 19 15 -4 41
13 Amiens SC 33 11 8 14 34 43 16 7 3 6 17 17 17 4 5 8 17 26 -9 41
14 Pau 33 10 10 13 30 39 16 5 6 5 14 17 17 5 4 8 16 22 -9 40
15 Valenciennes 33 8 13 12 35 43 17 5 10 2 25 22 16 3 3 10 10 21 -8 37
16 Annecy 33 9 10 14 34 47 16 7 3 6 15 17 17 2 7 8 19 30 -13 37
17 Laval 33 10 4 19 36 50 16 6 2 8 21 22 17 4 2 11 15 28 -14 34
18 Nîmes 33 9 5 19 35 50 16 8 1 7 20 17 17 1 4 12 15 33 -15 32
19 Dijon 32 7 10 15 29 39 17 6 6 5 17 16 15 1 4 10 12 23 -10 31
20 Niort 33 7 6 20 28 55 16 5 2 9 18 28 17 2 4 11 10 27 -27 27

Nîmes:
Table
  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 33 18 14 1 43 15 16 9 7 0 21 7 17 9 7 1 22 8 28 68
2 Bordeaux 33 18 8 7 47 26 16 10 4 2 24 9 17 8 4 5 23 17 21 62
3 Metz 33 16 11 6 52 29 17 8 7 2 24 13 16 8 4 4 28 16 23 59
4 Bastia 33 15 8 10 40 36 17 10 3 4 23 13 16 5 5 6 17 23 4 53
5 Sochaux 32 15 7 10 52 31 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 3 7 21 17 21 52
6 Caen 33 14 10 9 43 36 17 10 5 2 27 13 16 4 5 7 16 23 7 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 33 14 8 11 32 30 17 9 4 4 18 13 16 5 4 7 14 17 2 50
8 Guingamp 33 12 9 12 43 42 17 6 3 8 23 23 16 6 6 4 20 19 1 45
9 Quevilly Rouen 33 11 12 10 37 36 17 6 8 3 27 21 16 5 4 7 10 15 1 45
10 Paris 33 12 8 13 40 41 16 5 3 8 20 21 17 7 5 5 20 20 -1 44
11 Saint-Étienne 33 12 10 11 51 49 16 7 4 5 25 23 17 5 6 6 26 26 2 43
12 Rodez 33 10 11 12 35 39 17 4 6 7 16 24 16 6 5 5 19 15 -4 41
13 Amiens SC 33 11 8 14 34 43 16 7 3 6 17 17 17 4 5 8 17 26 -9 41
14 Pau 33 10 10 13 30 39 16 5 6 5 14 17 17 5 4 8 16 22 -9 40
15 Valenciennes 33 8 13 12 35 43 17 5 10 2 25 22 16 3 3 10 10 21 -8 37
16 Annecy 33 9 10 14 34 47 16 7 3 6 15 17 17 2 7 8 19 30 -13 37
17 Laval 33 10 4 19 36 50 16 6 2 8 21 22 17 4 2 11 15 28 -14 34
18 Nîmes 33 9 5 19 35 50 16 8 1 7 20 17 17 1 4 12 15 33 -15 32
19 Dijon 32 7 10 15 29 39 17 6 6 5 17 16 15 1 4 10 12 23 -10 31
20 Niort 33 7 6 20 28 55 16 5 2 9 18 28 17 2 4 11 10 27 -27 27

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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.