Niort vs Amiens SC match preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Fri 08.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade René Gaillard (10406 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Niort in 9th and Amiens SC in 10th place.

Insights:
  • Niort have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Amiens SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Niort and Amiens SC.

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Niort form and stats

Niort have collected 15 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 4-3-1.

Niort travelled for their previous game, a trip to Rodez that ended 1-1. Prior to that, an away loss at Troyes.

Niort has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Niort are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade René Gaillard in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Amiens SC form and stats

Playing away, Amiens SC have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Guingamp (placed 16th) in their previous outing. The Ligue 2 match ended in a draw 2-2. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Ajaccio.

Amiens find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Amiens SC have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Niort, one draw and four wins for Amiens SC. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

NiortP. Bâ
P. Bâ
8 goals
Amiens SCJ. Mendoza Valencia
J. Mendoza Valencia
4 goals
NiortO. Kemen
O. Kemen
3 goals

Niort missing players

Amiens SC missing players

Niort Amiens SC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 4 9 18
7 4 2 Won W 2 3 6
4 3 0 Drew D 0 2 6
6 1 0 Lost L 2 4 6
20 11 5 Scored S 4 10 16
24 5 0 Conceded C 2 9 14
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 83%
65% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 50%
41% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 28%
24% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 6%
18% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
41% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 39%
41% 62% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 44%
24% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.8 2.4
4 2 0 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
8.4 9 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.4 9.2
3.2 3.9 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.2 3.7
37% 35% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 26% 24%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Amiens SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Niort have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Troyes 18 11 4 3 27 14 9 7 2 0 15 5 9 4 2 3 12 9 13 37
2 Toulouse 18 10 5 3 35 21 10 5 3 2 19 13 8 5 2 1 16 8 14 35
3 Grenoble Foot 38 18 10 4 4 25 13 8 7 1 0 18 4 10 3 3 4 7 9 12 34
4 Clermont 18 9 6 3 25 10 9 5 3 1 15 5 9 4 3 2 10 5 15 33
5 Auxerre 18 9 5 4 35 20 10 6 2 2 23 9 8 3 3 2 12 11 15 32
6 Paris 18 9 4 5 25 19 9 5 2 2 12 9 9 4 2 3 13 10 6 31
7 Sochaux 18 6 9 3 25 17 9 4 3 2 17 13 9 2 6 1 8 4 8 27
8 Caen 18 7 6 5 18 19 9 4 4 1 8 7 9 3 2 4 10 12 -1 27
9 Niort 17 7 4 6 20 24 8 4 3 1 11 5 9 3 1 5 9 19 -4 25
10 Amiens SC 18 6 6 6 16 14 9 3 4 2 6 5 9 3 2 4 10 9 2 24
11 Le Havre 18 6 5 7 17 23 8 2 4 2 6 6 10 4 1 5 11 17 -6 23
12 Valenciennes 17 5 6 6 20 22 9 3 3 3 10 10 8 2 3 3 10 12 -2 21
13 Ajaccio 18 5 6 7 15 22 9 3 3 3 8 9 9 2 3 4 7 13 -7 21
14 Dunkerque 18 6 2 10 15 21 9 3 2 4 9 9 9 3 0 6 6 12 -6 20
15 Nancy 18 4 5 9 22 28 8 2 3 3 14 16 10 2 2 6 8 12 -6 17
16 Guingamp 18 3 8 7 18 24 9 2 4 3 10 11 9 1 4 4 8 13 -6 17
17 Chambly 18 3 7 8 18 28 10 3 1 6 9 14 8 0 6 2 9 14 -10 16
18 Rodez 18 2 9 7 15 26 10 2 4 4 9 13 8 0 5 3 6 13 -11 15
19 Pau 18 3 5 10 14 27 8 2 3 3 7 9 10 1 2 7 7 18 -13 14
20 Châteauroux 18 3 4 11 12 25 9 2 1 6 6 13 9 1 3 5 6 12 -13 13

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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.