The guesting Amiens SC side should be odds-on favourites at Niort, as the visitors own a 13 point advantage from their 20 league fixtures this season.
- Niort have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Ligue 2
- 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.
Niort form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Niort, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Ligue 2, at their home stadium (Stade René Gaillard) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Niort are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Nîmes. The striker Boutobba bested all the other footballers in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.65 out of 10. Boutobba scored one goal and hit three key passes.
Before that game, a home loss in the Coupe de France against Auxerre.
The manager de Almeida will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Dijon in only three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Niort here at Stade René Gaillard in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 10 games). Niort have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Amiens SC form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Amiens SC playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season. The last three matches for Amiens SC have all ended in a draw.
Amiens delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Le Havre (placed 1st) in their previous match. Weird, but true: this team has finished three consecutive league matches with the result 1-1! Gélin got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, top player of the team. Gélin hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 47 successful passes (of 53 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Bordeaux.Amiens SC have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Amiens SC have avoided a loss in the last 5 matches (3-2-0) against Niort.Amiens SC - Niort 3-0 was the end result in these sides' previous H2H game, earlier this season. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Boutobba 9 goals |   T. Arokodare 6 goals |  M. Fofana 3 goals |
Niort missing players
Amiens SC missing players
| Niort | Amiens SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| 32 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 21 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 65% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | 75% |
| 55% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 35% |
| 15% | 10% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 15% | 10% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 50% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 30% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | 20% |
| 4 | 4.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5 |
| 1.8 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.3 | 8.7 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 9.2 | 10.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 24% | 21% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | 28% |
| 9.5 | 9.2 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 9.4 | 8.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.4 |
- Amiens SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Amiens SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Niort have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Ligue 2
- Niort have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Ligue 2
- Niort have the the worst goal difference (-15) 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 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 43 |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 36 |
| 3 | Sochaux | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Metz | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Bastia | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 31 |
| 6 | Amiens SC | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 30 |
| 8 | Caen | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Quevilly Rouen | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 28 |
| 10 | Guingamp | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | -2 | 27 |
| 11 | Paris | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -4 | 27 |
| 12 | Valenciennes | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 26 |
| 13 | Annecy | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 14 | Laval | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 24 |
| 15 | Pau | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 23 |
| 16 | Dijon | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 21 |
| 17 | Rodez | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -9 | 19 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -10 | 19 |
| 19 | Saint-Étienne | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -6 | 18 |
| 20 | Niort | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 17 |
