Niort and Auxerre spectators can't wait for Ligue 2 clash at Stade René Gaillard

Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Fri 12.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade René Gaillard (11352 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Niort are in the 11th position while the guests worry at 15th.

Niort and Auxerre should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Niort form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Niort are 5-6-4 (wins-draw-losses). The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 15 attempts. Niort are slowly digging their own grave here at Stade René Gaillard with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Valenciennes match.

The home team returns to Stade René Gaillard after sharing the points with Le Havre on their last time out; the Ligue 2 game ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Niort lost 0-1 at home to Sochaux.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Niort handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W1-D2-L0.

Niort has scored 15 goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Niort have only conceded 14 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Auxerre form and stats

There's been little loot from Auxerre's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 16 away games. Auxerre only has 4 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 2 draws. Bitter travels for Auxerre as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Gazélec Ajaccio.

Auxerre's last game was the home draw against Metz (0-0). Prior to that match, the Auxerre manager C. Daury faced defeat in their match when travelling to Paris and losing 0-3.

Auxerre are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 16 defeats. From a total of 24 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Auxerre as they have only managed to score 15 times from 16 away games. As opposed to that, Auxerre have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Auxerre - Niort 0-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Niort won 4, Auxerre won 2 and 4 draws.

Top Goalscorers

A. Dona N'Doh
11 goals / 1 assists
R. Philippoteaux
4 goals / 3 assists
V. Jacob
3 goals / 1 assists

Niort missing players

Auxerre missing players

Niort Auxerre
Total Home Statistic Away Total
31 15 Played 16 31
27 15 Scored 15 29
32 14 Conceded 19 30
87% 93% Over 0.5 94% 81%
55% 60% Over 1.5 56% 55%
26% 20% Over 2.5 38% 32%
10% 7% Over 3.5 19% 16%
10% 7% Over 4.5 6% 6%
39% 47% Both teams to score 25% 19%
35% 33% Clean Sheet 25% 45%
39% 27% Failed To Score 56% 55%
Key stats this season:
  • Auxerre is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Metz 31 19 8 4 49 19 15 10 2 3 27 9 16 9 6 1 22 10 30 65
2 Brest 31 16 11 4 51 30 16 10 4 2 30 15 15 6 7 2 21 15 21 59
3 Paris 31 14 11 6 29 17 15 8 6 1 18 4 16 6 5 5 11 13 12 53
4 Lorient 31 15 8 8 41 30 16 8 6 2 23 14 15 7 2 6 18 16 11 53
5 Troyes 31 15 7 9 38 25 15 9 0 6 20 14 16 6 7 3 18 11 13 52
6 Lens 30 14 7 9 39 23 15 9 4 2 24 6 15 5 3 7 15 17 16 49
7 Orléans 31 14 6 11 46 41 16 6 4 6 19 19 15 8 2 5 27 22 5 48
8 Clermont 31 11 11 9 37 26 16 5 7 4 19 14 15 6 4 5 18 12 11 44
9 Le Havre 31 10 14 7 35 31 16 7 7 2 26 20 15 3 7 5 9 11 4 44
10 Grenoble Foot 38 31 11 9 11 35 37 16 7 4 5 15 14 15 4 5 6 20 23 -2 42
11 Niort 31 9 11 11 27 32 15 5 6 4 15 14 16 4 5 7 12 18 -5 38
12 Valenciennes 31 10 7 14 44 49 16 6 4 6 24 24 15 4 3 8 20 25 -5 37
13 Gazélec Ajaccio 31 9 10 12 26 43 16 5 4 7 12 20 15 4 6 5 14 23 -17 37
14 Ajaccio 31 8 11 12 27 38 15 5 7 3 16 13 16 3 4 9 11 25 -11 35
15 Auxerre 31 9 7 15 29 30 15 5 5 5 14 11 16 4 2 10 15 19 -1 34
16 Châteauroux 30 7 12 11 27 35 15 3 6 6 15 19 15 4 6 5 12 16 -8 33
17 Sochaux 31 9 6 16 20 36 15 6 2 7 11 17 16 3 4 9 9 19 -16 33
18 Nancy 31 9 5 17 29 41 15 4 2 9 11 19 16 5 3 8 18 22 -12 32
19 Béziers 31 6 9 16 19 37 15 1 8 6 7 15 16 5 1 10 12 22 -18 27
20 Red Star 31 5 8 18 21 49 16 5 1 10 13 29 15 0 7 8 8 20 -28 23

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