Top-notch Auxerre land at Niort after their 1-1-result against Nancy. Get out our thorough match preview!
The hosts Niort saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Ligue 2. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Grenoble Foot 38.
Niort form and stats
The complete Ligue 2 results at home this season for Niort are 6-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Niort are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Grenoble Foot 38. Defender Passi got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.31/10. Passi won 7 of 11 duels.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Amiens SC.Niort are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. From these home matches, Niort have conceded only 8 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Auxerre form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 5 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. Visiting Auxerre has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
There were no winners in Auxerre's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Nancy (placed 20th). Midfielder Sakhi was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.8. Sakhi hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 48 successful passes (of 57 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Guingamp.Auxerre are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 12 games (in the league). 14 goals have been conceded by Auxerre in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The former head to head game ended Auxerre - Niort 4-0, earlier this season. Stats for the prior ten meetings involving these two contenders are: two wins for Niort, three draws and five wins for Auxerre. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Charbonnier 13 goals |   I. Sissoko 6 goals |  B. Boutobba 5 goals |
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| Niort | Auxerre | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 28 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 36 |
| 25 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 83% | 82% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 83% |
| 67% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 46% | 36% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 42% | 54% |
| 21% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 33% |
| 4% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 33% | 27% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 54% |
| 42% | 55% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 42% | 42% |
| 42% | 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 3.4 | 4.1 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 6 | 5.5 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8.2 | 9.2 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.8 | 9.5 |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 34% | 36% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 30% |
| 8.5 | 8.3 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 8.8 | 8.5 |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Toulouse | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 52 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 31 | 48 |
| 2 | Paris | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 47 |
| 3 | Sochaux | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 44 |
| 4 | Ajaccio | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 42 |
| 5 | Auxerre | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 39 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 35 |
| 7 | Niort | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 35 |
| 8 | Nîmes | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | -2 | 32 |
| 9 | Pau | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -2 | 32 |
| 10 | Guingamp | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 30 |
| 11 | Amiens SC | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 29 |
| 12 | Caen | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 29 |
| 13 | Dijon | 24 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 29 |
| 14 | Rodez | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -5 | 29 |
| 15 | Bastia | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 28 |
| 16 | Quevilly Rouen | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -11 | 28 |
| 17 | Valenciennes | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -10 | 26 |
| 18 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | -12 | 25 |
| 19 | Dunkerque | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 24 |
| 20 | Nancy | 24 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -27 | 17 |
