Match preview: 22 points separate the contenders before this game, Caen having performed best. Will Niort take the guests by surprise?
- Niort have the most conceded goals (51) in Ligue 2
This should be an interesting match with lots of action and excitement as both squads are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
Niort form and stats
Niort have collected 17 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 5-2-8.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 272 minutes without scoring a league goal. Rocheteau was the last player to find the net.
Niort shared the glory with Valenciennes in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Bernard was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.3 out of 10. The defender Bernard hit one key pass and won 4 of 7 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Sochaux with the scoreline 0-3.Niort has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Niort have conceded 26 from these games. When Niort hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Valenciennes, Annecy, Pau, Nîmes, Laval and Dijon), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Caen form and stats
Caen have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 3-5-7 (15 played). Caen seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Caen had fun at their own home (Stade René Gaillard) last time out, beating Paris 3-1. Mendy and Kyeremeh scored. Mendy has bagged at least one goal for the away side four games in a row. The flair! Defender Cissé was the best team player with a rating of 7.35. Cissé won 1 of 3 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Quevilly Rouen wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Take note that 8 of this team's 10 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Caen as they have only managed to score 14 times from 15 away games in the league. 22 goals have been conceded by Caen in these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest head to head match ended Caen - Niort 1-0, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Niort three wins, two draws and Caen five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Mendy 15 goals |   B. Boutobba 10 goals |  G. Kyeremeh 5 goals |
Niort missing players
Caen missing players
| Niort | Caen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| 27 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 40 |
| 51 | 26 | 9 | Conceded | C | 9 | 22 | 33 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 87% |
| 65% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 73% | 68% |
| 55% | 67% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 47% | 48% |
| 23% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 20% | 26% |
| 16% | 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| 45% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 60% | 58% |
| 13% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 13% | 26% |
| 52% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 33% | 29% |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.3 | 10.6 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.2 | 11 |
| 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
| 26% | 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 33% | 33% |
| 11.7 | 11.4 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 9.5 | 8.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
- Niort have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Niort have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Ligue 2
- Niort have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Ligue 2
- Niort have the most conceded goals (26) at home in Ligue 2
- Niort have the most conceded goals (51) in Ligue 2
- Niort have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Ligue 2
- Niort have the the worst goal difference (-24) in Ligue 2
- Niort have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home 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 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 64 |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 56 |
| 3 | Metz | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 48 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 21 | 55 |
| 4 | Sochaux | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 51 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 52 |
| 5 | Bastia | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 51 |
| 6 | Caen | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 49 |
| 7 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 47 |
| 8 | Quevilly Rouen | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 43 |
| 9 | Guingamp | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 42 |
| 10 | Paris | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | -4 | 40 |
| 11 | Amiens SC | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -7 | 40 |
| 12 | Saint-Etienne | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 2 | 39 |
| 13 | Rodez | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 38 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -7 | 37 |
| 14 | Pau | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -9 | 37 |
| 15 | Annecy | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -10 | 36 |
| 16 | Valenciennes | 31 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 33 | 41 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 21 | -8 | 34 |
| 17 | Laval | 31 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 33 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 25 | -13 | 31 |
| 18 | Dijon | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 23 | -10 | 30 |
| 19 | Nîmes | 31 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 30 | -13 | 29 |
| 20 | Niort | 31 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 51 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 25 | -24 | 27 |
