With their 12 point advantage in the league table, Niort fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Châteauroux.
- Châteauroux has the fewest points (6) away in Ligue 2
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 Châteauroux.
Niort form and stats
4 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Niort have to build on here at Stade René Gaillard in the Ligue 2. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Niort has four draws from their last four matches.
An away draw last time out for Niort, facing Paris in a game that ended 3-3. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Le Havre that ended 0-0.
Niort salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Paris, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Ibnu Ba equalizing. A goal frenzy last time out for Niort, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Paris. Fun stuff to watch!
The Niort fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Niort have conceded only 10 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Châteauroux form and stats
Châteauroux, who have the fewest points (6) away in Ligue 2, have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 1-3-7 (11 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
Châteauroux go into this game after a win, the home game against Chambly that ended 4-0. A 0-1 defeat away at Amiens SC before that.
As mentioned above, Châteauroux was the only team on the pitch versus Chambly in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
The attacking power of Châteauroux when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 11 league matches away. In the opposite end, Châteauroux have conceded 17 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Châteauroux - Niort 2-0 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Niort victories, two draws and five Châteauroux wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Bâ 11 goals |   R. Mulumba 4 goals |  O. Kemen 3 goals |
Niort missing players
Châteauroux missing players
| Niort | Châteauroux | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 26 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| 35 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 36 |
| 91% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 70% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 73% | 74% |
| 43% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 48% |
| 26% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 13% |
| 43% | 27% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 55% | 48% |
| 35% | 55% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 9% | 17% |
| 30% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 36% | 39% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7.8 | 8.3 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 8 | 9.3 |
| 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
| 41% | 33% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 22% | 26% |
- Châteauroux has the fewest points (6) away in Ligue 2
- Châteauroux have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Châteauroux haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 47 |
| 2 | Toulouse | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 45 |
| 3 | Clermont | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 21 | 43 |
| 4 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 41 |
| 5 | Auxerre | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 39 |
| 6 | Paris | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 37 |
| 7 | Valenciennes | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 35 |
| 8 | Amiens SC | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 31 |
| 9 | Ajaccio | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 31 |
| 10 | Sochaux | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 29 |
| 11 | Caen | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -5 | 29 |
| 12 | Niort | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 25 | -9 | 29 |
| 13 | Le Havre | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 27 |
| 14 | Dunkerque | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -10 | 25 |
| 15 | Rodez | 23 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 24 |
| 16 | Chambly | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 21 | -12 | 23 |
| 17 | Nancy | 23 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 22 |
| 18 | Guingamp | 23 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -7 | 22 |
| 19 | Pau | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -14 | 20 |
| 20 | Châteauroux | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -14 | 17 |