3rd position in the Ligue 2 table for Niort so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 12th-placed Dunkerque visits Stade René Gaillard.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Niort form and stats
Niort have collected 8 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 2-2-0.
Niort enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sochaux's place. The match ended 4-3 with Dylan Louiserre (2), Ibno Ba and Bilal Boutobba scoring. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Pau (1-4).
A goal frenzy last time out for Niort, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Sochaux. Fun stuff to watch!
A decent goal production from Niort in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. Niort are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade René Gaillard in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Dunkerque form and stats
2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Dunkerque playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ligue 2 home defeat versus Paris with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Chambly at their stadium, the result 1-0.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Dunkerque have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Bâ 4 goals | O. Kemen 3 goals |  D. Louiserre 2 goals |
Niort missing players
Dunkerque missing players
| Niort | Dunkerque | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 91 | 45 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 33 | 59 |
| 33 | 18 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| 42% | 39% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 47% |
- Dunkerque have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dunkerque haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Niort have not yet lost a game at home.
- Niort have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Niort have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Niort have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Niort haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 25 |
| 2 | Troyes | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Niort | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 4 | Caen | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 5 | Clermont | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Auxerre | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Le Havre | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 9 | Toulouse | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 10 | Sochaux | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 11 | Valenciennes | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Dunkerque | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Guingamp | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 14 | Nancy | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 15 | Amiens SC | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 16 | Ajaccio | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 10 |
| 17 | Pau | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 18 | Rodez | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 9 |
| 19 | Châteauroux | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 20 | Chambly | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -12 | 6 |