Niort are counting on their home advantage to support them to win this game hosting Grenoble Foot 38. Who wins at Stade René Gaillard?
- Niort have the fewest scored goals (8) in Ligue 2
- Grenoble Foot 38 have yet to win a game away.
Niort and Grenoble Foot 38 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.
Niort form and stats
Niort, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in Ligue 2, have played 5 Ligue 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 397 minutes without scoring a league goal. Boutobba was the last player to find the net.
In their previous game, the manager N'Doh led his Niort to a defeat away at Caen. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade René Gaillard. Kilama, defender, was given a rating of 7.34/10 in that game, top of the team. Kilama won 9 of 16 duels.
Before that, Niort drew at home versus Guingamp.This is expected to be a close game, with Niort perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Niort as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Niort has won 4 of these, drawn 4 and lost 6.
Niort have scored {3 league goals} here from 5 matches, not a lot. Niort have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Grenoble Foot 38 form and stats
Playing away, Grenoble Foot 38 have won 0 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season.
Grenoble Foot 38 are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the match against Laval (placed 17th). Attacker Sanyang got a player rating of 7.94 in the game. "Man of the match" Sanyang scored two goals.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Saint-Etienne.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Grenoble Foot 38 in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Grenoble, 5 draws and 6 defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Grenoble Foot 38's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 5 matches. As opposed to that, Grenoble Foot 38 have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Niort one win, four draws and Grenoble Foot 38 five victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Boutobba 5 goals |   A. Sanyang 5 goals |  J. Tell 2 goals |
Niort missing players
Grenoble Foot 38 missing players
| Niort | Grenoble Foot 38 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 19 | 7 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 91% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 60% | 73% |
| 55% | 40% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 45% |
| 55% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 45% |
| 18% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 27% |
| 18% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 36% | 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 20% | 36% |
| 9% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 64% | 60% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 80% | 45% |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 2 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.3 | 8.8 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 3.8 | 6.2 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.2 | 3.1 |
| 22% | 18% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 18% | 32% |
| 10.1 | 9.4 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 11 | 12 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
- Grenoble Foot 38 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Grenoble Foot 38 have yet to win a game away.
- Niort have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Niort have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Ligue 2
- Niort have the fewest scored goals (8) in Ligue 2
- Niort have the the worst goal difference (-11) 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 | Bordeaux | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 2 | Amiens SC | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | Le Havre | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 22 |
| 4 | Sochaux | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 5 | Valenciennes | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | Caen | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Guingamp | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 8 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Bastia | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 16 |
| 10 | Metz | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 11 | Paris | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 13 |
| 12 | Quevilly Rouen | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Annecy | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Dijon | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 15 | Rodez | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | Pau | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 17 | Laval | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 18 | Saint-Etienne | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 8 |
| 19 | Nîmes | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 8 |
| 20 | Niort | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 8 |
