Stade René Gaillard: Niort vs Guingamp Ligue 2 full preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 01.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade René Gaillard (10406 seats)

Niort have fought quite a few losing battles for points this league season. Can the team get something to cheer about when Guingamp come to visit Stade René Gaillard?

Insights:
  • Niort have the most conceded goals (18) in Ligue 2
  • Guingamp have scored more than double the goals of Niort.

Both sides have had plenty of rest since their previous game. Let's aim for an animated game!

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Niort form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Niort have managed 1 win, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 4 games. The Niort manager N'Doh might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Niort haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 217 minutes ago. Boutobba scored that one.

The supporters are hoping that Niort will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the match against Amiens SC (placed 4th). Kilama was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.0 out of 10. The defender Kilama won 7 of 9 duels.

Preceding that match was the home game against Le Havre that was lost 0-1.

Niort have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. Niort have conceded 7 from these games.

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Guingamp form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Guingamp has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

The club members enjoyed Guingamp's previous match versus Saint-Étienne (placed 18th), a 2-1 win played at home. Attacker Livolant got a player rating of 8.31 in the game. "Man of the match" Livolant scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Metz at their stadium, the result 6-3.

A quick return to home after this game, as Guingamp are hosting Rodez in the Ligue 2 only three days away.

The Guingamp manager Dumont has got the team scoring on the road, with 10 away goals in 4 league matches.

Head 2 Head

Niort-Guingamp H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Niort three wins, Guingamp five wins, two draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GuingampJ. Livolant
J. Livolant
6 goals
NiortB. Boutobba
B. Boutobba
5 goals
GuingampM. Barthelmé
M. Barthelmé
2 goals

Niort missing players

Guingamp missing players

Niort Guingamp
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 0 4 8
2 1 0 Won W 0 3 5
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
6 3 1 Lost L 0 1 2
8 3 0 Scored S 0 10 17
18 7 1 Conceded C 0 8 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 88%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 75%
67% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 75%
22% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 38%
22% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 25%
44% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 62%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 38%
56% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 12%
 
4 3.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.2 3.8
4.3 4.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.2 3.4
2 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.8 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.8 9.5 6 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.5 10.4
3.7 3.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.5 4.6
24% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 56% 46%
 
10.7 10.2 5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10.2 9
4.9 5.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.2 4.5
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Guingamp have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Guingamp have scored more than double the goals of Niort.
  • Guingamp haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Niort have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Niort have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Niort have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the most conceded goals (18) in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Ligue 2
  • 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 Sochaux 9 6 1 2 17 5 5 3 1 1 10 3 4 3 0 1 7 2 12 19
2 Le Havre 9 5 3 1 16 5 5 2 3 0 6 3 4 3 0 1 10 2 11 18
3 Bordeaux 9 5 2 2 13 5 5 3 1 1 7 2 4 2 1 1 6 3 8 17
4 Amiens SC 9 5 2 2 12 9 5 4 1 0 9 2 4 1 1 2 3 7 3 17
5 Guingamp 8 5 1 2 17 11 4 2 1 1 7 3 4 3 0 1 10 8 6 16
6 Caen 9 4 3 2 14 9 4 3 1 0 9 3 5 1 2 2 5 6 5 15
7 Valenciennes 9 3 4 2 8 8 4 2 2 0 6 4 5 1 2 2 2 4 0 13
8 Bastia 9 4 1 4 10 13 5 3 0 2 5 4 4 1 1 2 5 9 -3 13
9 Grenoble Foot 38 9 3 3 3 6 8 5 3 1 1 6 4 4 0 2 2 0 4 -2 12
10 Metz 9 3 2 4 16 14 5 2 1 2 9 8 4 1 1 2 7 6 2 11
11 Dijon 9 3 2 4 9 12 5 2 1 2 6 8 4 1 1 2 3 4 -3 11
12 Paris 9 2 4 3 9 11 4 1 1 2 5 7 5 1 3 1 4 4 -2 10
13 Laval 9 3 1 5 12 15 4 0 1 3 5 9 5 3 0 2 7 6 -3 10
14 Pau 9 2 4 3 7 13 4 1 2 1 3 5 5 1 2 2 4 8 -6 10
15 Annecy 9 2 3 4 6 8 4 1 1 2 2 3 5 1 2 2 4 5 -2 9
16 Rodez 8 2 3 3 8 12 4 0 2 2 4 10 4 2 1 1 4 2 -4 9
17 Nîmes 9 2 2 5 9 13 4 2 1 1 2 1 5 0 1 4 7 12 -4 8
18 Saint-Étienne 9 2 4 3 16 17 4 2 1 1 8 7 5 0 3 2 8 10 -1 7
19 Quevilly Rouen 9 1 4 4 9 16 5 1 3 1 8 9 4 0 1 3 1 7 -7 7
20 Niort 9 2 1 6 8 18 4 1 0 3 3 7 5 1 1 3 5 11 -10 7

Read more about Ligue 2

Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.