Betting preview: Niort vs Le Havre should be interesting

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade René Gaillard (10406 seats)

It's looking good for Niort at this point, with their 6th position in the Ligue 2 table and anticipating the visit of Le Havre (who are sitting at 7th).

Insights:
  • Niort have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Le Havre have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Ligue 2

Niort have less rest than Le Havre in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Ligue 2 game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Dunkerque, was also a home game here at Stade René Gaillard. The away team is better rested.

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Niort form and stats

6 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Niort have to build on here at Stade René Gaillard in the Ligue 2. Niort are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Quentin Braat not having conceded a league goal in 276 minutes.

Niort's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Dunkerque (placed 19th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Boutobba (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.82/10. Boutobba scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Caen.

Niort have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade René Gaillard with 15 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Niort have conceded only 8 goals.

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Le Havre form and stats

The visitors are W4-D5-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.

Le Havre delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Rodez (placed 11th) in their previous game. Midfielder Boura was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.43. Boura dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times.

A 2-2 draw at Paris's stadium before that.

Le Havre find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Le Havre are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the squads played each other previously this season; Le Havre - Niort 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Niort two wins, four draws and Le Havre four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NiortB. Boutobba
B. Boutobba
5 goals
NiortI. Sissoko
I. Sissoko
5 goals
Le HavreQ. Cornette
Q. Cornette
5 goals

Niort missing players

Le Havre missing players

Niort Le Havre
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 3 10 22
10 6 2 Won W 2 4 8
4 1 1 Drew D 1 5 10
7 3 1 Lost L 0 1 4
27 15 5 Scored S 7 13 22
21 8 2 Conceded C 4 9 16
86% 90% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 77%
71% 70% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 50%
48% 40% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 40% 27%
19% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 30% 14%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 10% 5%
33% 30% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 41%
43% 50% 75% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 45%
38% 30% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 36%
 
3.3 4.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 2.5 3.8
6 5.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.4 4.7
1.6 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.8 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
8.4 9.7 11 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 8.6 8.5
3.6 4 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.7 3.3
36% 38% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 35% 31%
 
8.7 8.1 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.3 9.6 7.8
3.3 3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.5 3
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Le Havre have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Le Havre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Le Havre have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Ligue 2
  • Le Havre have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Niort have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Toulouse 22 11 9 2 45 19 11 6 4 1 28 11 11 5 5 1 17 8 26 42
2 Ajaccio 22 12 6 4 21 10 11 7 3 1 11 2 11 5 3 3 10 8 11 42
3 Paris 22 12 5 5 30 20 10 5 4 1 13 8 12 7 1 4 17 12 10 41
4 Sochaux 22 11 7 4 24 18 11 6 3 2 12 8 11 5 4 2 12 10 6 40
5 Auxerre 22 10 7 5 34 25 11 5 3 3 21 12 11 5 4 2 13 13 9 37
6 Niort 21 10 4 7 27 21 10 6 1 3 15 8 11 4 3 4 12 13 6 34
7 Le Havre 22 8 10 4 22 16 12 4 5 3 9 7 10 4 5 1 13 9 6 34
8 Nîmes 22 9 5 8 29 26 11 4 3 4 13 14 11 5 2 4 16 12 3 32
9 Dijon 22 9 2 11 28 29 12 5 2 5 16 16 10 4 0 6 12 13 -1 29
10 Pau 22 8 4 10 24 27 12 7 1 4 17 10 10 1 3 6 7 17 -3 28
11 Rodez 22 7 7 8 20 23 10 3 4 3 8 8 12 4 3 5 12 15 -3 28
12 Guingamp 22 6 8 8 24 31 10 4 3 3 15 14 12 2 5 5 9 17 -7 26
13 Amiens SC 22 5 10 7 26 21 12 4 4 4 17 10 10 1 6 3 9 11 5 25
14 Caen 22 6 7 9 26 26 12 4 1 7 14 13 10 2 6 2 12 13 0 25
15 Valenciennes 22 6 7 9 23 31 11 3 2 6 15 21 11 3 5 3 8 10 -8 25
16 Quevilly Rouen 22 6 7 9 21 30 10 2 5 3 10 13 12 4 2 6 11 17 -9 25
17 Bastia 22 5 9 8 20 21 11 3 8 0 12 5 11 2 1 8 8 16 -1 24
18 Grenoble Foot 38 21 6 4 11 17 27 10 5 1 4 13 11 11 1 3 7 4 16 -10 22
19 Dunkerque 22 4 6 12 16 29 12 2 5 5 7 12 10 2 1 7 9 17 -13 18
20 Nancy 22 3 6 13 17 44 10 2 3 5 7 18 12 1 3 8 10 26 -27 15

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.