Ligue 2: Niort - Le Havre preview and statistics

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Fri 10.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Rene Gaillard (10406 seats)

Niort hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 17 points and a 18th position in the Ligue 2 table. Visiting Le Havre holds 7th place with 29 pts.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Niort form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Ligue 2 this season. Niort have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stade Rene Gaillard. It's trouble wherever Niort are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Niort's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Saint-Pierroise. A Ligue 2 defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Lens.

Niort have scored 8 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. 10 goals have been conceded.

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Le Havre form and stats

The visitors are W4-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.

There were no winners in Le Havre's previous match, a Ligue 2 home game that ended 1-1 vs Chambly (placed 16th). A 1-2 defeat away at Clermont before that.

Le Havre are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 10 away games so far. Le Havre have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Le Havre - Niort 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 Niort victory, 7 draws and 2 Le Havre wins. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 9 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Le HavreT. Kadewere
T. Kadewere
17 goals
NiortI. Sissoko
I. Sissoko
8 goals
Le HavreJ. Thiaré
J. Thiaré
5 goals

Niort missing players

Le Havre missing players

Niort Le Havre
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 5 Played P 2 10 19
4 2 1 Won W 0 4 7
5 3 2 Drew D 1 3 8
10 4 2 Lost L 1 3 4
16 8 3 Scored S 2 15 29
24 10 5 Conceded C 4 13 20
95% 89% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 89%
58% 67% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 84%
32% 33% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 70% 53%
16% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 32%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
42% 33% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 58%
21% 22% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 26%
42% 56% 60% Failed to Score F T 50% 30% 26%
 
3.7 3.3 3.8 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 4.6 4.7
5.6 6 6.4 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 5.9 5
2 1.7 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 1.9
4 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 3 5
 
157 76 38 Total Shots T S 16 114 229
60 31 11 Shots on Target S O 3 36 77
27% 26% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 42% 38%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Le Havre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Niort have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Lens 19 12 4 3 30 15 9 7 1 1 15 4 10 5 3 2 15 11 15 40
2 Lorient 19 12 3 4 30 15 9 6 1 2 13 5 10 6 2 2 17 10 15 39
3 Troyes 19 12 2 5 22 16 10 6 0 4 13 13 9 6 2 1 9 3 6 38
4 Ajaccio 19 9 6 4 23 15 9 3 4 2 9 7 10 6 2 2 14 8 8 33
5 Valenciennes 19 8 6 5 15 11 10 5 3 2 10 5 9 3 3 3 5 6 4 30
6 Clermont 19 8 6 5 20 18 9 3 3 3 10 9 10 5 3 2 10 9 2 30
7 Le Havre 19 7 8 4 29 20 9 3 5 1 14 7 10 4 3 3 15 13 9 29
8 Guingamp 19 7 6 6 32 24 10 3 4 3 15 11 9 4 2 3 17 13 8 27
9 Sochaux 19 7 6 6 20 15 10 5 3 2 14 5 9 2 3 4 6 10 5 27
10 Nancy 19 5 12 2 19 15 10 5 5 0 13 5 9 0 7 2 6 10 4 27
11 Grenoble Foot 38 19 5 11 3 19 17 9 2 6 1 8 7 10 3 5 2 11 10 2 26
12 Rodez 19 6 3 10 23 26 9 5 1 3 17 12 10 1 2 7 6 14 -3 21
13 Caen 19 4 9 6 19 23 10 2 5 3 8 12 9 2 4 3 11 11 -4 21
14 Auxerre 19 4 8 7 21 21 10 3 5 2 14 10 9 1 3 5 7 11 0 20
15 Le Mans 19 6 2 11 23 32 10 4 1 5 13 14 9 2 1 6 10 18 -9 20
16 Chambly 19 5 5 9 15 25 10 2 3 5 6 15 9 3 2 4 9 10 -10 20
17 Châteauroux 19 4 6 9 12 25 9 1 3 5 5 13 10 3 3 4 7 12 -13 18
18 Niort 19 4 5 10 16 24 9 2 3 4 8 10 10 2 2 6 8 14 -8 17
19 Paris 19 4 3 12 10 28 9 2 1 6 6 17 10 2 2 6 4 11 -18 15
20 Orléans 19 2 7 10 15 28 10 1 2 7 5 16 9 1 5 3 10 12 -13 13

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.