Ligue 2 duel: Close contest expected between Niort and Le Havre

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 30.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade René Gaillard (10406 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Niort in 11th and Le Havre in 13th place.

Insights:
  • Le Havre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The hosts Niort saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Ligue 2. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Chambly.

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Niort form and stats

Niort have played 10 Ligue 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-3 (wins-draws-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Niort, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

An away draw last time out for Niort, facing Chambly in a game that ended 1-1. Preceding that game was the away draw at Nancy that finished 2-2.

Niort are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 2 match at Paris awaits in three days.

Niort are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Niort's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Le Havre form and stats

The visitors are W4-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.

Havre's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Guingamp that finished 1-1. A 0-1 loss hosting Paris before that.

After this away game Havre return home for a Ligue 2 game against Nancy. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Havre find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Le Havre have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Le Havre - Niort 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Niort victories, five draws and three Le Havre wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NiortP. Bâ
P. Bâ
10 goals
NiortO. Kemen
O. Kemen
3 goals
NiortD. Louiserre
D. Louiserre
3 goals

Niort missing players

Le Havre missing players

Niort Le Havre
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 3 11 21
7 4 2 Won W 0 4 6
6 3 0 Drew D 2 2 7
8 3 2 Lost L 1 5 8
23 11 5 Scored S 1 11 18
32 10 5 Conceded C 5 17 26
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 91% 90%
71% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 62%
43% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 29%
24% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 27% 14%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 5%
43% 30% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 43%
33% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 36% 33%
29% 30% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 36% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 2
6 2 0 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
8 8.7 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 7.1 7.1
3 3.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.3 3
39% 34% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 31% 29%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Le Havre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Troyes 21 13 5 3 30 15 10 8 2 0 17 6 11 5 3 3 13 9 15 44
2 Toulouse 21 12 6 3 40 23 11 6 3 2 21 13 10 6 3 1 19 10 17 42
3 Clermont 21 11 7 3 31 10 11 7 3 1 21 5 10 4 4 2 10 5 21 40
4 Grenoble Foot 38 21 11 5 5 29 17 10 8 2 0 22 6 11 3 3 5 7 11 12 38
5 Auxerre 21 10 6 5 41 24 11 7 2 2 27 10 10 3 4 3 14 14 17 36
6 Paris 21 10 5 6 30 24 11 6 3 2 17 12 10 4 2 4 13 12 6 35
7 Valenciennes 21 8 7 6 30 25 10 4 3 3 12 10 11 4 4 3 18 15 5 31
8 Sochaux 21 6 10 5 26 20 11 4 4 3 17 14 10 2 6 2 9 6 6 28
9 Amiens SC 21 7 7 7 20 18 10 3 5 2 6 5 11 4 2 5 14 13 2 28
10 Caen 21 7 7 7 21 24 11 4 5 2 11 11 10 3 2 5 10 13 -3 28
11 Niort 21 7 6 8 23 32 10 4 3 3 11 10 11 3 3 5 12 22 -9 27
12 Ajaccio 21 6 7 8 18 26 10 4 3 3 9 9 11 2 4 5 9 17 -8 25
13 Le Havre 21 6 7 8 18 26 10 2 5 3 7 9 11 4 2 5 11 17 -8 25
14 Dunkerque 21 7 3 11 18 27 11 4 3 4 12 10 10 3 0 7 6 17 -9 24
15 Guingamp 21 4 10 7 22 27 10 2 5 3 10 11 11 2 5 4 12 16 -5 22
16 Rodez 21 4 10 7 20 29 11 3 4 4 10 13 10 1 6 3 10 16 -9 22
17 Nancy 21 4 8 9 26 32 10 2 5 3 18 20 11 2 3 6 8 12 -6 20
18 Chambly 21 4 8 9 22 32 11 3 2 6 10 15 10 1 6 3 12 17 -10 20
19 Chateauroux 21 3 5 13 18 35 11 2 2 7 11 19 10 1 3 6 7 16 -17 14
20 Pau 21 3 5 13 15 32 10 2 3 5 8 13 11 1 2 8 7 19 -17 14

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.