Football guide: Niort vs Nancy - predictions and statistics

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 06.November
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade René Gaillard (10406 seats)

Enjoying a 12 point advantage in the league table, Niort club members aim to see their gladiators win max points from this fixture vs Nancy.

Insights:
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals (23) in Ligue 2

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Niort form and stats

3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Niort so far this season.

Happy days for Niort in their previous game, a Ligue 2 match away at Nîmes (placed 17th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Joseph Mendes, who plays in attack, was the highest rated performer for the team in that fixture, collecting a rating of 7.64 (out of 10). Mendes scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Rodez with the scoreline 0-2.

The Niort fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Niort have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Nancy form and stats

There's been little loot from Nancy's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 7 away games in the Ligue 2. Nancy only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.

A. Jung was the last player to score for the away team. Nancy haven't scored a league goal in the last 183 minutes.

There were no winners in Nancy's previous match, a Ligue 2 home game that ended 0-0 vs Sochaux (placed 2nd). Saliou Ciss got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, top player of the team. Ciss hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Ajaccio's place.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Nancy struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings between these sides: Niort won two, Nancy triumphed in one and we saw seven draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NiortB. Boutobba
B. Boutobba
3 goals
NiortJ. Mendes
J. Mendes
3 goals
NiortL. Vallier
L. Vallier
2 goals

Niort missing players

Nancy missing players

Niort Nancy
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 6 1 Played P 4 7 14
6 3 0 Won W 0 0 1
3 1 1 Drew D 1 3 6
5 2 0 Lost L 3 4 7
15 7 0 Scored S 2 4 9
13 4 0 Conceded C 7 11 23
79% 83% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 86%
57% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 71%
43% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 29% 36%
14% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 14% 21%
7% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 14% 14%
29% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 57%
43% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 25% 14% 14%
50% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 43%
 
3.4 4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.1 4.6
5.5 5.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.6 4.4
1.7 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.9 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 2 2 5
 
8.3 9.2 15 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.3 10
3.4 3.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.7 3.3
31% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 21% 20%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Nancy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Nancy have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals (23) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Nancy have yet to win a game 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 14 8 5 1 32 13 7 4 2 1 18 8 7 4 3 0 14 5 19 29
2 Sochaux 14 8 4 2 14 7 7 4 2 1 6 3 7 4 2 1 8 4 7 28
3 Ajaccio 14 7 4 3 16 8 7 5 1 1 9 2 7 2 3 2 7 6 8 25
4 Le Havre 14 6 6 2 14 8 7 4 2 1 8 4 7 2 4 1 6 4 6 24
5 Auxerre 13 6 5 2 19 13 7 4 2 1 12 4 6 2 3 1 7 9 6 23
6 Paris 14 6 3 5 17 15 6 2 3 1 8 6 8 4 0 4 9 9 2 21
7 Niort 14 6 3 5 15 13 6 3 1 2 7 4 8 3 2 3 8 9 2 21
8 Pau 14 6 3 5 14 12 8 5 1 2 10 5 6 1 2 3 4 7 2 21
9 Rodez 14 5 4 5 16 15 7 2 3 2 7 6 7 3 1 3 9 9 1 19
10 Guingamp 14 4 6 4 16 17 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 2 4 2 8 9 -1 18
11 Grenoble Foot 38 14 5 3 6 14 18 7 4 1 2 11 8 7 1 2 4 3 10 -4 18
12 Caen 14 4 4 6 16 16 8 2 1 5 10 10 6 2 3 1 6 6 0 16
13 Dunkerque 14 4 4 6 14 17 8 2 3 3 6 8 6 2 1 3 8 9 -3 16
14 Dijon 14 5 1 8 14 20 8 3 1 4 9 11 6 2 0 4 5 9 -6 16
15 Quevilly Rouen 14 4 4 6 13 19 6 1 2 3 5 9 8 3 2 3 8 10 -6 16
16 Valenciennes 13 4 3 6 11 20 6 1 1 4 5 13 7 3 2 2 6 7 -9 15
17 Nîmes 14 3 5 6 16 19 7 1 3 3 6 9 7 2 2 3 10 10 -3 14
18 Amiens SC 14 2 7 5 14 16 7 1 3 3 7 8 7 1 4 2 7 8 -2 13
19 Bastia 14 2 6 6 9 14 7 1 6 0 5 3 7 1 0 6 4 11 -5 12
20 Nancy 14 1 6 7 9 23 7 1 3 3 5 12 7 0 3 4 4 11 -14 9

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.