Ligue 2: Tipsway are looking at an engaging and important fight featuring Niort and Nîmes at Stade René Gaillard. Both need the points!
- Niort have the most conceded goals (25) in Ligue 2
- Nîmes have the fewest points (1) away in Ligue 2
Niort and Nîmes should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
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, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here at Stade René Gaillard.
Niort faced defeat in their previous match, away at Laval (1-2). Defender Kilama got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.05/10. Kilama won 3 of 5 duels.
Before that one, a fine away victory at Merignac-Arlac. A Coupe de France game.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Niort here at Stade René Gaillard in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 7 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Niort defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Nîmes form and stats
Nîmes have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 0-1-6 (7 played). A depressing six defeats in a row for Nîmes in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Saint-Etienne.
Nîmes won their last game, 1-0 versus Bordeaux played at home. Maraval was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.81. The agile goalkeeper Maraval topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, the win at home hosting Bastia-Borgo in the Coupe de France (3-0).
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Nîmes have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. For Nîmes, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. When Nîmes is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Annecy, Rodez, Saint-Etienne, Nîmes, Quevilly Rouen and Dijon.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Niort wins - draws - Nîmes wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Boutobba 6 goals |   M. Tchokounté 5 goals |  M. Koné 3 goals |
Niort missing players
Nîmes missing players
| Niort | Nîmes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 25 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 18 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 64% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 50% |
| 64% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 71% | 36% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 57% | 29% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 14% |
| 43% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 43% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 36% |
| 57% | 57% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 3.7 | 3.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.6 | 5.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.9 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.7 | 8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 10 | 9.5 |
| 3.1 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| 25% | 23% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | 24% |
| 10 | 9.7 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.4 | 10.9 |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.9 | 4.5 |
- Niort have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Niort have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Ligue 2
- Niort have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligue 2
- Niort have the most conceded goals (25) in Ligue 2
- Niort have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in Ligue 2
- Niort have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Ligue 2
- Nîmes have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Nîmes have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Nîmes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nîmes have the fewest points (1) away in Ligue 2
- Nîmes have the most conceded goals (16) away in Ligue 2
- Nîmes have yet to win a game away.
- Nîmes haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Le Havre | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 29 |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 27 |
| 3 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 |
| 4 | Sochaux | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 24 |
| 5 | Valenciennes | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | Amiens SC | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Caen | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Guingamp | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 9 | Paris | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Pau | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 20 |
| 11 | Bastia | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Laval | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 | Metz | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Annecy | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Quevilly Rouen | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 16 | Nîmes | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 14 |
| 17 | Dijon | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 18 | Rodez | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -8 | 12 |
| 19 | Saint-Etienne | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 11 |
| 20 | Niort | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -14 | 11 |
