An important duel in the bottom section of the Ligue 2, with both Niort and Orléans experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 18th and the visitors in 20th place.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
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, 4 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Stade René Gaillard.
Niort's previous game was a Ligue 2 match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Orléans (placed 20th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Heartbreak before that as Niort lost 3-4 at Caen's place.
The Niort fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. 15 goals have been conceded.
Orléans form and stats
Orléans have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 1-5-5 (11 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Orléans, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team. Three has not been a lucky number for Orléans as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Guingamp match.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Orléans, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Niort (placed 18th). A loss against Rodez was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Orléans are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Orléans have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Orléans - Niort 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Niort victories, four draws and three Orléans wins. three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Sissoko 12 goals |   A. Scheidler 5 goals |  J. Lopy 4 goals |
Niort missing players
Orléans missing players
| Niort | Orléans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 25 | 13 | 9 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 19 |
| 34 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 35 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 58% | 58% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 42% |
| 21% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 29% |
| 17% | 8% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 17% | 12% |
| 46% | 33% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 42% |
| 21% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 21% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 3.6 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.9 | 4.8 |
| 5.8 | 5.7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 201 | 103 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 109 | 250 |
| 78 | 42 | 24 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 46 | 93 |
| 32% | 31% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 24% | 20% |
- Niort has the fewest clean sheets (4)
- Niort has the most dropped points from leading position (19)
- Orléans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Orléans have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | Lorient | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 23 | 51 |
| 2 | Lens | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 46 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 42 |
| 4 | Clermont | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 38 |
| 5 | Troyes | 23 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 38 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 37 |
| 7 | Valenciennes | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 35 |
| 8 | Guingamp | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 32 |
| 9 | Nancy | 23 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 31 |
| 11 | Sochaux | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 29 |
| 12 | Auxerre | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 27 |
| 13 | Caen | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 27 |
| 14 | Chambly | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | -7 | 27 |
| 15 | Rodez | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 26 |
| 16 | Châteauroux | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -14 | 25 |
| 17 | Le Mans | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -13 | 21 |
| 18 | Niort | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -10 | 19 |
| 19 | Paris | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -19 | 18 |
| 20 | Orléans | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -15 | 16 |