Niort vs Paris: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade René Gaillard (10406 seats)

Niort look forward to contest Paris in this Ligue 2 match. Everything you can know about the match is here!

Insights:
  • Niort have the most conceded goals (6) in Ligue 2

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Niort form and stats

Niort's first Ligue 2 home game here at Stade René Gaillard ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats from 19 matches.

Niort lost their last game at Bordeaux (placed 2nd) after a 0-1 scoreline. Midfield player Benchama got a match rating of 7.12 in that game, the max score being 10. Benchama hit two key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 34 total).

Preceding that match was the home game against Bastia that was lost 1-4.

Early season league goal statistics from Niort's 1 home game: 1 goal, 4 conceded.

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Paris form and stats

Things could have gone better for Paris in their Ligue 2 away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right. Visiting Paris has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Paris are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Guingamp (placed 1st). Defender Bernauer was the best team player with a rating of 8.01. Bernauer hit one key pass and won 4 of 6 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Quevilly Rouen.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Paris has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Niort four wins, four draws and Paris two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

NiortB. Boutobba
B. Boutobba
2 goals
NiortY. Merdji
Y. Merdji
1 goals
ParisM. Bernauer
M. Bernauer
1 goals

Niort missing players

Paris missing players

Niort Paris
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 2 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 2 2
2 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 1 0 Scored S 0 0 2
6 4 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 67%
 
4.7 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1.5 2.3
4.3 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.5 5.7
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
10.7 17 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 4.5 5
5.3 8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2
19% 12% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
 
12 12 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 9
5.3 8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1.5 2.7
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Niort have the most conceded goals (4) at home in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the most conceded goals (6) in Ligue 2
Niort Last season Paris
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 39
12 7   Won W   9 20
10 5   Drew D   3 10
16 7   Lost L   7 9
39 21   Scored S   24 55
42 17   Conceded C   22 37
87% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
68% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 72%
37% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 41%
18% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 18%
3% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 5%
37% 37%   BTTS BTTS   53% 51%
34% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 36%
42% 37%   Failed to Score F T   21% 13%
 
3.5 3.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.7
5.4 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.2
1.2 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.4
1 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
7.9 8.5   Shots (avg) S (   9.4 9.1
3.1 3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 4.2
33% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 33%
 
8.7 8.2   Shots against (avg) S A   8.9 8.3
3.2 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 3.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Guingamp 3 2 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 7
2 Bordeaux 3 2 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 7
3 Caen 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 7
4 Bastia 3 2 0 1 7 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 6
5 Metz 3 2 0 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 6
6 Laval 3 2 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 6
7 Amiens SC 3 2 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 3 -1 6
8 Dijon 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
9 Paris 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 5
10 Nîmes 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
11 Valenciennes 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 -1 4
12 Grenoble Foot 38 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 -2 4
13 Niort 3 1 0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 -3 3
14 Le Havre 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
15 Pau 3 0 2 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 5 -4 2
16 Quevilly Rouen 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
17 Sochaux 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 1
18 Rodez 3 0 1 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 -4 1
19 Annecy 3 0 0 3 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
20 Saint-Etienne 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 -2
Last season 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 38 23 10 5 82 33 19 14 4 1 52 14 19 9 6 4 30 19 49 79
2 Ajaccio 38 22 9 7 39 19 19 13 3 3 21 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 20 75
3 Auxerre 38 21 11 6 61 39 19 11 4 4 33 19 19 10 7 2 28 20 22 74
4 Paris 38 20 10 8 54 35 19 11 7 1 30 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 19 70
5 Sochaux 38 19 11 8 47 34 19 10 6 3 22 14 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 68
6 Guingamp 38 15 13 10 52 48 19 9 6 4 31 24 19 6 7 6 21 24 4 58
7 Caen 38 13 11 14 51 42 19 9 3 7 30 18 19 4 8 7 21 24 9 50
8 Le Havre 38 13 11 14 38 41 19 6 5 8 17 20 19 7 6 6 21 21 -3 50
9 Nîmes 38 14 7 17 44 51 19 6 4 9 22 28 19 8 3 8 22 23 -7 49
10 Pau 38 14 7 17 41 49 19 10 2 7 25 20 19 4 5 10 16 29 -8 49
11 Dijon 38 13 8 17 48 53 19 8 3 8 25 26 19 5 5 9 23 27 -5 47
12 Bastia 38 10 16 12 38 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 19 5 4 10 19 24 2 46
13 Niort 38 12 10 16 39 42 19 7 5 7 21 17 19 5 5 9 18 25 -3 46
14 Amiens SC 38 9 17 12 43 41 19 7 6 6 26 16 19 2 11 6 17 25 2 44
15 Grenoble Foot 38 38 12 8 18 32 44 19 7 5 7 21 21 19 5 3 11 11 23 -12 44
16 Valenciennes 38 10 14 14 34 47 19 5 5 9 19 28 19 5 9 5 15 19 -13 44
17 Rodez 38 10 13 15 32 42 19 5 9 5 16 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -10 43
18 Quevilly Rouen 38 10 10 18 33 50 19 5 7 7 18 22 19 5 3 11 15 28 -17 40
19 Dunkerque 38 8 7 23 28 53 19 5 6 8 14 21 19 3 1 15 14 32 -25 31
20 Nancy 38 6 9 23 32 69 19 4 4 11 16 33 19 2 5 12 16 36 -37 27

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.