Can Niort outperform Paris in Stade René Gaillard clash?

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Fri 24.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade René Gaillard (10406 seats)

Niort will want to make use of their home advantage to give everything they have against today’s adversaries. The home team are currently 4 points behind Paris.

Insights:
  • Niort have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Paris have scored at least twice as many goals away as Niort have scored home.

It's no vacation for neither Niort nor Paris as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Niort form and stats

Niort have collected 7 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 2-1-1.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Niort, as their goalkeeper Quentin Braat has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the Ligue 2.

Niort manager S. Desabre and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Ajaccio (placed 2nd) in the Ligue 2. The Niort goalkeeper Quentin Braat was crucial in the match against Ajaccio last time out, making six saves. Quentin Braat, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.35 out of 10 in that game. Braat stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Guingamp in a game that was won 2-0.

Niort aren't scoring a lot here at Stade René Gaillard in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. Niort have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.

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Paris form and stats

3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Paris playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Paris are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Paris won their last game, 2-0 versus Nîmes played at home. Ousmane Kante was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.13. The defender Kante scored one goal and won 4 of 6 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sochaux wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Paris find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Paris are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the prior ten meetings featuring these two sides are: four wins for Niort, five draws and one win for Paris. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

NiortB. Boutobba
B. Boutobba
3 goals
ParisG. Laura
G. Laura
3 goals
ParisM. Gakpa
M. Gakpa
2 goals

Niort missing players

Paris missing players

Niort Paris
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 2 5 9
3 2 0 Won W 2 3 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
6 3 0 Scored S 3 7 12
8 1 0 Conceded C 1 4 7
67% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
44% 25% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 33%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
22% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 20% 33%
56% 75% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 33%
56% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 33%
 
3.9 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.2 5.9
5.3 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 3.8 3.6
2 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.2 1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.3 9.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 9.6 10.8
3.2 3.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.6 5.9
21% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 30% 23%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Niort have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Niort have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Paris have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Paris have scored at least twice as many goals away as Niort have scored home.
  • Paris haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 9 7 2 0 20 6 4 3 1 0 8 3 5 4 1 0 12 3 14 23
2 Ajaccio 9 5 4 0 12 4 5 4 1 0 7 1 4 1 3 0 5 3 8 19
3 Sochaux 9 6 1 2 11 6 4 3 0 1 4 2 5 3 1 1 7 4 5 19
4 Auxerre 9 5 3 1 16 5 5 3 1 1 9 2 4 2 2 0 7 3 11 18
5 Paris 9 5 1 3 12 7 4 2 1 1 5 3 5 3 0 2 7 4 5 16
6 Pau 9 4 3 2 11 7 5 3 1 1 7 3 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 15
7 Le Havre 9 3 5 1 8 5 5 2 2 1 5 4 4 1 3 0 3 1 3 14
8 Nîmes 9 3 4 2 12 9 4 1 3 0 5 4 5 2 1 2 7 5 3 13
9 Rodez 9 3 3 3 9 11 4 1 2 1 3 4 5 2 1 2 6 7 -2 12
10 Niort 9 3 3 3 6 8 4 2 1 1 3 1 5 1 2 2 3 7 -2 12
11 Caen 9 3 2 4 9 8 5 2 0 3 7 5 4 1 2 1 2 3 1 11
12 Quevilly Rouen 9 3 2 4 9 10 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 2 1 2 6 6 -1 11
13 Guingamp 9 2 4 3 6 9 4 0 2 2 3 6 5 2 2 1 3 3 -3 10
14 Dijon 9 3 1 5 11 15 5 2 1 2 8 9 4 1 0 3 3 6 -4 10
15 Grenoble Foot 38 9 3 1 5 9 15 5 3 1 1 8 6 4 0 0 4 1 9 -6 10
16 Valenciennes 9 2 3 4 7 13 5 1 1 3 4 10 4 1 2 1 3 3 -6 9
17 Amiens SC 9 1 4 4 10 14 5 0 2 3 4 8 4 1 2 1 6 6 -4 7
18 Bastia 9 1 4 4 7 11 4 0 4 0 3 3 5 1 0 4 4 8 -4 7
19 Dunkerque 9 0 3 6 5 14 5 0 2 3 2 7 4 0 1 3 3 7 -9 3
20 Nancy 9 0 3 6 5 18 4 0 1 3 2 10 5 0 2 3 3 8 -13 3

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.