Niort vs Quevilly Rouen: Match guide and preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade René Gaillard (10406 seats)

Niort have delivered 6 home wins this season, Quevilly Rouen have won 4 away. Who improves their results in this meeting?

Insights:
  • Niort is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Quevilly Rouen have the most points from losing position (13) in Ligue 2

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.

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Niort form and stats

6 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Niort have to build on here at Stade René Gaillard in the Ligue 2.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Niort, who played 1-1 against Sochaux. That match was also played at this venue (Stade René Gaillard). The attacker Sissoko was announced as "man of the match" for Niort with the rating of 7.64/10. Sissoko scored one goal.

Heartbreak before that as Niort lost 0-2 at Paris's place.

The Niort fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Niort have conceded only 11 goals.

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Quevilly Rouen form and stats

There's been little loot from Quevilly Rouen's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 15 away games in the Ligue 2. Quevilly Rouen only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.

Quevilly Rouen played 0-0 against Ajaccio in their previous match. Attacker Soumaré got a player rating of 7.34 in the game. "Man of the match" Soumaré dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Before that, Quevilly travelled to Guingamp and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Quevilly Rouen as they have only managed to score 12 times from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Quevilly have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the contenders played each other earlier this campaign; Quevilly Rouen - Niort 0-3. Head-to-head data (for the prior five meetings): Niort won five games, zero matches ended in a draw and Quevilly Rouen managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / two

Top Goalscorers

NiortI. Sissoko
I. Sissoko
7 goals
Quevilly RouenD. Nazon
D. Nazon
6 goals
NiortB. Boutobba
B. Boutobba
5 goals

Niort missing players

Quevilly Rouen missing players

Niort Quevilly Rouen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 5 15 29
10 6 3 Won W 2 4 7
6 3 0 Drew D 0 3 10
13 5 2 Lost L 3 8 12
29 16 6 Scored S 6 12 24
31 11 5 Conceded C 8 22 38
86% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
62% 57% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 73% 69%
38% 29% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 47% 45%
17% 14% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 7% 10%
3% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
31% 29% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 48%
34% 43% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 17%
48% 43% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 47% 45%
 
3.3 3.5 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.7 3.4
5.5 5 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.8 5
1.4 1.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.7 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
8 8.9 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 7 7.2
3.2 3.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.5 2.6
32% 33% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 32% 32%
 
8.5 8.5 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.6 8.8 9.5
3.1 2.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 3.6 3.9
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Niort is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Quevilly Rouen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Quevilly Rouen have the most points from losing position (13) in Ligue 2
  • Quevilly Rouen 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 Toulouse 29 17 9 3 67 25 15 10 4 1 44 12 14 7 5 2 23 13 42 60
2 Paris 29 16 7 6 42 26 14 9 4 1 23 9 15 7 3 5 19 17 16 55
3 Auxerre 29 15 9 5 46 31 14 7 4 3 26 15 15 8 5 2 20 16 15 54
4 Ajaccio 29 15 7 7 25 15 14 8 3 3 13 5 15 7 4 4 12 10 10 52
5 Sochaux 29 13 9 7 33 28 14 7 4 3 14 10 15 6 5 4 19 18 5 48
6 Le Havre 29 10 11 8 27 27 15 5 5 5 12 12 14 5 6 3 15 15 0 41
7 Nîmes 29 11 6 12 35 38 15 5 4 6 18 19 14 6 2 6 17 19 -3 39
8 Pau 29 11 5 13 29 32 15 9 1 5 20 12 14 2 4 8 9 20 -3 38
9 Dijon 29 11 4 14 33 36 15 7 2 6 19 17 14 4 2 8 14 19 -3 37
10 Caen 29 9 9 11 38 32 15 7 1 7 24 15 14 2 8 4 14 17 6 36
11 Amiens SC 29 8 12 9 36 32 15 7 4 4 24 11 14 1 8 5 12 21 4 36
12 Bastia 29 8 12 9 29 27 15 4 11 0 15 7 14 4 1 9 14 20 2 36
13 Niort 29 10 6 13 29 31 14 6 3 5 16 11 15 4 3 8 13 20 -2 36
14 Guingamp 29 8 12 9 30 36 14 5 6 3 19 17 15 3 6 6 11 19 -6 36
15 Valenciennes 29 7 12 10 28 37 15 4 4 7 18 25 14 3 8 3 10 12 -9 33
16 Rodez 29 7 11 11 24 32 14 3 7 4 11 13 15 4 4 7 13 19 -8 32
17 Grenoble Foot 38 29 9 5 15 22 36 14 6 2 6 15 16 15 3 3 9 7 20 -14 32
18 Quevilly Rouen 29 7 10 12 24 38 14 3 7 4 12 16 15 4 3 8 12 22 -14 31
19 Dunkerque 29 8 6 15 22 35 15 5 5 5 12 13 14 3 1 10 10 22 -13 30
20 Nancy 29 5 8 16 24 49 14 4 4 6 13 20 15 1 4 10 11 29 -25 23

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.