Match preview Ligue 2: Niort - Red Star at Stade René Gaillard

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Fri 17.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade René Gaillard (11352 seats)

With their 14 point advantage in the league table, Niort fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Red Star.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Red Star have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 12-17-15 (win-draw-loss) from 44 matches.

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Niort form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Niort are 5-9-4 (wins-draw-losses). With ten home games in a row without a win, the Niort fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Valenciennes game long ago, can be stopped today.

The fans are hoping that Niort will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Ligue 2 game against Brest. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Lorient.

Niort are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 18 goals in 18 matches. From these home matches, Niort have conceded only 17 goals.

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Red Star form and stats

Red Star, who have the fewest points (13) away in Ligue 2, have only collected 13 points from their away games after 2-7-9 (18 played).

The manager V. Doukantié was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 2 match played at their home ground Stade René Gaillard. Red Star suffered a 0-1 loss to Paris. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sochaux at their stadium, the result 2-1.

The attacking power of Red Star when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored in 18 matches. 24 goals have been conceded by Red Star in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Red Star - Niort 1-2. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's 6 Niort victories, 1 draw and 2 Red Star wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Dona N'Doh
13 goals / 1 assists
J. Faucher
5 goals / 3 assists
O. Abdeldjelil
5 goals / 1 assists

Niort missing players

Red Star missing players

Niort Red Star
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
37 18 6 Played 6 18 37
10 5 1 Won 0 2 7
14 9 4 Drew 3 7 9
13 4 1 Lost 3 9 21
33 18 4 Scored 4 13 28
41 17 3 Conceded 10 24 57
86% 89% 67% Over 0.5 83% 83% 92%
59% 61% 50% Over 1.5 67% 67% 70%
32% 22% 0% Over 2.5 33% 33% 43%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 33% 17% 19%
8% 6% 0% Over 4.5 17% 6% 5%
43% 50% 33% BTTS 50% 50% 41%
32% 33% 50% Clean Sheets 17% 17% 22%
38% 28% 50% Failed To Score 50% 50% 46%
 
4 4.2 3.5 Corners For (avg) 3.7 3.4 4.3
5.5 5.9 6.5 Corners Against (avg) 4 5.2 4.9
2.1 1.7 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.7 2.2 2.1
4 1 1 Red Cards 1 4 6
Key stats this season:
  • Red Star have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Red Star have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Niort
All Coupe de la Ligue Coupe de France Ligue 2 Club Friendlies
All Home Away
15-03-19 L2 Niort 0 - 3 Metz
29-03-19 L2 Niort 0 - 1 Sochaux
05-04-19 L2 Le Havre 0 - 0 Niort
12-04-19 L2 Niort 0 - 0 Auxerre
19-04-19 L2 Châteauroux 2 - 1 Niort
23-04-19 L2 Niort 1 - 1 Gazélec Ajaccio
26-04-19 L2 Valenciennes 1 - 2 Niort
06-05-19 L2 Niort 2 - 2 Lorient
10-05-19 L2 Brest 3 - 0 Niort
17-05-19 L2 Niort 18:45 Red Star
Red Star
All Coupe de la Ligue Coupe de France Ligue 2 National Club Friendlies
All Home Away
15-03-19 L2 Red Star 0 - 4 Clermont
29-03-19 L2 Orléans 2 - 2 Red Star
05-04-19 L2 Red Star 0 - 2 Brest
12-04-19 L2 Béziers 1 - 3 Red Star
19-04-19 L2 Red Star 1 - 1 Nancy
23-04-19 L2 Troyes 2 - 0 Red Star
26-04-19 L2 Red Star 1 - 2 Metz
03-05-19 L2 Sochaux 1 - 2 Red Star
10-05-19 L2 Red Star 0 - 1 Paris
17-05-19 L2 Niort 18:45 Red Star

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Metz 37 23 9 5 59 23 18 12 3 3 33 11 19 11 6 2 26 12 36 78
2 Brest 37 21 11 5 64 34 19 13 4 2 38 16 18 8 7 3 26 18 30 74
3 Troyes 37 21 7 9 51 28 18 12 0 6 25 15 19 9 7 3 26 13 23 70
4 Paris 37 16 14 7 35 22 18 9 8 1 21 6 19 7 6 6 14 16 13 62
5 Lens 37 17 9 11 44 26 18 10 5 3 25 7 19 7 4 8 19 19 18 60
6 Lorient 37 16 12 9 48 39 19 8 8 3 25 19 18 8 4 6 23 20 9 60
7 Le Havre 37 13 15 9 43 37 18 8 8 2 30 23 19 5 7 7 13 14 6 54
8 Orléans 37 15 7 15 49 48 19 7 5 7 21 21 18 8 2 8 28 27 1 52
9 Grenoble Foot 38 37 13 11 13 42 44 19 8 5 6 19 18 18 5 6 7 23 26 -2 50
10 Clermont 37 11 14 12 42 35 19 5 9 5 22 19 18 6 5 7 20 16 7 47
11 Châteauroux 37 11 14 12 35 40 18 5 7 6 18 20 19 6 7 6 17 20 -5 47
12 Niort 37 10 14 13 33 41 18 5 9 4 18 17 19 5 5 9 15 24 -8 44
13 Valenciennes 37 11 9 17 51 60 19 7 4 8 31 32 18 4 5 9 20 28 -9 42
14 Nancy 37 12 6 19 36 47 19 7 2 10 16 22 18 5 4 9 20 25 -11 42
15 Auxerre 37 10 10 17 33 35 18 6 5 7 16 14 19 4 5 10 17 21 -2 40
16 Ajaccio 37 9 12 16 29 45 19 6 7 6 18 19 18 3 5 10 11 26 -16 39
17 Gazélec Ajaccio 37 9 12 16 30 53 19 5 4 10 13 26 18 4 8 6 17 27 -23 39
18 Sochaux 37 10 8 19 24 42 18 6 3 9 13 22 19 4 5 10 11 20 -18 38
19 Béziers 37 8 11 18 30 50 18 2 9 7 10 19 19 6 2 11 20 31 -20 35
20 Red Star 37 7 9 21 28 57 19 5 2 12 15 33 18 2 7 9 13 24 -29 30

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