Ligue 2 prediction: Niort should edge out Rodez on their own turf

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade René Gaillard (10406 seats)

The path has mostly gone uphill for Niort so far, and you could say the same about Rodez. These weathered teams have a chance to get some much needed points here.

Insights:
  • Niort have the most conceded goals (40) in Ligue 2
  • Rodez have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Ligue 2

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Coupe de France game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Toulouse. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Niort form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Niort have to build on here at Stade René Gaillard in the Ligue 2. When Niort hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Niort, Saint-Etienne, Pau, Nimes, Laval and Dijon), they have won 2 of 4 matches!

Niort are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 180 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Olaitan).

Niort faced defeat in their previous match, away at Paris (0-3). Midfield player Sagna got a match rating of 7.22 in that game, the max score being 10. Sagna dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times.

Heartbreak before that as Niort lost 0-1 at Le Havre's place.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Niort defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Rodez form and stats

3-5-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Rodez in their Ligue 2 matches away. Two points from the last two away games for Rodez, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

The attacking players of Rodez have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 263 minutes.

Two away games in a row for Rodez, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-6 vs Toulouse in the Coupe de France.

Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Bastia.

Few goals the story here? 11 of this team's most recent 14 league rounds have seen two or less goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rodez as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Rodez as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Rodez have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (1-4-0) when facing Niort.

These teams met each other previously this campaign: Rodez - Niort 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

NiortB. Boutobba
B. Boutobba
9 goals
RodezC. Dépres
C. Dépres
7 goals
NiortM. Zemzemi
M. Zemzemi
3 goals

Niort missing players

Rodez missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Niort Rodez
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 4 12 25
6 4 2 Won W 1 3 4
5 2 1 Drew D 1 5 10
14 6 1 Lost L 2 4 11
22 12 5 Scored S 5 10 20
40 18 4 Conceded C 6 11 32
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 88%
64% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 58% 68%
56% 58% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 25% 32%
20% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 17% 16%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
48% 58% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 48%
12% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 42% 20%
48% 42% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 50% 44%
 
3.7 4.1 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.6 4.5
5 5.1 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.7 4.4
1.8 2.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2.1
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
8.6 9.7 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 7.8 8.3
3.4 3.6 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.5 2.8
26% 28% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 33% 29%
 
11 10.9 8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 10.8 9.7
4.2 3.9 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 3.8 3.3
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Niort have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Niort have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the most conceded goals (40) in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Ligue 2
  • Niort have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Ligue 2
  • Rodez have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Ligue 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Le Havre 25 14 10 1 34 10 12 8 4 0 17 4 13 6 6 1 17 6 24 52
2 Bordeaux 25 13 6 6 36 21 12 7 3 2 17 8 13 6 3 4 19 13 15 45
3 Sochaux 25 13 5 7 42 22 13 8 3 2 27 10 12 5 2 5 15 12 20 44
4 Metz 25 11 8 6 37 24 13 6 5 2 18 11 12 5 3 4 19 13 13 41
5 Caen 25 10 9 6 30 25 12 7 4 1 19 8 13 3 5 5 11 17 5 39
6 Quevilly Rouen 25 10 8 7 29 25 12 5 5 2 19 13 13 5 3 5 10 12 4 38
7 Grenoble Foot 38 25 10 8 7 25 21 13 6 4 3 12 9 12 4 4 4 13 12 4 38
8 Bastia 25 11 5 9 25 26 13 7 2 4 12 8 12 4 3 5 13 18 -1 38
9 Amiens SC 24 9 6 9 27 28 12 5 3 4 14 12 12 4 3 5 13 16 -1 33
10 Annecy 25 8 8 9 28 28 12 6 2 4 12 9 13 2 6 5 16 19 0 32
11 Paris 24 8 7 9 22 25 11 3 3 5 11 14 13 5 4 4 11 11 -3 31
12 Guingamp 25 8 7 10 31 35 13 3 3 7 15 20 12 5 4 3 16 15 -4 31
13 Valenciennes 25 7 10 8 24 29 13 5 8 0 19 13 12 2 2 8 5 16 -5 31
14 Laval 25 9 4 12 29 36 13 5 2 6 18 18 12 4 2 6 11 18 -7 31
15 Saint-Etienne 25 9 6 10 37 39 13 6 3 4 21 19 12 3 3 6 16 20 -2 30
16 Pau 25 6 9 10 20 30 12 3 5 4 10 14 13 3 4 6 10 16 -10 27
17 Dijon 25 5 8 12 23 31 13 4 5 4 14 14 12 1 3 8 9 17 -8 23
18 Nimes 25 6 5 14 24 38 12 5 1 6 11 14 13 1 4 8 13 24 -14 23
19 Niort 25 6 5 14 22 40 12 4 2 6 12 18 13 2 3 8 10 22 -18 23
20 Rodez 25 4 10 11 20 32 13 1 5 7 10 21 12 3 5 4 10 11 -12 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Le Havre 25 14 10 1 34 10 12 8 4 0 17 4 13 6 6 1 17 6 24 52
2 Bordeaux 25 13 6 6 36 21 12 7 3 2 17 8 13 6 3 4 19 13 15 45
3 Sochaux 25 13 5 7 42 22 13 8 3 2 27 10 12 5 2 5 15 12 20 44
4 Metz 25 11 8 6 37 24 13 6 5 2 18 11 12 5 3 4 19 13 13 41
5 Caen 25 10 9 6 30 25 12 7 4 1 19 8 13 3 5 5 11 17 5 39
6 Quevilly Rouen 25 10 8 7 29 25 12 5 5 2 19 13 13 5 3 5 10 12 4 38
7 Grenoble Foot 38 25 10 8 7 25 21 13 6 4 3 12 9 12 4 4 4 13 12 4 38
8 Bastia 25 11 5 9 25 26 13 7 2 4 12 8 12 4 3 5 13 18 -1 38
9 Amiens SC 24 9 6 9 27 28 12 5 3 4 14 12 12 4 3 5 13 16 -1 33
10 Annecy 25 8 8 9 28 28 12 6 2 4 12 9 13 2 6 5 16 19 0 32
11 Paris 24 8 7 9 22 25 11 3 3 5 11 14 13 5 4 4 11 11 -3 31
12 Guingamp 25 8 7 10 31 35 13 3 3 7 15 20 12 5 4 3 16 15 -4 31
13 Valenciennes 25 7 10 8 24 29 13 5 8 0 19 13 12 2 2 8 5 16 -5 31
14 Laval 25 9 4 12 29 36 13 5 2 6 18 18 12 4 2 6 11 18 -7 31
15 Saint-Etienne 25 9 6 10 37 39 13 6 3 4 21 19 12 3 3 6 16 20 -2 30
16 Pau 25 6 9 10 20 30 12 3 5 4 10 14 13 3 4 6 10 16 -10 27
17 Dijon 25 5 8 12 23 31 13 4 5 4 14 14 12 1 3 8 9 17 -8 23
18 Nimes 25 6 5 14 24 38 12 5 1 6 11 14 13 1 4 8 13 24 -14 23
19 Niort 25 6 5 14 22 40 12 4 2 6 12 18 13 2 3 8 10 22 -18 23
20 Rodez 25 4 10 11 20 32 13 1 5 7 10 21 12 3 5 4 10 11 -12 22

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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.