Niort hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 14 points and a 15th position in the Ligue 2 table. Visiting Rodez holds 11th place with 18 pts.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Niort form and stats
With {1 Ligue 2 wins}, 3 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Niort are certainly not brimming with confidence. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Niort to get some points in this home game.
Niort drew their last game, 1-1 away at Châteauroux (placed 16th). Prior to that, an away loss at Lorient in the Ligue 2.
Niort aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Rene Gaillard in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. 8 goals have been conceded.
Rodez form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rodez so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Rodez play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-0 victory visiting Auch. A loss against Lens was the result prior to that, in a Ligue 2 home game.
As mentioned above, Rodez was the only team on the pitch versus Auch in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rodez as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Rodez have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 2 Niort victories, 0 draws and 1 Rodez win. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
I. Sissoko
7 goals
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U. Bonnet
7 goals
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V. Henry
3 goals
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Niort missing players
Rodez missing players
| Niort | Rodez | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
|
Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 18 |
| 93% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 93% |
| 64% | 71% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 43% | 71% |
| 29% | 29% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 43% |
| 14% | 14% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 43% | 29% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 29% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 29% |
| 36% | 57% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 43% | 29% |
| 3.9 | 3.3 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- Rodez have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | Lens | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 2 | Lorient | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Troyes | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Sochaux | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 25 |
| 6 | Clermont | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | Guingamp | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| 8 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Le Havre | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 19 |
| 10 | Nancy | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| 11 | Rodez | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | Auxerre | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 13 | Valenciennes | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Caen | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 | Niort | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 16 | Châteauroux | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 14 |
| 17 | Le Mans | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Chambly | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -10 | 13 |
| 19 | Paris | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 12 |
| 20 | Orleans | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -8 | 9 |