Match preview Ligue 2: Niort - Toulouse at Stade René Gaillard

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade René Gaillard (10406 seats)

The visiting Toulouse side should be favourites in this visit to Niort, as the away team holds a 21 point advantage from their 29 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Niort have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Toulouse have the most scored goals (55) in Ligue 2

Niort and Toulouse should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Niort form and stats

5-5-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Niort so far this season.

The fans are hoping that Niort will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Ligue 2 game against Dunkerque (placed 16th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Sochaux (1-3).

Niort has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Toulouse form and stats

Playing away, Toulouse, who have the most scored goals (55) in Ligue 2, have won 6 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Toulouse have lost on their last two travels.

Toulouse are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the Ligue 2 against Chambly (placed 19th). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Aubagne.

As you can tell from the results above, Toulouse was very dominant against Chambly, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Kelvin Amian, Branco Van den Boomen, Vakoun Issouf Bayo and Kouadio Koné providing the goals.

Toulouse are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 14 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 16 goals have been conceded by Toulouse in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Toulouse - Niort 2-1 earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Niort victories, zero draws and three Toulouse wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NiortP. Bâ
P. Bâ
13 goals
ToulouseR. Healey
R. Healey
10 goals
ToulouseS. Spierings
S. Spierings
9 goals

Niort missing players

Toulouse missing players

Niort Toulouse
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 3 14 29
8 5 1 Won W 2 6 16
10 5 2 Drew D 1 4 7
11 4 0 Lost L 0 4 6
31 15 3 Scored S 7 21 55
44 15 2 Conceded C 1 16 31
93% 86% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
72% 71% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 64% 69%
41% 43% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 55%
24% 14% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 34%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 14%
48% 43% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 45%
28% 43% 67% Clean Sheets C S 67% 36% 45%
31% 29% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.9 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.1
9 3 2 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
7.8 8.4 5.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 11.5 11.3
2.9 3.4 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.7 5.6 5
38% 34% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 27% 38%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Niort have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Toulouse have the most scored goals (21) away in Ligue 2
  • Toulouse have the most scored goals (55) in Ligue 2
  • Toulouse have the most scored goals in the second half (38) in Ligue 2
  • Toulouse 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 Troyes 29 17 7 5 44 27 15 11 3 1 25 14 14 6 4 4 19 13 17 58
2 Clermont 28 16 7 5 47 16 14 10 3 1 28 6 14 6 4 4 19 10 31 55
3 Toulouse 29 16 7 6 55 31 15 10 3 2 34 15 14 6 4 4 21 16 24 55
4 Grenoble Foot 38 29 15 8 6 39 23 14 9 5 0 26 9 15 6 3 6 13 14 16 53
5 Paris 29 13 9 7 39 30 14 8 4 2 22 15 15 5 5 5 17 15 9 48
6 Auxerre 29 12 10 7 48 31 15 8 4 3 31 13 14 4 6 4 17 18 17 46
7 Sochaux 29 10 13 6 37 25 15 5 6 4 19 16 14 5 7 2 18 9 12 43
8 Valenciennes 29 10 9 10 35 38 14 6 4 4 16 13 15 4 5 6 19 25 -3 39
9 Nancy 29 9 10 10 42 39 14 4 6 4 22 23 15 5 4 6 20 16 3 37
10 Rodez 29 8 12 9 29 33 15 6 5 4 17 14 14 2 7 5 12 19 -4 36
11 Ajaccio 29 9 8 12 23 35 15 6 4 5 12 14 14 3 4 7 11 21 -12 35
12 Amiens SC 28 8 10 10 22 25 14 4 7 3 8 7 14 4 3 7 14 18 -3 34
13 Caen 28 8 10 10 27 34 14 5 6 3 13 14 14 3 4 7 14 20 -7 34
14 Le Havre 28 8 10 10 22 32 14 3 7 4 10 13 14 5 3 6 12 19 -10 34
15 Niort 29 8 10 11 31 44 14 5 5 4 15 15 15 3 5 7 16 29 -13 34
16 Dunkerque 29 8 7 14 23 33 15 5 5 5 16 13 14 3 2 9 7 20 -10 31
17 Guingamp 29 5 14 10 30 40 14 2 7 5 14 21 15 3 7 5 16 19 -10 29
18 Pau 29 7 7 15 26 39 14 5 4 5 14 14 15 2 3 10 12 25 -13 28
19 Chambly 29 5 9 15 28 52 15 4 2 9 15 25 14 1 7 6 13 27 -24 24
20 Chateauroux 29 4 7 18 24 44 14 3 2 9 16 24 15 1 5 9 8 20 -20 19

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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.