Another action-packed fixture in Ligue 2 as Niort welcome Troyes

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Tue 20.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade René Gaillard (10406 seats)

The visiting Troyes side should be favourites in this visit to Niort, as the away team holds a 27 point advantage from their 33 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Niort have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Troyes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Niort nor Troyes as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Niort are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Troyes are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Niort form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Niort at their home stadium (Stade René Gaillard) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 273 minutes without scoring a league goal. P. I. Ba was the last player to find the net.

No payout for Niort in their previous match, an away game at Ajaccio that ended in defeat 0-3. Preceding that match was a defeat to Auxerre (0-4).

Niort are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 2 match at Valenciennes awaits in four days.

Niort has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. On the other hand, Niort have conceded 19 goals.

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Troyes form and stats

Playing away, Troyes have won 6 games, drawn 5 and suffered 5 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season.

Troyes are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Ligue 2 against Caen (placed 16th). A 1-1 draw at Paris's stadium before that.

After this away game Troyes return home for a Ligue 2 game against Grenoble Foot 38. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Troyes have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 21 goals have been scored. 17 goals have been conceded by Troyes in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Troyes - Niort 1-0 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Niort victories, three draws and five Troyes wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NiortP. Bâ
P. Bâ
14 goals
TroyesY. Touzghar
Y. Touzghar
12 goals
NiortO. Kemen
O. Kemen
4 goals

Niort missing players

Troyes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Niort Troyes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
9 6 2 Won W 3 6 19
11 5 2 Drew D 2 5 8
13 5 1 Lost L 0 5 6
32 16 4 Scored S 6 21 48
51 19 6 Conceded C 1 17 31
91% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 81% 91%
70% 69% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 69% 70%
42% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 56% 48%
24% 19% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 21%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
42% 38% 20% BTTS BTTS 20% 50% 52%
30% 44% 60% Clean Sheets C S 80% 44% 45%
36% 31% 40% Failed to Score F T 40% 25% 12%
 
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 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2.1
9 3 2 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
7.9 8.8 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 10.5 11.1
2.9 3.4 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.2 4.5
35% 31% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 31% 32%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Niort have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Troyes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 33 19 8 6 48 31 17 13 3 1 27 14 16 6 5 5 21 17 17 65
2 Toulouse 33 18 8 7 61 34 17 12 3 2 39 16 16 6 5 5 22 18 27 62
3 Clermont 33 17 9 7 52 20 17 11 5 1 32 7 16 6 4 6 20 13 32 60
4 Grenoble Foot 38 33 16 10 7 45 29 16 10 6 0 31 12 17 6 4 7 14 17 16 58
5 Paris 33 15 11 7 46 34 16 9 5 2 25 16 17 6 6 5 21 18 12 56
6 Auxerre 33 14 12 7 58 36 17 9 5 3 35 16 16 5 7 4 23 20 22 54
7 Sochaux 33 11 15 7 41 28 17 5 7 5 21 19 16 6 8 2 20 9 13 48
8 Valenciennes 33 11 10 12 39 45 17 7 5 5 20 17 16 4 5 7 19 28 -6 43
9 Ajaccio 33 11 9 13 31 38 17 8 4 5 18 14 16 3 5 8 13 24 -7 42
10 Nancy 33 10 11 12 46 46 16 5 7 4 23 23 17 5 4 8 23 23 0 41
11 Amiens SC 31 10 10 11 26 31 16 6 7 3 12 8 15 4 3 8 14 21 -5 40
12 Le Havre 33 9 13 11 27 37 16 3 8 5 11 16 17 6 5 6 16 21 -10 40
13 Rodez 33 8 15 10 34 39 17 6 7 4 21 18 16 2 8 6 13 21 -5 39
14 Niort 33 9 11 13 32 51 16 6 5 5 16 19 17 3 6 8 16 32 -19 38
15 Pau 33 9 9 15 33 43 16 7 4 5 19 16 17 2 5 10 14 27 -10 36
16 Caen 33 8 12 13 31 43 16 5 7 4 14 17 17 3 5 9 17 26 -12 36
17 Dunkerque 32 9 8 15 27 38 16 5 6 5 17 14 16 4 2 10 10 24 -11 35
18 Guingamp 33 6 16 11 33 43 16 2 9 5 16 23 17 4 7 6 17 20 -10 34
19 Chambly 32 6 10 16 35 57 16 5 2 9 17 26 16 1 8 7 16 31 -22 28
20 Châteauroux 33 4 9 20 29 51 16 3 3 10 19 28 17 1 6 10 10 23 -22 21

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 Troyes 33 19 8 6 48 31 17 13 3 1 27 14 16 6 5 5 21 17 17 65
2 Toulouse 33 18 8 7 61 34 17 12 3 2 39 16 16 6 5 5 22 18 27 62
3 Clermont 33 17 9 7 52 20 17 11 5 1 32 7 16 6 4 6 20 13 32 60
4 Grenoble Foot 38 33 16 10 7 45 29 16 10 6 0 31 12 17 6 4 7 14 17 16 58
5 Paris 33 15 11 7 46 34 16 9 5 2 25 16 17 6 6 5 21 18 12 56
6 Auxerre 33 14 12 7 58 36 17 9 5 3 35 16 16 5 7 4 23 20 22 54
7 Sochaux 33 11 15 7 41 28 17 5 7 5 21 19 16 6 8 2 20 9 13 48
8 Valenciennes 33 11 10 12 39 45 17 7 5 5 20 17 16 4 5 7 19 28 -6 43
9 Ajaccio 33 11 9 13 31 38 17 8 4 5 18 14 16 3 5 8 13 24 -7 42
10 Nancy 33 10 11 12 46 46 16 5 7 4 23 23 17 5 4 8 23 23 0 41
11 Amiens SC 31 10 10 11 26 31 16 6 7 3 12 8 15 4 3 8 14 21 -5 40
12 Le Havre 33 9 13 11 27 37 16 3 8 5 11 16 17 6 5 6 16 21 -10 40
13 Rodez 33 8 15 10 34 39 17 6 7 4 21 18 16 2 8 6 13 21 -5 39
14 Niort 33 9 11 13 32 51 16 6 5 5 16 19 17 3 6 8 16 32 -19 38
15 Pau 33 9 9 15 33 43 16 7 4 5 19 16 17 2 5 10 14 27 -10 36
16 Caen 33 8 12 13 31 43 16 5 7 4 14 17 17 3 5 9 17 26 -12 36
17 Dunkerque 32 9 8 15 27 38 16 5 6 5 17 14 16 4 2 10 10 24 -11 35
18 Guingamp 33 6 16 11 33 43 16 2 9 5 16 23 17 4 7 6 17 20 -10 34
19 Chambly 32 6 10 16 35 57 16 5 2 9 17 26 16 1 8 7 16 31 -22 28
20 Châteauroux 33 4 9 20 29 51 16 3 3 10 19 28 17 1 6 10 10 23 -22 21

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