Ligue 2 match preview: Niort vs Valenciennes

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 14.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade René Gaillard (10406 seats)

A total of 37 league rounds are finished and Niort are 5 points in front of Valenciennes. What happens today?

Insights:
  • Valenciennes have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Ligue 2

Niort are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Valenciennes most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

Both sides have had ample time to rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an enthusiastic match!

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Niort form and stats

Overall Ligue 2 stats playing at home this season for Niort are 7-5-6 (wins-draws-losses).

Niort shared the glory with Pau in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Zemzemi (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.35/10. Zemzemi scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Dijon (1-3).

The Niort fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 18 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Niort are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade René Gaillard in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 18 matches.

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Valenciennes form and stats

Playing away, Valenciennes have won 4 games, drawn 9 and suffered 5 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season.

Valenciennes had fun at their own home (Stade René Gaillard) last time out, beating Sochaux 1-0. Bonnet scored. Kaba got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Kaba served one assist and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Paris that ended 1-1.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have played each other before in this season, with the match result Valenciennes - Niort 0-0 entered in the official records. Niort-Valenciennes H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Niort four wins, Valenciennes three wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

NiortI. Sissoko
I. Sissoko
10 goals
NiortB. Boutobba
B. Boutobba
7 goals
ValenciennesB. Guillaume
B. Guillaume
6 goals

Niort missing players

Valenciennes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Niort Valenciennes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 6 18 37
12 7 3 Won W 2 4 9
10 5 1 Drew D 2 9 14
15 6 2 Lost L 2 5 14
38 20 7 Scored S 5 13 32
40 15 6 Conceded C 7 18 46
86% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 83% 84%
68% 61% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 61% 62%
35% 28% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 28% 38%
19% 17% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
35% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 51%
35% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 28% 30%
43% 39% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 39% 35%
 
3.5 3.6 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.9 4.4
5.5 4.9 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 5.9 4.9
1.3 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
7.9 8.4 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.1 8.4
3.1 3 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.1 3.4
33% 37% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 24% 26%
 
8.7 8.3 7 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8.2 8.5
3.2 2.8 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.3 3.8
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Valenciennes have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Ligue 2
  • Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) 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 Toulouse 37 23 10 4 82 32 19 14 4 1 52 14 18 9 6 3 30 18 50 79
2 Ajaccio 37 21 9 7 38 19 18 12 3 3 20 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 19 72
3 Auxerre 37 20 11 6 59 38 18 10 4 4 31 18 19 10 7 2 28 20 21 71
4 Paris 37 19 10 8 52 35 18 10 7 1 28 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 17 67
5 Sochaux 37 19 10 8 45 32 18 10 5 3 20 12 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 67
6 Guingamp 37 14 13 10 50 47 18 8 6 4 29 23 19 6 7 6 21 24 3 55
7 Caen 37 13 11 13 51 40 19 9 3 7 30 18 18 4 8 6 21 22 11 50
8 Le Havre 37 13 11 13 37 39 19 6 5 8 17 20 18 7 6 5 20 19 -2 50
9 Nîmes 37 14 7 16 44 49 18 6 4 8 22 26 19 8 3 8 22 23 -5 49
10 Niort 37 12 10 15 38 40 18 7 5 6 20 15 19 5 5 9 18 25 -2 46
11 Dijon 37 13 7 17 46 51 19 8 3 8 25 26 18 5 4 9 21 25 -5 46
12 Pau 37 13 7 17 38 47 19 10 2 7 25 20 18 3 5 10 13 27 -9 46
13 Amiens SC 37 9 17 11 42 39 19 7 6 6 26 16 18 2 11 5 16 23 3 44
14 Grenoble Foot 38 37 12 8 17 32 42 19 7 5 7 21 21 18 5 3 10 11 21 -10 44
15 Bastia 37 9 16 12 36 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 18 4 4 10 17 24 0 43
16 Valenciennes 37 9 14 14 32 46 19 5 5 9 19 28 18 4 9 5 13 18 -14 41
17 Rodez 37 9 13 15 30 42 18 4 9 5 14 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -12 40
18 Quevilly Rouen 37 9 10 18 30 49 18 4 7 7 15 21 19 5 3 11 15 28 -19 37
19 Dunkerque 37 8 7 22 27 50 19 5 6 8 14 21 18 3 1 14 13 29 -23 31
20 Nancy 37 6 9 22 30 66 18 4 4 10 14 30 19 2 5 12 16 36 -36 27

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 Toulouse 37 23 10 4 82 32 19 14 4 1 52 14 18 9 6 3 30 18 50 79
2 Ajaccio 37 21 9 7 38 19 18 12 3 3 20 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 19 72
3 Auxerre 37 20 11 6 59 38 18 10 4 4 31 18 19 10 7 2 28 20 21 71
4 Paris 37 19 10 8 52 35 18 10 7 1 28 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 17 67
5 Sochaux 37 19 10 8 45 32 18 10 5 3 20 12 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 67
6 Guingamp 37 14 13 10 50 47 18 8 6 4 29 23 19 6 7 6 21 24 3 55
7 Caen 37 13 11 13 51 40 19 9 3 7 30 18 18 4 8 6 21 22 11 50
8 Le Havre 37 13 11 13 37 39 19 6 5 8 17 20 18 7 6 5 20 19 -2 50
9 Nîmes 37 14 7 16 44 49 18 6 4 8 22 26 19 8 3 8 22 23 -5 49
10 Niort 37 12 10 15 38 40 18 7 5 6 20 15 19 5 5 9 18 25 -2 46
11 Dijon 37 13 7 17 46 51 19 8 3 8 25 26 18 5 4 9 21 25 -5 46
12 Pau 37 13 7 17 38 47 19 10 2 7 25 20 18 3 5 10 13 27 -9 46
13 Amiens SC 37 9 17 11 42 39 19 7 6 6 26 16 18 2 11 5 16 23 3 44
14 Grenoble Foot 38 37 12 8 17 32 42 19 7 5 7 21 21 18 5 3 10 11 21 -10 44
15 Bastia 37 9 16 12 36 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 18 4 4 10 17 24 0 43
16 Valenciennes 37 9 14 14 32 46 19 5 5 9 19 28 18 4 9 5 13 18 -14 41
17 Rodez 37 9 13 15 30 42 18 4 9 5 14 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -12 40
18 Quevilly Rouen 37 9 10 18 30 49 18 4 7 7 15 21 19 5 3 11 15 28 -19 37
19 Dunkerque 37 8 7 22 27 50 19 5 6 8 14 21 18 3 1 14 13 29 -23 31
20 Nancy 37 6 9 22 30 66 18 4 4 10 14 30 19 2 5 12 16 36 -36 27

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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.