This promises to be quite the exciting skirmish at Stade René Gaillard in the Ligue 2. Niort is in 16th position and receive Valenciennes in 14th place. Read all about the game here!
- Niort have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Valenciennes have yet to win a game away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Niort and Valenciennes.
Niort form and stats
Only two Ligue 2 home games for Niort so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Niort are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Sochaux. Moutachy was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.0 out of 10. The defender Moutachy won 5 of 7 duels.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Paris.This is expected to be a close game, with Niort perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Niort as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Niort has won 4 of these, drawn 4 and lost 5.
There will be little rest for Niort after this match as they are travelling to Quevilly Rouen for a Ligue 2 game in only three days.
At Stade René Gaillard, Niort has the goal stats of 3-5 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Valenciennes form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Ligue 2 for Valenciennes with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
There were no winners in Valenciennes's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Saint-Étienne (placed 20th). Midfielder Boutoutaou was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.41. Boutoutaou served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Quevilly Rouen.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Valenciennes playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 2 Valenciennes wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Valenciennes, the Ligue 2 home match versus Nîmes. Busy days.
Valenciennes have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Valenciennes have avoided a loss in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) facing Niort.Top Goalscorers
  B. Boutobba 3 goals |  M. Zemzemi 1 goals |  Y. Merdji 1 goals |
Niort missing players
Valenciennes missing players
| Niort | Valenciennes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 4 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 4.6 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| 2.2 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 11.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 4.4 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1.8 |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 11.8 | 12.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10 | 10.6 |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
- All of Niort's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Niort have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Niort haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Valenciennes have failed to score a single goal away.
- Valenciennes have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Valenciennes have yet to win a game away.
| Niort | Last season | Valenciennes | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 9 | 14 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 5 | 14 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Scored | S | 15 | 34 | ||
| 42 | 17 | Conceded | C | 19 | 47 | ||
| 87% | 84% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 84% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 63% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 63% | 63% | ||
| 37% | 32% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 32% | 39% | ||
| 18% | 16% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | ||
| 3% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 37% | 37% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 53% | ||
| 34% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 29% | ||
| 42% | 37% | Failed to Score | F T | 37% | 34% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7.9 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 33% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 27% | ||
| 8.7 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 8.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Caen | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Dijon | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Guingamp | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Amiens SC | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Bordeaux | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Sochaux | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Metz | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Laval | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Nîmes | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Le Havre | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 | Bastia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Quevilly Rouen | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Paris | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Valenciennes | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 15 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 16 | Niort | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | Rodez | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 5 |
| 18 | Annecy | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 19 | Pau | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 2 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -7 | 0 |
