Orléans vs Guingamp match preview: Even contest expected at Stade de la Source

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Fri 24.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Source (5849 seats)

Orléans hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 13 points and a 20th position in the Ligue 2 table. Visiting Guingamp holds 9th place with 28 pts.

Orléans and Guingamp 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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Orléans form and stats

Orléans's struggle is real here at Stade de la Source with only 5 points collected from 10 Ligue 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-7.

In their previous game, the manager D. Ollé-Nicolle led his Orléans to a defeat in the Ligue 2 match away at Chambly. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade de la Source. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Le Mans (2-3).

Orléans have scored 5 goals here in 10 league matches, a depressing statistic. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded.

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Guingamp form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (33) in Ligue 2, on their Ligue 2 travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Guingamp, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Guingamp's last game was the home draw against Lens (1-1). Prior to that result Guingamp won their away game at Châteauroux. The scoreline was 5-1.

Guingamp has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 9 games. 13 goals have been conceded by Guingamp in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Guingamp - Orléans 1-0. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: 1 - 1 - 2 (Orléans wins - draws - Guingamp wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GuingampF. Pierrot
F. Pierrot
8 goals
GuingampB. Pelé
B. Pelé
5 goals
OrléansJ. Lopy
J. Lopy
4 goals

Orléans missing players

Guingamp missing players

Orléans Guingamp
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 9 20
2 1 1 Won W 2 4 7
7 2 0 Drew D 1 2 7
11 7 2 Lost L 0 3 6
15 5 1 Scored S 8 17 33
29 16 2 Conceded C 1 13 25
85% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 89% 95%
45% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 75%
40% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 50%
30% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 56% 35%
15% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 22% 20%
40% 30% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 55%
20% 10% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 25%
55% 60% 67% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 25%
 
5 6.8 6 Corners For (avg) C F 3.3 5.1 5.8
4.5 4.8 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.3 4.9 4.1
2 1.5 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.8 1.8
2 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
 
206 116 36 Total Shots T S 34 94 255
74 36 14 Shots on Target S O 17 42 96
20% 14% 7% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 40% 34%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Guingamp has the most scored goals (33)
  • Guingamp have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Guingamp have scored more than double the goals of Orléans.
  • Orléans has the fewest clean sheets (1) at home
  • Orléans has the fewest points (5) at home
  • Orléans has the most conceded goals in the first half (14)
  • Orléans has the most dropped points from leading position (14)
  • Orléans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Orléans have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Orléans haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Lorient 20 13 3 4 32 16 10 7 1 2 15 6 10 6 2 2 17 10 16 42
2 Lens 20 12 5 3 31 16 9 7 1 1 15 4 11 5 4 2 16 12 15 41
3 Troyes 20 12 2 6 24 19 10 6 0 4 13 13 10 6 2 2 11 6 5 38
4 Ajaccio 20 10 6 4 26 16 10 4 4 2 12 8 10 6 2 2 14 8 10 36
5 Clermont 20 9 6 5 23 20 10 4 3 3 13 11 10 5 3 2 10 9 3 33
6 Le Havre 20 8 8 4 30 20 9 3 5 1 14 7 11 5 3 3 16 13 10 32
7 Nancy 20 6 12 2 20 15 11 6 5 0 14 5 9 0 7 2 6 10 5 30
8 Valenciennes 20 8 6 6 15 12 10 5 3 2 10 5 10 3 3 4 5 7 3 30
9 Guingamp 20 7 7 6 33 25 11 3 5 3 16 12 9 4 2 3 17 13 8 28
10 Sochaux 20 7 7 6 21 16 11 5 4 2 15 6 9 2 3 4 6 10 5 28
11 Grenoble Foot 38 20 5 11 4 20 20 9 2 6 1 8 7 11 3 5 3 12 13 0 26
12 Auxerre 20 5 8 7 22 21 10 3 5 2 14 10 10 2 3 5 8 11 1 23
13 Chambly 20 6 5 9 16 25 11 3 3 5 7 15 9 3 2 4 9 10 -9 23
14 Rodez 20 6 3 11 24 28 10 5 1 4 18 14 10 1 2 7 6 14 -4 21
15 Caen 20 4 9 7 20 25 10 2 5 3 8 12 10 2 4 4 12 13 -5 21
16 Châteauroux 20 5 6 9 14 26 9 1 3 5 5 13 11 4 3 4 9 13 -12 21
17 Le Mans 20 6 2 12 23 33 11 4 1 6 13 15 9 2 1 6 10 18 -10 20
18 Niort 20 4 5 11 16 25 10 2 3 5 8 11 10 2 2 6 8 14 -9 17
19 Paris 20 4 4 12 11 29 9 2 1 6 6 17 11 2 3 6 5 12 -18 16
20 Orléans 20 2 7 11 15 29 10 1 2 7 5 16 10 1 5 4 10 13 -14 13

Read more about Ligue 2

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.