Delightful dogfight as daring Paris duel with determined Amiens SC

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Tue 21.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Charléty (20000 seats)

Paris get everything set for this match following their 4-1 result against Valenciennes, a game that gave some clarity. Will they show it against Amiens SC?

Insights:
  • Paris is in the best form (5-1-0) in Ligue 2
  • Amiens SC have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Coupe de France. That game, against Guingamp, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Amiens SC.

W W W W D

Paris form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Paris at their home stadium (Stade Charléty) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Paris has won five games in a row. The Toulouse match was the last time out without a victory.

Paris enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Valenciennes's place. The match ended 4-1 with Guilavogui, Name, Alfarela and Laura scoring. Gory (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.64/10. Gory signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Ahead of that match, Paris won a home game hosting Bastia (1-0).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Paris have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost two.

Paris has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Paris have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

W W W W D

Amiens SC form and stats

Amiens SC have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 1-5-2 (8 played). Two points from the last two away games for Amiens, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

It's the second away game in a row for Amiens, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Guingamp (placed 14th) in the Coupe de France last time out. It's hard not to mention Akolo's lethal finishing against Guingamp. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Grenoble Foot 38 in the Ligue 2.

Amiens SC are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, six draws and six defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

The visiting Amiens have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 8 games. As opposed to that, Amiens SC have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Paris victories, one draw and five Amiens SC wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ParisM. Guilavogui
M. Guilavogui
5 goals
Amiens SCT. Arokodare
T. Arokodare
5 goals
Amiens SCA. Badji
A. Badji
5 goals

Paris missing players

Amiens SC missing players

Paris Amiens SC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 2 8 18
10 4 2 Won W 0 1 4
3 3 0 Drew D 1 5 9
5 1 0 Lost L 1 2 5
24 10 3 Scored S 2 8 22
16 6 0 Conceded C 4 9 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 72%
56% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 61%
33% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 25% 44%
22% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 28%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 11%
39% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 44%
39% 38% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 44%
22% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 39%
 
5.3 5.6 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.4 4.2
4.4 4.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 6 5.2
1.3 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.4 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.6 9.9 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8 7.7
4.9 5.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.4 2.9
27% 24% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 42% 42%
 
7.8 7.1 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 10.8 9.4
2.7 2.6 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.6 3.3
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Amiens SC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Paris have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligue 2
  • Paris haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Paris is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 Ajaccio 18 10 5 3 19 8 9 6 2 1 10 2 9 4 3 2 9 6 11 35
2 Toulouse 18 9 7 2 38 17 9 5 3 1 23 10 9 4 4 1 15 7 21 34
3 Auxerre 18 9 6 3 30 20 9 5 3 1 18 7 9 4 3 2 12 13 10 33
4 Paris 18 10 3 5 24 16 8 4 3 1 10 6 10 6 0 4 14 10 8 33
5 Sochaux 18 9 5 4 19 15 9 5 2 2 8 5 9 4 3 2 11 10 4 32
6 Le Havre 18 7 8 3 17 11 10 4 4 2 9 6 8 3 4 1 8 5 6 29
7 Rodez 18 7 5 6 20 17 8 3 3 2 8 6 10 4 2 4 12 11 3 26
8 Niort 18 7 4 7 20 21 8 4 1 3 10 8 10 3 3 4 10 13 -1 25
9 Pau 18 7 3 8 19 20 10 6 1 3 13 7 8 1 2 5 6 13 -1 24
10 Nimes 18 6 5 7 21 22 9 3 3 3 10 11 9 3 2 4 11 11 -1 23
11 Quevilly Rouen 18 6 5 7 18 23 8 2 3 3 7 10 10 4 2 4 11 13 -5 23
12 Amiens SC 18 4 9 5 22 18 10 3 4 3 14 9 8 1 5 2 8 9 4 21
13 Caen 18 5 6 7 20 19 10 3 1 6 12 11 8 2 5 1 8 8 1 21
14 Guingamp 18 5 6 7 21 26 8 3 2 3 13 13 10 2 4 4 8 13 -5 21
15 Grenoble Foot 38 18 6 3 9 17 25 9 5 1 3 13 10 9 1 2 6 4 15 -8 21
16 Dijon 18 6 2 10 21 27 10 4 2 4 14 14 8 2 0 6 7 13 -6 20
17 Valenciennes 18 5 5 8 14 26 9 2 1 6 8 19 9 3 4 2 6 7 -12 20
18 Bastia 18 4 7 7 16 19 9 2 7 0 9 5 9 2 0 7 7 14 -3 19
19 Dunkerque 18 4 4 10 14 24 10 2 3 5 6 11 8 2 1 5 8 13 -10 16
20 Nancy 18 2 6 10 14 30 8 1 3 4 5 14 10 1 3 6 9 16 -16 12

Amiens SC:

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.