Paris vs Amiens SC match preview: Even contest expected at Stade Sébastien-Charléty

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 23.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Sébastien-Charléty (20000 seats)

6th position in the Ligue 2 table for Paris so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 8th-placed Amiens SC visits Stade Sébastien-Charléty.

Insights:
  • Paris has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligue 2
  • Amiens SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Paris nor Amiens SC 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.

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Paris form and stats

Overall Ligue 2 stats at home this season for Paris are 5-3-2 (wins-draw-losses).

Paris enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Le Havre's place. The match ended 1-0. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Ajaccio that ended 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Paris perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Paris as a small favourite), we find 18 games. Paris has won eight of these, drawn four and lost six.

The manager R. Girard will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Valenciennes in only three days.

Paris has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. On the other hand, Paris have conceded 10 goals.

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Amiens SC form and stats

4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Amiens SC playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season.

The Amiens goalkeeper Regis Gurtner is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 233 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Amiens are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Dunkerque (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) (placed 15th). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Le Havre in the Ligue 2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Amiens SC playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were two Amiens wins, two draws and four defeats.

Amiens find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Amiens as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Amiens SC - Paris 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. 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; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ParisJ. López Baila
J. López Baila
5 goals
ParisG. Laura
G. Laura
4 goals
Amiens SCJ. Mendoza Valencia
J. Mendoza Valencia
4 goals

Paris missing players

Amiens SC missing players

Paris Amiens SC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 5 Played P 2 10 20
9 5 3 Won W 0 4 7
5 3 2 Drew D 0 2 7
5 2 0 Lost L 2 4 6
26 13 8 Scored S 2 12 18
20 10 2 Conceded C 4 9 14
89% 90% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 80%
68% 70% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 50%
53% 40% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 40% 25%
21% 20% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 5%
11% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 40% 40% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 35%
37% 40% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 50%
26% 30% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.1 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.9 2.4
4 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
9.2 9.7 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6 9.5 9.1
3.9 3.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.5 3.8
35% 37% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 27% 24%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Amiens SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Paris has the fewest dropped points from leading position (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 Troyes 20 12 5 3 29 15 10 8 2 0 17 6 10 4 3 3 12 9 14 41
2 Toulouse 20 11 6 3 39 23 11 6 3 2 21 13 9 5 3 1 18 10 16 39
3 Clermont 20 10 7 3 30 10 10 6 3 1 20 5 10 4 4 2 10 5 20 37
4 Auxerre 20 10 6 4 41 23 11 7 2 2 27 10 9 3 4 2 14 13 18 36
5 Grenoble Foot 38 20 10 5 5 27 17 9 7 2 0 20 6 11 3 3 5 7 11 10 35
6 Paris 19 9 5 5 26 20 10 5 3 2 13 10 9 4 2 3 13 10 6 32
7 Sochaux 20 6 10 4 26 19 10 4 4 2 17 13 10 2 6 2 9 6 7 28
8 Amiens SC 20 7 7 6 18 14 10 3 5 2 6 5 10 4 2 4 12 9 4 28
9 Caen 20 7 7 6 20 22 10 4 5 1 10 9 10 3 2 5 10 13 -2 28
10 Valenciennes 19 7 6 6 25 22 9 3 3 3 10 10 10 4 3 3 15 12 3 27
11 Ajaccio 20 6 7 7 17 23 10 4 3 3 9 9 10 2 4 4 8 14 -6 25
12 Niort 19 7 4 8 20 29 10 4 3 3 11 10 9 3 1 5 9 19 -9 25
13 Le Havre 20 6 6 8 17 25 9 2 4 3 6 8 11 4 2 5 11 17 -8 24
14 Guingamp 20 4 9 7 21 26 10 2 5 3 10 11 10 2 4 4 11 15 -5 21
15 Dunkerque 20 6 3 11 15 26 10 3 3 4 9 9 10 3 0 7 6 17 -11 21
16 Nancy 20 4 7 9 24 30 9 2 4 3 16 18 11 2 3 6 8 12 -6 19
17 Chambly 19 4 7 8 21 29 10 3 1 6 9 14 9 1 6 2 12 15 -8 19
18 Rodez 20 3 10 7 18 28 11 3 4 4 10 13 9 0 6 3 8 15 -10 19
19 Pau 20 3 5 12 15 31 9 2 3 4 8 12 11 1 2 8 7 19 -16 14
20 Châteauroux 20 3 4 13 15 32 10 2 1 7 8 16 10 1 3 6 7 16 -17 13

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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.