Ligue 2 preview: Can Paris edge out victory against Grenoble Foot 38?

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 06.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Charléty (20000 seats)

Which team will go home victorious when Grenoble Foot 38 travel to Paris? In this game guide you'll find all the relevant information and statistics required to make a prediction.

Insights:
  • Paris have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Paris and Grenoble Foot 38 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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Paris form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Paris have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 16 games.

Paris drew their last game, 1-1 away at Metz (placed 3rd). Paris's goalie Demarconnay played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Metz with a stunning seven saves.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Nîmes.

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 14 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 3 and lost 5.

Lots of goals? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 most recent league matches with this club has contained three goals or more.

Paris has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Paris's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Grenoble Foot 38 form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Grenoble Foot 38 have produced an overall stat of 5-4-7 so far.

The club members enjoyed Grenoble Foot 38's previous game versus Niort (placed 20th), a 2-0 win played at home. Midfield player Sanyang was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.04/10. Sanyang scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Prior to that match, the Grenoble manager Hognon faced defeat when travelling to Bordeaux and losing 0-3.

We have checked recent matches where Grenoble Foot 38 have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 5 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

Low on goals? 16 of this club's latest 21 league rounds have seen zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 16 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. Grenoble have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Grenoble Foot 38 - Paris 1-2 was the outcome when this pair of teams previously met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Paris six wins, two draws and Grenoble Foot 38 one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ParisM. Guilavogui
M. Guilavogui
14 goals
Grenoble Foot 38M. Phaeton
M. Phaeton
9 goals
Grenoble Foot 38A. Sanyang
A. Sanyang
7 goals

Paris missing players

Grenoble Foot 38 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Paris Grenoble Foot 38
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
12 5 2 Won W 2 5 14
8 3 0 Drew D 1 4 8
13 8 3 Lost L 2 7 11
40 20 9 Scored S 7 14 32
41 21 9 Conceded C 7 17 30
85% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 81% 82%
67% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 50% 48%
52% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 38% 33%
18% 19% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 12% 12%
9% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 9%
52% 50% 80% BTTS BTTS 40% 19% 27%
36% 31% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 44% 45%
27% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 56% 45%
 
4.2 4.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 3.3 3.6
4.8 5.3 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.3 5.2
1.6 1.3 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.3 1.9
6 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
9.7 10.4 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 5.2 7.4 8.4
4 4.4 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 2.8 3.5
30% 29% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 58% 31% 28%
 
8.8 9.2 11.4 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 11.8 11
3.7 4.1 5.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.6 4.2
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Paris have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Le Havre 33 18 14 1 43 15 16 9 7 0 21 7 17 9 7 1 22 8 28 68
2 Bordeaux 33 18 8 7 47 26 16 10 4 2 24 9 17 8 4 5 23 17 21 62
3 Metz 33 16 11 6 52 29 17 8 7 2 24 13 16 8 4 4 28 16 23 59
4 Bastia 33 15 8 10 40 36 17 10 3 4 23 13 16 5 5 6 17 23 4 53
5 Sochaux 32 15 7 10 52 31 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 3 7 21 17 21 52
6 Caen 33 14 10 9 43 36 17 10 5 2 27 13 16 4 5 7 16 23 7 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 33 14 8 11 32 30 17 9 4 4 18 13 16 5 4 7 14 17 2 50
8 Guingamp 33 12 9 12 43 42 17 6 3 8 23 23 16 6 6 4 20 19 1 45
9 Quevilly Rouen 33 11 12 10 37 36 17 6 8 3 27 21 16 5 4 7 10 15 1 45
10 Paris 33 12 8 13 40 41 16 5 3 8 20 21 17 7 5 5 20 20 -1 44
11 Saint-Étienne 33 12 10 11 51 49 16 7 4 5 25 23 17 5 6 6 26 26 2 43
12 Rodez 33 10 11 12 35 39 17 4 6 7 16 24 16 6 5 5 19 15 -4 41
13 Amiens SC 33 11 8 14 34 43 16 7 3 6 17 17 17 4 5 8 17 26 -9 41
14 Pau 33 10 10 13 30 39 16 5 6 5 14 17 17 5 4 8 16 22 -9 40
15 Valenciennes 33 8 13 12 35 43 17 5 10 2 25 22 16 3 3 10 10 21 -8 37
16 Annecy 33 9 10 14 34 47 16 7 3 6 15 17 17 2 7 8 19 30 -13 37
17 Laval 33 10 4 19 36 50 16 6 2 8 21 22 17 4 2 11 15 28 -14 34
18 Nîmes 33 9 5 19 35 50 16 8 1 7 20 17 17 1 4 12 15 33 -15 32
19 Dijon 32 7 10 15 29 39 17 6 6 5 17 16 15 1 4 10 12 23 -10 31
20 Niort 33 7 6 20 28 55 16 5 2 9 18 28 17 2 4 11 10 27 -27 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 Le Havre 33 18 14 1 43 15 16 9 7 0 21 7 17 9 7 1 22 8 28 68
2 Bordeaux 33 18 8 7 47 26 16 10 4 2 24 9 17 8 4 5 23 17 21 62
3 Metz 33 16 11 6 52 29 17 8 7 2 24 13 16 8 4 4 28 16 23 59
4 Bastia 33 15 8 10 40 36 17 10 3 4 23 13 16 5 5 6 17 23 4 53
5 Sochaux 32 15 7 10 52 31 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 3 7 21 17 21 52
6 Caen 33 14 10 9 43 36 17 10 5 2 27 13 16 4 5 7 16 23 7 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 33 14 8 11 32 30 17 9 4 4 18 13 16 5 4 7 14 17 2 50
8 Guingamp 33 12 9 12 43 42 17 6 3 8 23 23 16 6 6 4 20 19 1 45
9 Quevilly Rouen 33 11 12 10 37 36 17 6 8 3 27 21 16 5 4 7 10 15 1 45
10 Paris 33 12 8 13 40 41 16 5 3 8 20 21 17 7 5 5 20 20 -1 44
11 Saint-Étienne 33 12 10 11 51 49 16 7 4 5 25 23 17 5 6 6 26 26 2 43
12 Rodez 33 10 11 12 35 39 17 4 6 7 16 24 16 6 5 5 19 15 -4 41
13 Amiens SC 33 11 8 14 34 43 16 7 3 6 17 17 17 4 5 8 17 26 -9 41
14 Pau 33 10 10 13 30 39 16 5 6 5 14 17 17 5 4 8 16 22 -9 40
15 Valenciennes 33 8 13 12 35 43 17 5 10 2 25 22 16 3 3 10 10 21 -8 37
16 Annecy 33 9 10 14 34 47 16 7 3 6 15 17 17 2 7 8 19 30 -13 37
17 Laval 33 10 4 19 36 50 16 6 2 8 21 22 17 4 2 11 15 28 -14 34
18 Nîmes 33 9 5 19 35 50 16 8 1 7 20 17 17 1 4 12 15 33 -15 32
19 Dijon 32 7 10 15 29 39 17 6 6 5 17 16 15 1 4 10 12 23 -10 31
20 Niort 33 7 6 20 28 55 16 5 2 9 18 28 17 2 4 11 10 27 -27 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.