Ligue 2 match preview: Paris versus Lorient

Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Mon 15.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Sébastien-Charléty (20000 seats)

A key match in Ligue 2 as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 3rd position and the visitors placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

This stadium uses grass, unlike Lorient's home stadium. The visitors last 19 games on grass have ended in 10 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses.

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Paris form and stats

Paris, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Ligue 2, have performed well at Stade Sébastien-Charléty so far this season with 8 wins from 15 matches. Points have also been lost, 6 after draws and 1 from defeats.

Paris lost their last game at Sochaux after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Auxerre.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Paris as they are travelling to their away game against Le Havre in the Ligue 2. That match is three days after this one.

Paris has scored 18 goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Paris have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.

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Lorient form and stats

As the visiting team Lorient have produced an overall stat of 7-2-6 so far. Lorient has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Lorient won their last game, 3-1 versus Béziers played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Metz's place.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Troyes in just three days.

Lorient are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 15 games. 16 goals have been conceded by Lorient in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Lorient - Paris 2-1 played earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 0 Paris victories, 1 draw and 2 Lorient wins.

Top Goalscorers

P. Hamel
14 goals / 1 assists
A. Claude Maurice
12 goals / 2 assists
S. Wamangituka
8 goals / 1 assists

Paris missing players

Lorient missing players

Paris Lorient
Total Home Statistic Away Total
31 15 Played 15 31
29 18 Scored 18 41
17 4 Conceded 16 30
77% 73% Over 0.5 87% 84%
48% 53% Over 1.5 60% 61%
19% 20% Over 2.5 47% 48%
3% 0% Over 3.5 20% 26%
0% 0% Over 4.5 13% 10%
23% 20% Both teams to score 40% 52%
61% 73% Clean Sheet 40% 35%
39% 33% Failed To Score 33% 29%
Key stats this season:
  • Paris is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 D P
1 Metz 31 19 8 4 49 19 15 10 2 3 27 9 16 9 6 1 22 10 30 65
2 Brest 31 16 11 4 51 30 16 10 4 2 30 15 15 6 7 2 21 15 21 59
3 Paris 31 14 11 6 29 17 15 8 6 1 18 4 16 6 5 5 11 13 12 53
4 Lorient 31 15 8 8 41 30 16 8 6 2 23 14 15 7 2 6 18 16 11 53
5 Troyes 31 15 7 9 38 25 15 9 0 6 20 14 16 6 7 3 18 11 13 52
6 Lens 30 14 7 9 39 23 15 9 4 2 24 6 15 5 3 7 15 17 16 49
7 Orléans 31 14 6 11 46 41 16 6 4 6 19 19 15 8 2 5 27 22 5 48
8 Clermont 31 11 11 9 37 26 16 5 7 4 19 14 15 6 4 5 18 12 11 44
9 Le Havre 31 10 14 7 35 31 16 7 7 2 26 20 15 3 7 5 9 11 4 44
10 Grenoble Foot 38 31 11 9 11 35 37 16 7 4 5 15 14 15 4 5 6 20 23 -2 42
11 Niort 31 9 11 11 27 32 15 5 6 4 15 14 16 4 5 7 12 18 -5 38
12 Valenciennes 31 10 7 14 44 49 16 6 4 6 24 24 15 4 3 8 20 25 -5 37
13 Gazélec Ajaccio 31 9 10 12 26 43 16 5 4 7 12 20 15 4 6 5 14 23 -17 37
14 Ajaccio 31 8 11 12 27 38 15 5 7 3 16 13 16 3 4 9 11 25 -11 35
15 Auxerre 31 9 7 15 29 30 15 5 5 5 14 11 16 4 2 10 15 19 -1 34
16 Châteauroux 30 7 12 11 27 35 15 3 6 6 15 19 15 4 6 5 12 16 -8 33
17 Sochaux 31 9 6 16 20 36 15 6 2 7 11 17 16 3 4 9 9 19 -16 33
18 Nancy 31 9 5 17 29 41 15 4 2 9 11 19 16 5 3 8 18 22 -12 32
19 Béziers 31 6 9 16 19 37 15 1 8 6 7 15 16 5 1 10 12 22 -18 27
20 Red Star 31 5 8 18 21 49 16 5 1 10 13 29 15 0 7 8 8 20 -28 23