Ligue 2: Two teams in reasonably good form get together for this match. Valenciennes might have a small upper hand with their 6th place in the league table?
- Paris have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Paris have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Valenciennes have scored away.
Paris and Valenciennes 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.
Paris form and stats
1 victory, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Paris have to build on here at Stade Charléty in the Ligue 2. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Paris, their manager Laurey and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
A good away victory last time out for Paris, who won 1-0 against Nîmes (placed 19th). Cardinal was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.83 out of 10. The defender Cardinal hit two key passes and won 8 of 10 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against Rodez that was lost 1-2.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Paris matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from 4 games).
Paris has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.
Valenciennes form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Valenciennes had fun at their own home (Stade Charléty) last time out, beating Sochaux 2-1. Cuffaut and Diliberto scored. Goalkeeper Larsonneur was absolutely vital in the Valenciennes victory against Sochaux, making six saves. Attacker Bonnet got a player rating of 7.52 in the game. "Man of the match" Bonnet hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 27 total).
Prior to that match, the Valenciennes manager Rabuel faced defeat when travelling to Pau and losing 0-1.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Valenciennes when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 0 times, drawing 3 and winning 1 game.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Valenciennes's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 5 matches. Valenciennes are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Paris victories, three draws and three Valenciennes wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Guilavogui 3 goals |  M. Chahiri 2 goals |   J. Cuffaut 2 goals |
Paris missing players
Valenciennes missing players
| Paris | Valenciennes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 70% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 10% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 70% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 5.1 | 6.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 2.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.6 | 7.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 7.8 | 7.2 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 29% | 42% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 29% |
| 8.5 | 8.8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12 | 12.2 |
| 2.9 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
- All of Paris's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Paris have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Paris have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Paris have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Valenciennes have scored away.
- Paris have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Paris 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 | Amiens SC | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 2 | Sochaux | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 3 | Le Havre | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| 4 | Bordeaux | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | Guingamp | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 17 |
| 6 | Valenciennes | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Bastia | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | Caen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 9 | Metz | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | Paris | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 11 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 12 | Dijon | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Laval | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Quevilly Rouen | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | Pau | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 16 | Annecy | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | Rodez | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -5 | 9 |
| 18 | Saint-Etienne | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 8 |
| 19 | Nîmes | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 8 |
| 20 | Niort | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 8 |
