Ligue 2 duel: Close contest expected between Paris and Valenciennes

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 29.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Sébastien-Charléty (20000 seats)

Only the second game in the Ligue 2 for these teams and it's all to play for here at Stade Sébastien-Charléty as Paris welcomes Valenciennes. Check out this preview!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Paris form and stats

Paris enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Chambly's place. The match ended 3-0 with Florian Martin (2) and Gaëtan Laura scoring. Before that, Paris played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Troyes.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Paris have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn two and lost four.

Last season, Paris's league statistics were 7 wins, 7 draws and 14 losses, resulting in a 17th position in the Ligue 2. Over these 28 matches they scored 22 goals and conceded 40. Playing at home last season Paris managed 3-2-8 (win-draw-lost) with 9 goals and 22 conceded.

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Valenciennes form and stats

Valenciennes had fun at their own home (Stade Sébastien-Charléty) last time out, beating Pau 3-0. Baptiste Guillaume, Kevin Cabral and Teddy Chevalier scored. A draw for Valenciennes before that, at their own venue hosting Ajaccio (0-0).

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

Let's have a look at how Valenciennes performed last season in the Ligue 2: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 9 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 24 and conceded 20 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 10/13 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Paris, three draws and two wins for Valenciennes. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

ParisG. Laura
G. Laura
1 goals
ValenciennesK. Cabral
K. Cabral
1 goals

Paris missing players

Valenciennes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Paris Valenciennes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
1 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 10
8 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 4
38% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 75%
Paris Last season Valenciennes
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 13   Played P   14 28
7 3   Won W   4 11
7 2   Drew D   4 9
14 8   Lost L   6 8
22 9   Scored S   10 24
40 22   Conceded C   13 20
89% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 82%
61% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   43% 43%
36% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   21% 18%
11% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 11%
11% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
32% 23%   BTTS BTTS   36% 29%
32% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 46%
46% 54%   Failed to Score F T   50% 43%
 
3.8 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.5
4.9 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 5.2
2.6 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 2.3
7 3   Red cards R C   0 5
 
222 104   Total Shots T S   99 258
77 31   Shots on Target S O   35 86
29% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 28%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Valenciennes 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Sochaux 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Amiens SC 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Châteauroux 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Dunkerque 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Niort 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Rodez 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Caen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Clermont 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Ajaccio 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Grenoble Foot 38 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Guingamp 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Nancy 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Toulouse 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Auxerre 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Chambly 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Pau 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lorient 28 17 3 8 45 25 14 9 1 4 22 12 14 8 2 4 23 13 20 54
2 Lens 28 15 8 5 39 24 14 9 3 2 19 9 14 6 5 3 20 15 15 53
3 Ajaccio 28 15 7 6 38 22 14 6 4 4 17 12 14 9 3 2 21 10 16 52
4 Troyes 28 16 3 9 34 25 14 8 1 5 20 17 14 8 2 4 14 8 9 51
5 Clermont 28 14 8 6 35 25 14 7 3 4 21 14 14 7 5 2 14 11 10 50
6 Le Havre 28 11 11 6 38 25 14 5 7 2 18 10 14 6 4 4 20 15 13 44
7 Valenciennes 28 11 9 8 24 20 14 7 5 2 14 7 14 4 4 6 10 13 4 42
8 Guingamp 28 10 9 9 40 33 14 5 6 3 20 14 14 5 3 6 20 19 7 39
9 Grenoble Foot 38 28 7 14 7 27 29 14 3 8 3 13 13 14 4 6 4 14 16 -2 35
10 Chambly 28 9 8 11 26 32 15 4 4 7 12 21 13 5 4 4 14 11 -6 35
11 Auxerre 28 8 10 10 31 30 14 5 7 2 19 12 14 3 3 8 12 18 1 34
12 Nancy 28 6 16 6 27 26 14 6 6 2 16 9 14 0 10 4 11 17 1 34
13 Caen 28 8 10 10 33 34 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 4 5 5 19 17 -1 34
14 Sochaux 28 8 10 10 28 30 14 6 5 3 17 11 14 2 5 7 11 19 -2 34
15 Châteauroux 28 9 7 12 22 38 14 3 4 7 11 23 14 6 3 5 11 15 -16 34
16 Rodez 28 8 8 12 31 34 14 6 3 5 22 18 14 2 5 7 9 16 -3 32
17 Paris 28 7 7 14 22 40 13 3 2 8 9 22 15 4 5 6 13 18 -18 28
18 Niort 28 6 8 14 30 41 14 4 5 5 16 16 14 2 3 9 14 25 -11 26
19 Le Mans 28 7 5 16 30 45 14 5 3 6 16 17 14 2 2 10 14 28 -15 26
20 Orleans 28 4 7 17 21 43 14 2 2 10 8 23 14 2 5 7 13 20 -22 19

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 Paris 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Valenciennes 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Sochaux 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Amiens SC 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Châteauroux 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Dunkerque 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Niort 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Rodez 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Caen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Clermont 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Ajaccio 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Grenoble Foot 38 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Guingamp 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Nancy 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Toulouse 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Auxerre 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Chambly 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Pau 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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