Ligue 2 preview and numbers: Paris - Valenciennes at Stade Charléty

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Charléty (20000 seats)

The Ligue 2 league table tells a story about these contenders to this date, with Paris leading Valenciennes by 26 points. Tipsway previews the game:

Insights:
  • Paris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Ligue 2

This has all the signs of an entertaining game with lots of spark and energy as both contenders are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

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Paris form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Charléty as Paris have scored 27 goals to get 36 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 2 are 10-6-1 (wins-draws-losses). The Paris fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stade Charléty and will expect new points from this game. Paris has played 14 games in a row here without a defeat.

Paris faced defeat in their previous match, away at Bastia (1-2). The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Name, having scored in three games in a row. Siby (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.62/10. Siby hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Caen.

A decent goal production from Paris in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 17 league matches. Paris have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Valenciennes form and stats

4-8-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Valenciennes in their Ligue 2 matches away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Valenciennes are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

The attacking players of Valenciennes have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 456 minutes.

There were no winners in Valenciennes's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Ajaccio (placed 2nd). Cuffaut was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.8. The defender Cuffaut won 14 of 18 duels.

A 0-3 defeat away at Grenoble Foot 38 before that.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have played before this season: Valenciennes - Paris 1-4. 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

ParisM. Guilavogui
M. Guilavogui
11 goals
ParisM. Name
M. Name
7 goals
ValenciennesB. Guillaume
B. Guillaume
6 goals

Paris missing players

Valenciennes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Paris Valenciennes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
18 10 3 Won W 0 4 8
9 6 2 Drew D 3 8 13
8 1 0 Lost L 2 5 14
49 27 8 Scored S 1 12 30
33 12 3 Conceded C 3 17 45
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 82% 83%
69% 71% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 59% 63%
40% 35% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 40%
20% 24% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
49% 47% 60% BTTS BTTS 20% 47% 51%
37% 47% 40% Clean Sheets C S 40% 29% 29%
14% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 80% 41% 37%
 
4.6 4.6 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.1 4.5
4.3 4.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 5.8 4.8
1.3 1.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
8.8 8.5 7.6 Shots (avg) S ( 3.4 6.5 8.2
4.2 4.2 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.2 2.7 3.3
33% 38% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 26% 26%
 
7.9 7.2 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 7.6 8.1 8.4
3.3 3.1 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 3.3 3.8
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Paris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Paris have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Valenciennes have scored away.
  • Paris haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) 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 Toulouse 34 21 10 3 78 30 17 12 4 1 48 13 17 9 6 2 30 17 48 73
2 Ajaccio 35 20 8 7 35 17 17 11 3 3 18 7 18 9 5 4 17 10 18 68
3 Auxerre 35 18 11 6 56 37 17 9 4 4 30 18 18 9 7 2 26 19 19 65
4 Sochaux 35 18 10 7 43 30 17 9 5 3 18 11 18 9 5 4 25 19 13 64
5 Paris 35 18 9 8 49 33 17 10 6 1 27 12 18 8 3 7 22 21 16 63
6 Le Havre 35 13 11 11 35 35 18 6 5 7 16 18 17 7 6 4 19 17 0 50
7 Guingamp 35 12 13 10 45 45 17 7 6 4 27 22 18 5 7 6 18 23 0 49
8 Caen 35 12 11 12 48 38 18 8 3 7 28 18 17 4 8 5 20 20 10 47
9 Nîmes 35 13 7 15 40 46 18 6 4 8 22 26 17 7 3 7 18 20 -6 46
10 Niort 34 12 9 13 35 33 17 7 5 5 19 12 17 5 4 8 16 21 2 45
11 Amiens SC 35 9 16 10 40 36 18 7 6 5 25 14 17 2 10 5 15 22 4 43
12 Bastia 35 9 16 10 35 33 18 5 12 1 19 11 17 4 4 9 16 22 2 43
13 Dijon 35 12 7 16 41 47 18 8 3 7 23 23 17 4 4 9 18 24 -6 43
14 Pau 35 12 6 17 34 44 18 10 1 7 23 18 17 2 5 10 11 26 -10 42
15 Grenoble Foot 38 35 12 6 17 30 40 17 7 3 7 19 19 18 5 3 10 11 21 -10 42
16 Valenciennes 35 8 13 14 30 45 18 4 5 9 18 28 17 4 8 5 12 17 -15 37
17 Rodez 35 7 13 15 28 42 17 3 9 5 13 16 18 4 4 10 15 26 -14 34
18 Quevilly Rouen 34 8 10 16 26 45 17 4 7 6 14 19 17 4 3 10 12 26 -19 34
19 Dunkerque 35 8 7 20 26 46 18 5 6 7 13 18 17 3 1 13 13 28 -20 31
20 Nancy 34 5 9 20 26 58 16 4 4 8 13 24 18 1 5 12 13 34 -32 24

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 Toulouse 34 21 10 3 78 30 17 12 4 1 48 13 17 9 6 2 30 17 48 73
2 Ajaccio 35 20 8 7 35 17 17 11 3 3 18 7 18 9 5 4 17 10 18 68
3 Auxerre 35 18 11 6 56 37 17 9 4 4 30 18 18 9 7 2 26 19 19 65
4 Sochaux 35 18 10 7 43 30 17 9 5 3 18 11 18 9 5 4 25 19 13 64
5 Paris 35 18 9 8 49 33 17 10 6 1 27 12 18 8 3 7 22 21 16 63
6 Le Havre 35 13 11 11 35 35 18 6 5 7 16 18 17 7 6 4 19 17 0 50
7 Guingamp 35 12 13 10 45 45 17 7 6 4 27 22 18 5 7 6 18 23 0 49
8 Caen 35 12 11 12 48 38 18 8 3 7 28 18 17 4 8 5 20 20 10 47
9 Nîmes 35 13 7 15 40 46 18 6 4 8 22 26 17 7 3 7 18 20 -6 46
10 Niort 34 12 9 13 35 33 17 7 5 5 19 12 17 5 4 8 16 21 2 45
11 Amiens SC 35 9 16 10 40 36 18 7 6 5 25 14 17 2 10 5 15 22 4 43
12 Bastia 35 9 16 10 35 33 18 5 12 1 19 11 17 4 4 9 16 22 2 43
13 Dijon 35 12 7 16 41 47 18 8 3 7 23 23 17 4 4 9 18 24 -6 43
14 Pau 35 12 6 17 34 44 18 10 1 7 23 18 17 2 5 10 11 26 -10 42
15 Grenoble Foot 38 35 12 6 17 30 40 17 7 3 7 19 19 18 5 3 10 11 21 -10 42
16 Valenciennes 35 8 13 14 30 45 18 4 5 9 18 28 17 4 8 5 12 17 -15 37
17 Rodez 35 7 13 15 28 42 17 3 9 5 13 16 18 4 4 10 15 26 -14 34
18 Quevilly Rouen 34 8 10 16 26 45 17 4 7 6 14 19 17 4 3 10 12 26 -19 34
19 Dunkerque 35 8 7 20 26 46 18 5 6 7 13 18 17 3 1 13 13 28 -20 31
20 Nancy 34 5 9 20 26 58 16 4 4 8 13 24 18 1 5 12 13 34 -32 24

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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.