Evenly matched teams: Quevilly Rouen vs Valenciennes match preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Robert Diochon (12018 seats)

Quevilly Rouen are welcoming Valenciennes for another important fixture after their 0-3 result against 2nd-placed Paris.

Insights:
  • Quevilly Rouen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Valenciennes have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Ligue 2

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Quevilly Rouen form and stats

All-inclusive Ligue 2 results at home this season for Quevilly Rouen are 3-5-3 (wins-draws-losses). When Quevilly Rouen hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Nancy, Dunkerque, Rodez, Bastia, Grenoble Foot 38 and Quevilly Rouen), they have won 2 of 3 matches!

The fans are hoping that Quevilly Rouen will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the game against Paris (placed 2nd). Defender Padovani got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.3/10. Padovani won 8 of 10 duels.

Ahead of that match, Quevilly Rouen won a home game hosting Grenoble Foot 38 (1-0).

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 Quevilly Rouen have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won six, drawn four and lost five.

Quevilly's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Valenciennes form and stats

3 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Valenciennes playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season.

Valenciennes failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Toulouse (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-3. Bonnet, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.35. Bonnet scored one goal and hit one key pass.

A 0-0 draw at Rodez's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Valenciennes in our archives, and the results are: one win for Valenciennes, three draws and three defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Valenciennes as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Valenciennes as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have met each other previously this season, with the final score Valenciennes - Quevilly Rouen 1-2 registered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - three - zero (Quevilly wins - draws - Valenciennes wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Quevilly RouenD. Nazon
D. Nazon
6 goals
ValenciennesB. Guillaume
B. Guillaume
6 goals
Quevilly RouenG. Gbelle
G. Gbelle
5 goals

Quevilly Rouen missing players

Valenciennes missing players

Quevilly Rouen Valenciennes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 11 3 Played P 2 12 24
7 3 2 Won W 1 3 6
7 5 0 Drew D 1 6 8
10 3 1 Lost L 0 3 10
22 11 4 Scored S 1 8 24
33 13 3 Conceded C 0 10 34
92% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 75% 83%
71% 64% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 67%
54% 55% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 50%
12% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 21%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
50% 55% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 42% 58%
17% 27% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 42% 29%
42% 36% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 42% 29%
 
3.6 3.3 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.2 4.7
5.2 5.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 5.9 5.2
1.8 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
7.5 7.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9 6.1 8.1
2.8 2.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.2 3
33% 34% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 34%
 
9.7 10.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 8.2 9
4 4.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.1 4
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Quevilly Rouen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Valenciennes have the most dropped points from leading position (15) 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 24 13 9 2 52 21 12 7 4 1 32 12 12 6 5 1 20 9 31 48
2 Paris 24 14 5 5 35 20 12 7 4 1 18 8 12 7 1 4 17 12 15 47
3 Sochaux 24 12 8 4 28 20 12 6 4 2 13 9 12 6 4 2 15 11 8 44
4 Ajaccio 24 12 6 6 21 13 12 7 3 2 11 3 12 5 3 4 10 10 8 42
5 Auxerre 24 10 9 5 36 27 12 5 4 3 22 13 12 5 5 2 14 14 9 39
6 Le Havre 24 8 11 5 24 20 13 4 5 4 11 11 11 4 6 1 13 9 4 35
7 Niort 24 10 5 9 28 25 11 6 2 3 15 8 13 4 3 6 13 17 3 35
8 Nîmes 24 9 5 10 29 31 12 4 3 5 13 15 12 5 2 5 16 16 -2 32
9 Pau 24 9 5 10 26 28 12 7 1 4 17 10 12 2 4 6 9 18 -2 32
10 Guingamp 24 7 9 8 26 32 11 4 4 3 16 15 13 3 5 5 10 17 -6 30
11 Amiens SC 24 6 11 7 30 23 13 5 4 4 20 11 11 1 7 3 10 12 7 29
12 Caen 24 7 8 9 31 27 13 5 1 7 18 13 11 2 7 2 13 14 4 29
13 Dijon 24 9 2 13 29 34 13 5 2 6 16 17 11 4 0 7 13 17 -5 29
14 Rodez 24 7 8 9 20 25 11 3 5 3 8 8 13 4 3 6 12 17 -5 29
15 Bastia 24 6 10 8 25 24 12 3 9 0 13 6 12 3 1 8 12 18 1 28
16 Quevilly Rouen 24 7 7 10 22 33 11 3 5 3 11 13 13 4 2 7 11 20 -11 28
17 Valenciennes 24 6 8 10 24 34 12 3 2 7 16 24 12 3 6 3 8 10 -10 26
18 Grenoble Foot 38 24 7 4 13 19 31 12 6 1 5 15 14 12 1 3 8 4 17 -12 25
19 Dunkerque 24 6 6 12 19 29 13 3 5 5 9 12 11 3 1 7 10 17 -10 24
20 Nancy 24 3 8 13 19 46 11 2 4 5 8 19 13 1 4 8 11 27 -27 17

Read more about Ligue 2

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.