Ligue 2: Toulouse - Valenciennes preview and the hard facts

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium de Toulouse

This looks to be quite the exciting meeting at Stadium de Toulouse in the Ligue 2. Toulouse is in 1st place and welcome Valenciennes in 14th spot. Read about the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Toulouse have the most scored goals (12) in Ligue 2
  • Valenciennes have not yet lost a game away.

Toulouse 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.

It's quite the trip for Valenciennes when visiting Toulouse as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Toulouse form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Toulouse's two home games in the Ligue 2 so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Stadium de Toulouse. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Toulouse has won four games in a row. The Ajaccio match was the last time out without a victory.

Happy days for Toulouse in their previous game, a Ligue 2 match away at Dijon (placed 19th) that ended with a 4-2 victory. Nathan N'Goumou (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.13/10. N'Goumou scored two goals. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Bastia in a game that was won 1-0.

At Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse has the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Valenciennes form and stats

Valenciennes are still undefeated on their travels in the Ligue 2. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

The manager O. Guégan was unhappy after their last game, a Ligue 2 match played at their home ground Stade du Hainaut. Valenciennes suffered a 1-4 loss to Rodez (placed 8th). Baptiste Guillaume, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.33. Guillaume scored one goal.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Nancy.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Valenciennes has managed 2 goals and let in 1 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between these participants: Toulouse won two, Valenciennes were winners in five and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ToulouseR. Healey
R. Healey
3 goals
ToulouseB. van den Boomen
B. van den Boomen
2 goals
ToulouseN. N'Goumou Minpole
N. N'Goumou Minpole
2 goals

Toulouse missing players

Valenciennes missing players

Toulouse Valenciennes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 0 2 5
4 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
12 3 0 Scored S 0 2 3
4 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 8
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 80%
60% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 60%
60% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 40%
60% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
40% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
60% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 40%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 40%
 
4 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.8
4.8 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.5 5.2
1.4 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.6 11 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.5 10
5 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 2.8
48% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 21%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Toulouse have not yet lost a game.
  • Toulouse have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Toulouse have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Toulouse have scored more than double the goals of Valenciennes.
  • Toulouse have the most scored goals (12) in Ligue 2
  • Toulouse have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Ligue 2
  • Toulouse have the the best goal difference (+8) in Ligue 2
  • Toulouse have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Toulouse haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Toulouse is in the best form (4-1-0)
  • Valenciennes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Valenciennes have not yet lost a game away.
  • Valenciennes have scored in all their away matches so far.
Toulouse Last season Valenciennes
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
39 20   Played P   19 38
21 14   Won W   5 12
10 4   Drew D   5 11
8 2   Lost L   9 15
74 47   Scored S   26 50
42 18   Conceded C   36 59
95% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
69% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 76%
56% 70%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 45%
36% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 29%
15% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 13%
46% 40%   BTTS BTTS   53% 50%
44% 55%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 24%
15% 15%   Failed to Score F T   37% 29%
 
4.5 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 3.6
4.9 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4.4
2.1 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.1
7 2   Red cards R C   3 5
 
10.8 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   7.2 7.7
4.7 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.5
41% 51%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 37%

  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 5 4 1 0 12 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 3 0 0 9 2 8 13
2 Nimes 5 3 2 0 8 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 6 1 6 11
3 Paris 4 3 1 0 9 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 6 1 6 10
4 Sochaux 5 3 1 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 10
5 Caen 4 3 0 1 7 2 3 2 0 1 6 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 9
6 Auxerre 4 2 2 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 8
7 Le Havre 5 2 2 1 5 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 8
8 Rodez 5 2 2 1 6 6 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 5 6 0 8
9 Pau 5 2 1 2 4 3 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 7
10 Quevilly Rouen 5 2 1 2 7 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 7
11 Niort 5 2 1 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 7
12 Ajaccio 3 1 2 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 5
13 Bastia 5 1 2 2 4 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 5
14 Valenciennes 5 1 2 2 3 8 3 0 1 2 1 7 2 1 1 0 2 1 -5 5
15 Amiens SC 5 1 1 3 5 8 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 -3 4
16 Grenoble Foot 38 5 1 1 3 2 8 3 1 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 -6 4
17 Guingamp 4 0 3 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 -2 3
18 Dunkerque 5 0 1 4 3 8 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 0 2 1 3 -5 1
19 Dijon 5 0 1 4 6 12 3 0 1 2 4 8 2 0 0 2 2 4 -6 1
20 Nancy 5 0 1 4 2 9 2 0 0 2 0 5 3 0 1 2 2 4 -7 1

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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.