Ligue 2 duel: Close contest expected between Valenciennes and Amiens SC

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Mon 26.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Hainaut (24926 seats)

Valenciennes have outperformed Amiens SC this season, but every fixture opens at 0-0. Here's all the information you require ahead of kickoff:

Insights:
  • Valenciennes have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Ligue 2
  • Amiens SC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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Valenciennes form and stats

Valenciennes are steadily winning Ligue 2 games and points here at Stade du Hainaut. 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games.

Valenciennes are returning here after visiting Feignies-Aulnoye in a Coupe de France fixture and winning with a 3-0 scoreline.

A Ligue 2 defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Laval.

This is expected to be a close game, with Valenciennes perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Valenciennes as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Valenciennes has won 6 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.

Not much happening? In this team's last 15 league games, 12 have contained zero, one or two goals.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Valenciennes as they are travelling to their away game against Bastia in the Ligue 2. That match is four days after this one.

Valenciennes are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. Valenciennes are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade du Hainaut in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.

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Amiens SC form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Amiens SC so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose). It's looking increasingly bleak for Amiens SC who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Dijon was the last time a defeat was avoided.

The club members enjoyed Amiens SC's previous match versus Aiglon, a Coupe de France win (10-0) played at home.

A loss against Quevilly Rouen was the result prior to that, in a Ligue 2 home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Amiens in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Amiens SC, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Amiens SC have another match away in just four sleeps, a Ligue 2 match vs Laval. A grim schedule for the guests!

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Amiens SC as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. Amiens struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Amiens SC have been victorious in every one of the 5 latest fixtures versus this team. Will the streak continue?

Top Goalscorers

Amiens SCT. Arokodare
T. Arokodare
5 goals
ValenciennesJ. Cuffaut
J. Cuffaut
4 goals
Amiens SCM. Fofana
M. Fofana
3 goals

Valenciennes missing players

Amiens SC missing players

Valenciennes Amiens SC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 7 15
6 4 1 Won W 1 2 7
5 3 1 Drew D 1 1 2
4 0 0 Lost L 1 4 6
13 10 1 Scored S 3 5 16
12 6 0 Conceded C 4 11 17
87% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
40% 57% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 67%
20% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 40%
13% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 13%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 43% 40%
40% 43% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 33%
40% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 27%
 
3 3.1 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 5.6 5.5
4.6 5.3 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 6.3 4.9
1.8 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.3 2.3 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
7.3 6.1 4 Shots (avg) S ( 5 8.7 10.1
3.1 3.4 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.4 4
28% 42% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 21% 27%
 
11.7 11.3 8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 9.9 8.4
4.2 4.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.1 3.3
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Amiens SC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Amiens SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Amiens SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Valenciennes have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Valenciennes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Valenciennes have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Ligue 2
  • Valenciennes have the most matches under the total-line (12) 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 Le Havre 15 9 5 1 24 6 7 4 3 0 11 3 8 5 2 1 13 3 18 32
2 Bordeaux 15 8 4 3 20 9 8 5 2 1 11 3 7 3 2 2 9 6 11 28
3 Sochaux 15 8 3 4 24 12 8 5 2 1 15 6 7 3 1 3 9 6 12 27
4 Grenoble Foot 38 15 7 5 3 16 12 8 5 2 1 10 6 7 2 3 2 6 6 4 26
5 Caen 15 6 5 4 18 15 8 5 2 1 12 4 7 1 3 3 6 11 3 23
6 Valenciennes 15 6 5 4 13 12 7 4 3 0 10 6 8 2 2 4 3 6 1 23
7 Amiens SC 15 7 2 6 16 17 8 5 1 2 11 6 7 2 1 4 5 11 -1 23
8 Metz 15 6 3 6 24 21 8 4 2 2 13 10 7 2 1 4 11 11 3 21
9 Pau 15 5 6 4 15 18 7 3 3 1 8 8 8 2 3 3 7 10 -3 21
10 Laval 15 6 2 7 22 21 8 3 1 4 13 12 7 3 1 3 9 9 1 20
11 Guingamp 15 5 5 5 19 19 8 2 3 3 8 9 7 3 2 2 11 10 0 20
12 Paris 15 5 5 5 14 16 7 1 2 4 6 12 8 4 3 1 8 4 -2 20
13 Quevilly Rouen 15 4 6 5 17 20 7 2 3 2 11 11 8 2 3 3 6 9 -3 18
14 Bastia 15 5 3 7 14 20 7 3 1 3 6 6 8 2 2 4 8 14 -6 18
15 Annecy 15 4 4 7 12 14 7 2 1 4 4 8 8 2 3 3 8 6 -2 16
16 Nîmes 15 4 3 8 14 19 7 4 1 2 5 2 8 0 2 6 9 17 -5 15
17 Dijon 15 3 6 6 12 17 8 2 4 2 7 9 7 1 2 4 5 8 -5 15
18 Rodez 15 3 6 6 13 19 7 0 3 4 5 13 8 3 3 2 8 6 -6 15
19 Niort 15 3 3 9 12 26 8 2 2 4 6 12 7 1 1 5 6 14 -14 12
20 Saint-Etienne 15 3 5 7 22 28 7 2 2 3 10 13 8 1 3 4 12 15 -6 11

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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.