Carrying a 4 point dominance in the league table, Valenciennes fans wish to see their beloved team win max points from this match vs Annecy.
- Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Ligue 2
- Annecy have won significantly less corners away then at home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Valenciennes and Annecy.
Valenciennes form and stats
Valenciennes have performed here at Stade du Hainaut this season with 4 wins from 8 Ligue 2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 0. Valenciennes have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
The supporters are hoping that Valenciennes will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Coupe de France fixture against Paris. The talented striker Berthomier outdid all the other footballers in that game and managed a match rating of 7.34 out of 10. Berthomier scored one goal and had 54 successful passes (of 66 total).
A Ligue 2 defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Bastia.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 11 games. Valenciennes has won 6 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 10 league games, 9 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
The manager Rabuel will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Dijon in only three days.
Valenciennes has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. From these home matches, Valenciennes have conceded only 7 goals.
Annecy form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Two away games in a row for Annecy, whose manager Guyot could celebrate last time after the Coupe de France win against Villerupt Thil.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Nîmes in the Ligue 2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Annecy in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Annecy, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Low on goals? 10 of this team's latest 13 league matches have contained two or less goals.
After this away game Annecy return home for a Ligue 2 game against Paris. That game is only three sleeps after this.
They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Sahi 5 goals |   J. Cuffaut 4 goals |
Valenciennes missing players
Annecy missing players
| Valenciennes | Annecy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 14 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 75% | 76% |
| 41% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 18% | 38% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 29% |
| 12% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 12% |
| 6% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 35% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 41% |
| 41% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 62% | 59% |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 4.8 | 5.1 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.4 | 3 |
| 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 4.5 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 7.4 | 6.8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 6 | 7.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 25% | 35% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 44% | 32% |
| 11.8 | 11.5 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10 | 8.6 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
- Annecy have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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 fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Ligue 2
- Valenciennes have the most matches under the total-line (14) 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 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 36 |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 3 | Sochaux | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 |
| 4 | Amiens SC | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 27 |
| 5 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | Metz | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Caen | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Quevilly Rouen | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| 9 | Valenciennes | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Paris | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | -1 | 24 |
| 11 | Bastia | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Guingamp | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Pau | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 14 | Annecy | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 20 |
| 15 | Laval | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 20 |
| 16 | Dijon | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 17 | Rodez | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -6 | 18 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Niort | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -13 | 16 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 12 |
