Can Valenciennes defeat Bordeaux in Stade du Hainaut clash?

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Hainaut (24926 seats)

Home advantage is secure and good for Valenciennes, but Bordeaux are fully motivated and able to get all three points. How will it turn out?

Insights:
  • Valenciennes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bordeaux have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Valenciennes form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Valenciennes have managed 5 wins, 10 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 16 games. When Valenciennes hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Bastia, Caen, Sochaux, Metz and Le Havre), they have won 2 of 5 matches!

Nothing to worry about in defence for Valenciennes, as their goalkeeper Lassana Sy has completely shut out the opponents for 186 minutes in the Ligue 2.

A strong away win for Valenciennes against Amiens SC the last match, as Berthomier and Linguet were on target. A huge relief, as that was the first three points in the league after going winless in nine matches in a row. Defender Linguet got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.81/10. Linguet scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Niort that ended 0-0.

Valenciennes have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade du Hainaut with 25 goals in 16 league matches. Valenciennes's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bordeaux form and stats

7 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Bordeaux playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season.

Bordeaux go into this game after a win, the home game against Grenoble Foot 38 that ended 3-0. The attacker Maja got a match rating of 9.35 in that game. Maja scored two goals, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).

A 0-3 defeat away at Metz before that.

An interesting fact for sports bettors considering a bet on only one (or no) team scoring in this fixture: This club have played 5 consecutive league matches with just one or no side finding the net.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Bordeaux have scored 21 goals in 16 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bordeaux have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Bordeaux have managed a streak of 9 consecutive matches without defeat (5-4-0) when playing Valenciennes.

The two combatants have met previously this season: Bordeaux - Valenciennes 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

BordeauxJ. Maja
J. Maja
15 goals
ValenciennesA. Grbic
A. Grbic
7 goals
BordeauxD. Bakwa
D. Bakwa
5 goals

Valenciennes missing players

Bordeaux missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Valenciennes Bordeaux
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
8 5 2 Won W 3 7 17
13 10 3 Drew D 0 4 8
11 1 0 Lost L 2 5 7
35 25 7 Scored S 8 21 45
41 20 5 Conceded C 6 17 26
88% 81% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
62% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 72%
41% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 50% 44%
28% 44% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 12%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
53% 69% 80% BTTS BTTS 60% 44% 44%
28% 31% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 31% 41%
31% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 31% 22%
 
3.2 2.6 2.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.1 4.1
5 5.1 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.6 3.8
1.6 1.6 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.7 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
8.4 8.3 6.6 Shots (avg) S ( 11.6 9.7 11
3.8 4.3 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.9 4.2
28% 36% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 46% 34%
 
12.1 12.6 14.4 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10.2 9.5
4.3 4.2 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.1
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Bordeaux have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Valenciennes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Valenciennes have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  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 32 17 14 1 41 14 16 9 7 0 21 7 16 8 7 1 20 7 27 65
2 Bordeaux 32 17 8 7 45 26 16 10 4 2 24 9 16 7 4 5 21 17 19 59
3 Metz 32 16 10 6 51 28 16 8 6 2 23 12 16 8 4 4 28 16 23 58
4 Sochaux 32 15 7 10 52 31 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 3 7 21 17 21 52
5 Caen 32 14 10 8 42 34 16 10 5 1 26 11 16 4 5 7 16 23 8 52
6 Bastia 32 15 7 10 39 35 16 10 2 4 22 12 16 5 5 6 17 23 4 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 32 13 8 11 30 30 16 8 4 4 16 13 16 5 4 7 14 17 0 47
8 Quevilly Rouen 32 11 11 10 35 34 16 6 7 3 25 19 16 5 4 7 10 15 1 44
9 Paris 32 12 7 13 39 40 16 5 3 8 20 21 16 7 4 5 19 19 -1 43
10 Saint-Etienne 32 12 9 11 50 48 16 7 4 5 25 23 16 5 5 6 25 25 2 42
11 Guingamp 32 11 9 12 40 41 16 5 3 8 20 22 16 6 6 4 20 19 -1 42
12 Rodez 32 10 10 12 34 38 16 4 5 7 15 23 16 6 5 5 19 15 -4 40
13 Pau 32 10 10 12 28 36 16 5 6 5 14 17 16 5 4 7 14 19 -8 40
14 Amiens SC 32 11 7 14 33 42 16 7 3 6 17 17 16 4 4 8 16 25 -9 40
15 Valenciennes 32 8 13 11 35 41 16 5 10 1 25 20 16 3 3 10 10 21 -6 37
16 Annecy 32 9 9 14 32 45 16 7 3 6 15 17 16 2 6 8 17 28 -13 36
17 Laval 32 10 4 18 35 47 16 6 2 8 21 22 16 4 2 10 14 25 -12 34
18 Dijon 32 7 10 15 29 39 17 6 6 5 17 16 15 1 4 10 12 23 -10 31
19 Nimes 32 8 5 19 32 48 15 7 1 7 17 15 17 1 4 12 15 33 -16 29
20 Niort 32 7 6 19 28 53 16 5 2 9 18 28 16 2 4 10 10 25 -25 27

Bordeaux:
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 Le Havre 32 17 14 1 41 14 16 9 7 0 21 7 16 8 7 1 20 7 27 65
2 Bordeaux 32 17 8 7 45 26 16 10 4 2 24 9 16 7 4 5 21 17 19 59
3 Metz 32 16 10 6 51 28 16 8 6 2 23 12 16 8 4 4 28 16 23 58
4 Sochaux 32 15 7 10 52 31 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 3 7 21 17 21 52
5 Caen 32 14 10 8 42 34 16 10 5 1 26 11 16 4 5 7 16 23 8 52
6 Bastia 32 15 7 10 39 35 16 10 2 4 22 12 16 5 5 6 17 23 4 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 32 13 8 11 30 30 16 8 4 4 16 13 16 5 4 7 14 17 0 47
8 Quevilly Rouen 32 11 11 10 35 34 16 6 7 3 25 19 16 5 4 7 10 15 1 44
9 Paris 32 12 7 13 39 40 16 5 3 8 20 21 16 7 4 5 19 19 -1 43
10 Saint-Etienne 32 12 9 11 50 48 16 7 4 5 25 23 16 5 5 6 25 25 2 42
11 Guingamp 32 11 9 12 40 41 16 5 3 8 20 22 16 6 6 4 20 19 -1 42
12 Rodez 32 10 10 12 34 38 16 4 5 7 15 23 16 6 5 5 19 15 -4 40
13 Pau 32 10 10 12 28 36 16 5 6 5 14 17 16 5 4 7 14 19 -8 40
14 Amiens SC 32 11 7 14 33 42 16 7 3 6 17 17 16 4 4 8 16 25 -9 40
15 Valenciennes 32 8 13 11 35 41 16 5 10 1 25 20 16 3 3 10 10 21 -6 37
16 Annecy 32 9 9 14 32 45 16 7 3 6 15 17 16 2 6 8 17 28 -13 36
17 Laval 32 10 4 18 35 47 16 6 2 8 21 22 16 4 2 10 14 25 -12 34
18 Dijon 32 7 10 15 29 39 17 6 6 5 17 16 15 1 4 10 12 23 -10 31
19 Nimes 32 8 5 19 32 48 15 7 1 7 17 15 17 1 4 12 15 33 -16 29
20 Niort 32 7 6 19 28 53 16 5 2 9 18 28 16 2 4 10 10 25 -25 27

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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.