Valenciennes and Grenoble Foot 38 spectators can't wait for Ligue 2 clash at Stade du Hainaut

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Fri 05.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Hainaut (24926 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Valenciennes have their presumed home advantage while Grenoble Foot 38 are ahead 6 points in the Ligue 2 table.

Insights:
  • Valenciennes has the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Ligue 2

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 Grenoble Foot 38.

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Valenciennes form and stats

5-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Valenciennes so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stade du Hainaut.

An away draw last time out for Valenciennes, facing Caen in a game that ended 1-1. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Dunkerque.

There will be little rest for Valenciennes after this match as they are travelling to Reims for a Coupe de France game in only four days.

Valenciennes are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 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 10 from 11 matches.

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Grenoble Foot 38 form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Grenoble Foot 38 so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-6 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on P. Hinschberger, the Grenoble manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Grenoble won their last game, 2-1 versus Guingamp played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Ajaccio wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager P. Hinschberger when Willy Semedo scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 62nd minute. Late drama in the previous game, when Willy Semedo scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat Guingamp.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Grenoble Foot 38 have conceded 13 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Grenoble Foot 38 - Valenciennes 2-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Valenciennes victories, two draws and three Grenoble Foot 38 wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ValenciennesB. Guillaume
B. Guillaume
8 goals
ValenciennesJ. Cuffaut
J. Cuffaut
7 goals
ValenciennesK. Cabral
K. Cabral
7 goals

Valenciennes missing players

Grenoble Foot 38 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Valenciennes Grenoble Foot 38
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 5 12 23
9 5 1 Won W 0 3 12
8 3 0 Drew D 3 3 5
6 3 1 Lost L 2 6 6
32 13 3 Scored S 3 8 32
26 10 3 Conceded C 5 13 20
96% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 91%
74% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 58% 70%
30% 27% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 25% 35%
17% 18% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 13%
13% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
48% 36% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 33% 35%
35% 55% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 43%
22% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 50% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.4 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 8.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7.4 8.7 8.8
3.3 3.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.1 3.8
40% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 22% 37%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Valenciennes has the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Ligue 2
  • Valenciennes has the most matches under the total-line (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 Troyes 23 14 5 4 34 18 11 9 2 0 20 7 12 5 3 4 14 11 16 47
2 Toulouse 23 13 6 4 44 28 12 7 3 2 24 15 11 6 3 2 20 13 16 45
3 Clermont 23 12 7 4 35 14 12 8 3 1 23 6 11 4 4 3 12 8 21 43
4 Grenoble Foot 38 23 12 5 6 32 20 11 9 2 0 24 7 12 3 3 6 8 13 12 41
5 Auxerre 23 11 6 6 45 28 12 8 2 2 30 11 11 3 4 4 15 17 17 39
6 Paris 23 10 7 6 34 28 12 6 4 2 20 15 11 4 3 4 14 13 6 37
7 Valenciennes 23 9 8 6 32 26 11 5 3 3 13 10 12 4 5 3 19 16 6 35
8 Amiens SC 23 8 7 8 21 20 11 4 5 2 7 5 12 4 2 6 14 15 1 31
9 Ajaccio 23 8 7 8 22 27 11 5 3 3 11 10 12 3 4 5 11 17 -5 31
10 Sochaux 23 6 11 6 27 23 12 4 4 4 17 16 11 2 7 2 10 7 4 29
11 Caen 23 7 8 8 24 29 12 4 6 2 12 12 11 3 2 6 12 17 -5 29
12 Niort 23 7 8 8 26 35 11 4 4 3 11 10 12 3 4 5 15 25 -9 29
13 Le Havre 23 6 9 8 19 27 11 2 6 3 8 10 12 4 3 5 11 17 -8 27
14 Dunkerque 23 7 4 12 18 28 12 4 4 4 12 10 11 3 0 8 6 18 -10 25
15 Rodez 23 4 12 7 21 30 12 3 5 4 11 14 11 1 7 3 10 16 -9 24
16 Chambly 23 5 8 10 26 38 12 4 2 6 14 17 11 1 6 4 12 21 -12 23
17 Nancy 23 4 10 9 28 34 11 2 6 3 19 21 12 2 4 6 9 13 -6 22
18 Guingamp 23 4 10 9 25 32 11 2 5 4 12 14 12 2 5 5 13 18 -7 22
19 Pau 23 5 5 13 20 34 11 3 3 5 10 13 12 2 2 8 10 21 -14 20
20 Châteauroux 23 4 5 14 22 36 12 3 2 7 15 19 11 1 3 7 7 17 -14 17

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 Troyes 23 14 5 4 34 18 11 9 2 0 20 7 12 5 3 4 14 11 16 47
2 Toulouse 23 13 6 4 44 28 12 7 3 2 24 15 11 6 3 2 20 13 16 45
3 Clermont 23 12 7 4 35 14 12 8 3 1 23 6 11 4 4 3 12 8 21 43
4 Grenoble Foot 38 23 12 5 6 32 20 11 9 2 0 24 7 12 3 3 6 8 13 12 41
5 Auxerre 23 11 6 6 45 28 12 8 2 2 30 11 11 3 4 4 15 17 17 39
6 Paris 23 10 7 6 34 28 12 6 4 2 20 15 11 4 3 4 14 13 6 37
7 Valenciennes 23 9 8 6 32 26 11 5 3 3 13 10 12 4 5 3 19 16 6 35
8 Amiens SC 23 8 7 8 21 20 11 4 5 2 7 5 12 4 2 6 14 15 1 31
9 Ajaccio 23 8 7 8 22 27 11 5 3 3 11 10 12 3 4 5 11 17 -5 31
10 Sochaux 23 6 11 6 27 23 12 4 4 4 17 16 11 2 7 2 10 7 4 29
11 Caen 23 7 8 8 24 29 12 4 6 2 12 12 11 3 2 6 12 17 -5 29
12 Niort 23 7 8 8 26 35 11 4 4 3 11 10 12 3 4 5 15 25 -9 29
13 Le Havre 23 6 9 8 19 27 11 2 6 3 8 10 12 4 3 5 11 17 -8 27
14 Dunkerque 23 7 4 12 18 28 12 4 4 4 12 10 11 3 0 8 6 18 -10 25
15 Rodez 23 4 12 7 21 30 12 3 5 4 11 14 11 1 7 3 10 16 -9 24
16 Chambly 23 5 8 10 26 38 12 4 2 6 14 17 11 1 6 4 12 21 -12 23
17 Nancy 23 4 10 9 28 34 11 2 6 3 19 21 12 2 4 6 9 13 -6 22
18 Guingamp 23 4 10 9 25 32 11 2 5 4 12 14 12 2 5 5 13 18 -7 22
19 Pau 23 5 5 13 20 34 11 3 3 5 10 13 12 2 2 8 10 21 -14 20
20 Châteauroux 23 4 5 14 22 36 12 3 2 7 15 19 11 1 3 7 7 17 -14 17

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