Valenciennes manager Kantari looking for three points in Grenoble Foot 38 showdown

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Fri 26.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Hainaut (24926 seats)

Valenciennes - Grenoble Foot 38 in Ligue 2: Statistics, line-ups, fixtures, the latest developments and reports. Check out our broad guide!

Insights:
  • Valenciennes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Ligue 2

Valenciennes are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. For Grenoble most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

There haven't been much to rest for the hosts, as they were involved in a Ligue 2 match only four days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Le Havre.

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Valenciennes form and stats

5 victories, 11 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Valenciennes have to build on here at Stade du Hainaut in the Ligue 2. Valenciennes are slowly digging their own grave here at Stade du Hainaut with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts.

Valenciennes enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Le Havre's place. The match ended 2-0 with Grbić and Kaba scoring. At last, a league victory after three fixtures without. Cuffaut, defender, was given a rating of 7.45/10 in that game, top of the team. Cuffaut won 4 of 7 duels.

In the match before that, Valenciennes hosted Pau and drew the game 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Valenciennes handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Valenciennes are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 26 goals in 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Valenciennes have conceded 23 goals.

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Grenoble Foot 38 form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Hognon, the Grenoble Foot 38 manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Grenoble played 1-1 against Rodez in their previous match. Defender Monfray was the best team player with a rating of 7.84. Monfray won 7 of 11 duels.

A 0-1 defeat away at Metz before that.

We have checked recent matches where Grenoble Foot 38 have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 5 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

A tale of few goals? 19 of this side's latest 24 league matches have had two or less goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Grenoble Foot 38 as they have only managed to score 14 times from 18 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Grenoble Foot 38 have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also met each other earlier this match year: Grenoble Foot 38 - Valenciennes 1-0. Head to head totals (for the former ten meetings): Valenciennes won four games, zero matches ended in a draw and Grenoble Foot 38 have six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.

Top Goalscorers

ValenciennesA. Grbic
A. Grbic
9 goals
Grenoble Foot 38M. Phaeton
M. Phaeton
9 goals
Grenoble Foot 38A. Sanyang
A. Sanyang
7 goals

Valenciennes missing players

Grenoble Foot 38 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Valenciennes Grenoble Foot 38
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 6 18 36
9 5 1 Won W 3 5 14
15 11 4 Drew D 2 4 9
12 2 1 Lost L 1 9 13
41 26 8 Scored S 6 14 33
47 23 8 Conceded C 1 19 33
89% 83% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 83% 83%
67% 72% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 44% 47%
39% 44% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 33% 31%
28% 39% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 11%
8% 11% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 8%
53% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 28%
28% 28% 50% Clean Sheets C S 83% 39% 42%
31% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 61% 47%
 
3.1 2.8 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.3 3.6
5 4.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5 5.1
1.6 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.2 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
8.4 8.6 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 7.2 8.5
3.8 4.1 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.6 3.4
30% 35% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 30% 27%
 
12.3 12.3 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11 12.3 11.3
4.2 4.1 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.7 4.3
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Ligue 2
  • Valenciennes have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 36 19 14 3 44 18 18 10 7 1 22 9 18 9 7 2 22 9 26 71
2 Bordeaux 36 20 9 7 51 26 18 12 4 2 28 9 18 8 5 5 23 17 25 69
3 Metz 36 18 12 6 57 31 18 9 7 2 25 13 18 9 5 4 32 18 26 66
4 Bastia 36 17 8 11 49 41 18 11 3 4 25 14 18 6 5 7 24 27 8 59
5 Caen 36 16 10 10 50 40 18 11 5 2 31 15 18 5 5 8 19 25 10 58
6 Sochaux 36 15 7 14 53 37 18 9 4 5 31 17 18 6 3 9 22 20 16 52
7 Paris 36 14 9 13 43 42 18 7 3 8 23 22 18 7 6 5 20 20 1 51
8 Grenoble Foot 38 36 14 9 13 33 33 18 9 5 4 19 14 18 5 4 9 14 19 0 51
9 Saint-Etienne 36 14 10 12 59 55 18 9 4 5 32 27 18 5 6 7 27 28 4 49
10 Guingamp 36 13 10 13 47 46 18 6 4 8 24 24 18 7 6 5 23 22 1 49
11 Quevilly Rouen 36 12 13 11 43 43 18 6 9 3 27 21 18 6 4 8 16 22 0 49
12 Amiens SC 36 12 8 16 36 49 18 8 3 7 19 20 18 4 5 9 17 29 -13 44
13 Rodez 36 10 13 13 36 41 18 4 7 7 16 24 18 6 6 6 20 17 -5 43
14 Valenciennes 36 9 15 12 41 47 18 5 11 2 26 23 18 4 4 10 15 24 -6 42
15 Annecy 36 10 12 14 38 50 18 8 4 6 17 18 18 2 8 8 21 32 -12 42
16 Dijon 36 10 11 15 37 41 18 7 6 5 20 16 18 3 5 10 17 25 -4 41
17 Pau 36 10 11 15 36 50 18 5 6 7 19 27 18 5 5 8 17 23 -14 41
18 Laval 36 12 4 20 40 55 18 8 2 8 25 24 18 4 2 12 15 31 -15 40
19 Nimes 36 9 6 21 41 59 18 8 2 8 24 22 18 1 4 13 17 37 -18 33
20 Niort 36 7 7 22 32 62 18 5 3 10 21 33 18 2 4 12 11 29 -30 28

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 36 19 14 3 44 18 18 10 7 1 22 9 18 9 7 2 22 9 26 71
2 Bordeaux 36 20 9 7 51 26 18 12 4 2 28 9 18 8 5 5 23 17 25 69
3 Metz 36 18 12 6 57 31 18 9 7 2 25 13 18 9 5 4 32 18 26 66
4 Bastia 36 17 8 11 49 41 18 11 3 4 25 14 18 6 5 7 24 27 8 59
5 Caen 36 16 10 10 50 40 18 11 5 2 31 15 18 5 5 8 19 25 10 58
6 Sochaux 36 15 7 14 53 37 18 9 4 5 31 17 18 6 3 9 22 20 16 52
7 Paris 36 14 9 13 43 42 18 7 3 8 23 22 18 7 6 5 20 20 1 51
8 Grenoble Foot 38 36 14 9 13 33 33 18 9 5 4 19 14 18 5 4 9 14 19 0 51
9 Saint-Etienne 36 14 10 12 59 55 18 9 4 5 32 27 18 5 6 7 27 28 4 49
10 Guingamp 36 13 10 13 47 46 18 6 4 8 24 24 18 7 6 5 23 22 1 49
11 Quevilly Rouen 36 12 13 11 43 43 18 6 9 3 27 21 18 6 4 8 16 22 0 49
12 Amiens SC 36 12 8 16 36 49 18 8 3 7 19 20 18 4 5 9 17 29 -13 44
13 Rodez 36 10 13 13 36 41 18 4 7 7 16 24 18 6 6 6 20 17 -5 43
14 Valenciennes 36 9 15 12 41 47 18 5 11 2 26 23 18 4 4 10 15 24 -6 42
15 Annecy 36 10 12 14 38 50 18 8 4 6 17 18 18 2 8 8 21 32 -12 42
16 Dijon 36 10 11 15 37 41 18 7 6 5 20 16 18 3 5 10 17 25 -4 41
17 Pau 36 10 11 15 36 50 18 5 6 7 19 27 18 5 5 8 17 23 -14 41
18 Laval 36 12 4 20 40 55 18 8 2 8 25 24 18 4 2 12 15 31 -15 40
19 Nimes 36 9 6 21 41 59 18 8 2 8 24 22 18 1 4 13 17 37 -18 33
20 Niort 36 7 7 22 32 62 18 5 3 10 21 33 18 2 4 12 11 29 -30 28

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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.