Valenciennes - Laval in Ligue 2: Stats, line-ups, tables, tendencies and reports. Read our broad preview!
- Valenciennes is in the worst form (0-3-3)
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 Laval.
Valenciennes form and stats
4 victories, 6 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Valenciennes have to build on here at Stade du Hainaut in the Ligue 2. Valenciennes has four consecutive draws when playing at home, an interesting stat.
In their previous game, the manager Rabuel led his Valenciennes to a defeat away at Sochaux. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade du Hainaut. Valenciennes were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Midfield player Martin got a match rating of 7.0 in that game, the max score being 10. Martin hit four key passes.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Metz.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 9 games. Valenciennes has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.
Valenciennes are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games.
Laval form and stats
As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Laval have produced an overall stat of 3-2-5 so far.
The Laval goalkeeper Alexis Sauvage is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 195 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Laval go into this game after a win, the home game against Dijon that ended 1-0. Baudry, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.2. Baudry served one assist, hit one key pass and won 8 of 9 duels.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Caen that ended 0-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Laval playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 3 Laval wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Highlight this: 8 of the last 10 league games featuring this side have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
The attacking power of Laval when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Laval have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these teams meet this season, as the history books show this recent fixture: Laval - Valenciennes 1-0. Head to head data (for the former nine meetings): Valenciennes won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Laval got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / five.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Maggiotti 7 goals |   J. Cuffaut 4 goals | G. Durbant 4 goals |
Valenciennes missing players
Laval missing players
| Valenciennes | Laval | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 18 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 26 |
| 23 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | 31 |
| 90% | 90% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 52% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 62% |
| 29% | 40% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 57% |
| 19% | 30% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | 38% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 30% | 19% |
| 43% | 70% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 30% | 43% |
| 29% | 30% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 38% | 10% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7.6 | 7 | 5.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.7 | 8.4 |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4 |
| 25% | 37% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 31% |
| 11.8 | 12 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 10.8 | 9.8 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
- 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 scored goals in the second half (8) in Ligue 2
- Valenciennes is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| 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 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 46 |
| 2 | Sochaux | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 36 |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 36 |
| 4 | Bastia | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 34 |
| 5 | Metz | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | Amiens SC | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 33 |
| 7 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 33 |
| 8 | Caen | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 29 |
| 9 | Annecy | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Quevilly Rouen | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 11 | Guingamp | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | -3 | 27 |
| 12 | Laval | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 27 |
| 13 | Paris | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -5 | 27 |
| 14 | Pau | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 26 |
| 15 | Valenciennes | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -5 | 26 |
| 16 | Nîmes | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 22 |
| 17 | Dijon | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 21 |
| 18 | Rodez | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -9 | 20 |
| 19 | Saint-Etienne | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -8 | 18 |
| 20 | Niort | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -17 | 17 |
