A story of loss and gain for these two participants so far this campaign, holding positions near the median of the Ligue 2 table. Here's the Valenciennes - Nîmes latest:
- Valenciennes have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Ligue 2
- Nîmes have yet to win a game away.
These teams have little in common geographically as Nîmes have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Valenciennes form and stats
Valenciennes must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Ligue 2 games here at Stade du Hainaut. Two draws in a row at home now for Valenciennes.
Valenciennes enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Niort's place. The match ended 1-0 with Hamache scoring. Sweet to taste a league victory after three games without. Midfield player Hamache got a match rating of 8.13 in that game, the max score being 10. Hamache scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Before that, Valenciennes drew at home versus Saint-Etienne.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Valenciennes handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Valenciennes have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nîmes form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Ligue 2 for Nîmes with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts. Nîmes has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Nîmes are travelling again after losing away to Grenoble Foot 38 in their previous match (2-3). Midfielder Labonne was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 6.92. Labonne hit one key pass and had 40 successful passes (of 49 total).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Laval.We have checked recent matches where Nîmes have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were 7 victories, 1 draw and 8 defeats.
Nîmes have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 4 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
The 7 latest fixtures involving these sides have all ended as Nîmes wins. More of the same or streak broken?Top Goalscorers
  I. Hamache 2 goals |   M. Koné 2 goals |  M. Tchokounté 2 goals |
Valenciennes missing players
Nîmes missing players
| Valenciennes | Nîmes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 3.2 | 2.7 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 4.7 | 5.3 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 5.7 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 9.7 | 9.7 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| 25% | 43% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | 24% |
| 10.3 | 11 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 12 | 11.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.3 | 4.3 |
- All of Nîmes's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Nîmes have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Nîmes have yet to win a game away.
- Nîmes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Valenciennes have not yet lost a game at home.
- Valenciennes have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Ligue 2
- Valenciennes have the most matches under the total-line (5) 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 | Caen | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | Dijon | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | Amiens SC | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 5 | Metz | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | Sochaux | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Guingamp | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Le Havre | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 9 | Valenciennes | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | Paris | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Laval | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Nîmes | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Quevilly Rouen | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | Bastia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 16 | Niort | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 17 | Annecy | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 18 | Rodez | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 5 |
| 19 | Saint-Etienne | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
| 20 | Pau | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 3 |
