Valenciennes vs Niort match preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Fri 26.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Hainaut (24926 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Ligue 2 table so far. Here's the Valenciennes - Niort latest:

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.

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Valenciennes form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Valenciennes are 6-4-7 (wins-draw-losses). Game days at Stade du Hainaut have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Valenciennes as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

Valenciennes manager R. Ray and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Paris in the Ligue 2. Preceding that match was the home game against Béziers that was lost 5-6.

The Valenciennes fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 17 matches. Valenciennes have conceded 30 from these games.

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Niort form and stats

There's been little loot from Niort's travels as they have only collected 17 points from 17 away games. Niort only has 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws. Niort are desperate to end a 18-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Challans fixture.

Niort's last game was the home draw against Gazélec Ajaccio (1-1). Prior to that match, the Niort manager P. Plancque faced defeat when travelling to Châteauroux and losing 1-2.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 17 away games, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Niort have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Niort - Valenciennes 1-0 played earlier this season. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's 4 Valenciennes victories, 1 draw and 4 Niort wins.

Top Goalscorers

F. Raspentino
11 goals / 2 assists
A. Dona N'Doh
11 goals / 1 assists
G. Robail
10 goals / 4 assists

Valenciennes missing players

Niort missing players

Valenciennes Niort
Total Home Statistic Away Total
34 17 Played 17 34
49 29 Scored 13 29
55 30 Conceded 20 35
85% 88% Over 0.5 82% 85%
65% 76% Over 1.5 53% 56%
47% 59% Over 2.5 35% 26%
44% 53% Over 3.5 12% 9%
26% 29% Over 4.5 12% 9%
53% 59% Both teams to score 35% 41%
29% 24% Clean Sheet 35% 35%
32% 29% Failed To Score 47% 38%
 
3.9 4.5 Corners For (avg) 4.1 4.1
4.6 3.2 Corners Against (avg) 4.6 5.3
1.7 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.5 2.1
9 5 Red Cards (total) 3 4
Key stats this season:
  • Niort is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Valenciennes is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 D P
1 Metz 34 21 9 4 54 21 17 11 3 3 30 11 17 10 6 1 24 10 33 72
2 Brest 34 19 11 4 59 33 17 11 4 2 33 16 17 8 7 2 26 17 26 68
3 Troyes 34 18 7 9 44 25 17 11 0 6 23 14 17 7 7 3 21 11 19 61
4 Lorient 34 16 9 9 44 35 17 8 6 3 23 17 17 8 3 6 21 18 9 57
5 Paris 34 14 13 7 32 21 17 8 8 1 20 6 17 6 5 6 12 15 11 55
6 Lens 34 15 9 10 41 24 17 9 5 3 24 7 17 6 4 7 17 17 17 54
7 Le Havre 34 13 14 7 41 33 17 8 7 2 28 21 17 5 7 5 13 12 8 53
8 Orléans 34 15 6 13 49 46 17 7 4 6 21 20 17 8 2 7 28 26 3 51
9 Clermont 34 11 13 10 39 29 17 5 8 4 19 14 17 6 5 6 20 15 10 46
10 Grenoble Foot 38 34 12 10 12 38 41 17 7 4 6 15 16 17 5 6 6 23 25 -3 46
11 Niort 34 9 13 12 29 35 17 5 8 4 16 15 17 4 5 8 13 20 -6 40
12 Valenciennes 34 10 9 15 49 55 17 6 4 7 29 30 17 4 5 8 20 25 -6 39
13 Auxerre 34 10 8 16 30 31 17 6 5 6 15 12 17 4 3 10 15 19 -1 38
14 Châteauroux 34 8 14 12 30 38 17 4 7 6 17 20 17 4 7 6 13 18 -8 38
15 Gazélec Ajaccio 34 9 11 14 27 47 17 5 4 8 12 22 17 4 7 6 15 25 -20 38
16 Nancy 34 10 6 18 33 45 17 5 2 10 14 22 17 5 4 8 19 23 -12 36
17 Ajaccio 34 8 12 14 28 42 17 5 7 5 17 17 17 3 5 9 11 25 -14 36
18 Sochaux 34 9 7 18 21 40 17 6 3 8 12 20 17 3 4 10 9 20 -19 34
19 Béziers 34 7 10 17 27 46 17 1 9 7 9 19 17 6 1 10 18 27 -19 31
20 Red Star 34 6 9 19 25 53 17 5 2 10 14 30 17 1 7 9 11 23 -28 27

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