Valenciennes v Niort betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 24.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Hainaut (24926 seats)

New season, new opportunities: Here's what you need to know before the Valenciennes - Niort match!

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Valenciennes form and stats

Last season, Valenciennes's league statistics were 12 wins, 11 draws and 15 losses, resulting in a 11th position in the Ligue 2. Over these 38 matches they scored 50 goals and conceded 59. Playing at home last season Valenciennes managed 7-6-6 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 23 conceded.

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 ten games. Valenciennes has won six of these, drawn one and lost three.

Valenciennes have prepared for this season with four friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these four matches are 1 victories, 2 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Valenciennes have scored 2 goals and conceded 2 times.

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Niort form and stats

Let's have a look at how Niort performed last season in the Ligue 2: They landed a 18th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 14 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded 58 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 8 and lost 8 with 17/33 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Niort in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Niort, one draw and six defeats.

Just as the home team, Niort have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Niort wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Valenciennes victories, two draws and four Niort wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Valenciennes missing players

Niort missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Valenciennes Niort
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Valenciennes Last season Niort
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
12 7   Won W   3 9
11 6   Drew D   8 14
15 6   Lost L   8 15
50 24   Scored S   17 34
59 23   Conceded C   33 58
97% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
76% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 71%
45% 37%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 39%
29% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 21%
13% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 11%
50% 47%   BTTS BTTS   47% 42%
24% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 29%
29% 21%   Failed to Score F T   42% 39%
 
3.6 3.7   Corners for (avg) C F   2.6 3.1
4.4 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.3
2.1 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2
5 2   Red cards R C   6 10
 
7.7 8.2   Shots (avg) S (   7.1 7.7
3.5 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 2.8
37% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajaccio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Amiens SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Auxerre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bastia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Caen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Dijon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Dunkerque 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Grenoble Foot 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Guingamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Le Havre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nancy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nîmes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Niort 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Paris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Pau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Quevilly Rouen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Rodez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sochaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Toulouse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Valenciennes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 38 23 8 7 60 36 19 15 3 1 32 15 19 8 5 6 28 21 24 77
2 Clermont 38 21 9 8 61 25 19 13 5 1 37 9 19 8 4 7 24 16 36 72
3 Toulouse 38 20 10 8 71 42 19 13 4 2 44 18 19 7 6 6 27 24 29 70
4 Grenoble Foot 38 38 18 11 9 51 35 19 12 6 1 35 14 19 6 5 8 16 21 16 65
5 Paris 38 17 13 8 53 37 19 11 5 3 31 18 19 6 8 5 22 19 16 64
6 Auxerre 38 16 14 8 64 43 19 10 6 3 38 18 19 6 8 5 26 25 21 62
7 Sochaux 38 12 15 11 45 37 19 6 7 6 24 22 19 6 8 5 21 15 8 51
8 Nancy 38 11 14 13 53 53 19 6 8 5 28 28 19 5 6 8 25 25 0 47
9 Guingamp 38 10 17 11 41 43 19 4 10 5 19 23 19 6 7 6 22 20 -2 47
10 Amiens SC 38 11 14 13 34 40 19 7 8 4 15 12 19 4 6 9 19 28 -6 47
11 Valenciennes 38 12 11 15 50 59 19 7 6 6 24 23 19 5 5 9 26 36 -9 47
12 Le Havre 38 11 14 13 38 48 19 4 8 7 16 23 19 7 6 6 22 25 -10 47
13 Ajaccio 38 11 13 14 34 43 19 8 6 5 21 17 19 3 7 9 13 26 -9 46
14 Pau 38 11 11 16 42 49 19 9 5 5 26 19 19 2 6 11 16 30 -7 44
15 Rodez 38 8 19 11 38 44 19 6 9 4 23 20 19 2 10 7 15 24 -6 43
16 Dunkerque 38 10 11 17 34 47 19 6 8 5 22 18 19 4 3 12 12 29 -13 41
17 Caen 38 9 14 15 34 49 19 6 9 4 17 19 19 3 5 11 17 30 -15 41
18 Niort 38 9 14 15 34 58 19 6 6 7 17 25 19 3 8 8 17 33 -24 41
19 Chambly 38 9 11 18 41 64 19 7 3 9 21 27 19 2 8 9 20 37 -23 38
20 Chateauroux 38 4 11 23 32 58 19 3 5 11 21 31 19 1 6 12 11 27 -26 23

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 Ajaccio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Amiens SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Auxerre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bastia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Caen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Dijon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Dunkerque 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Grenoble Foot 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Guingamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Le Havre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nancy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nîmes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Niort 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Paris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Pau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Quevilly Rouen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Rodez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sochaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Toulouse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Valenciennes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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