Ligue 2: Valenciennes - Orléans preview and statistics

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Fri 17.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Hainaut (24926 seats)

With their 23 point advantage in the league table, Valenciennes fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Orléans.

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Valenciennes form and stats

7 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Valenciennes have to build on here at Stade du Hainaut in the Ligue 2.

It's back home for Valenciennes, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Grenoble Foot 38 away with the result 3-1. Baptiste Guillaume, Sessi D'Almeida and Malek Chergui found the net in that victory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Ajaccio that ended 0-0.

There will be little rest for Valenciennes after this match as they are travelling to Lens for a Ligue 2 game in only four days.

Valenciennes has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Valenciennes have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 7 goals.

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Orléans form and stats

There's been little loot from Orléans's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 14 away games in the Ligue 2. Orléans only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws.

J. Lopy was the last player to score for the away team. Orléans haven't scored a league goal in the last 217 minutes.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Orléans, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Lens (placed 2nd). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Troyes.

A quick return to home after this game, as Orléans are hosting Auxerre in the Ligue 2 only four days away.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Orléans have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Orléans - Valenciennes 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Valenciennes six wins, zero draws and Orléans three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ValenciennesT. Chevalier
T. Chevalier
12 goals
OrléansJ. Lopy
J. Lopy
5 goals
OrléansA. Scheidler
A. Scheidler
5 goals

Valenciennes missing players

Orléans missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Valenciennes Orléans
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 6 Played P 6 14 28
11 7 4 Won W 0 2 4
9 5 1 Drew D 3 5 7
8 2 1 Lost L 3 7 17
24 14 7 Scored S 3 13 21
20 7 4 Conceded C 6 20 43
82% 79% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 79% 89%
43% 43% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 57% 57%
18% 14% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 43%
11% 7% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 29% 25%
4% 7% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 11%
29% 21% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 39%
46% 64% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 21% 18%
43% 36% 17% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 54%
 
4.5 4.4 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 4.6
5.2 4.3 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.6 4.9
2.3 2.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.6 2
5 5 3 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
258 159 93 Total Shots T S 46 123 283
86 51 29 Shots on Target S O 19 53 105
28% 27% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 25% 20%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Orléans has the fewest clean sheets (5)
  • Orléans has the fewest scored goals (21)
  • Orléans has the the worst goal difference (-22)
  • Orléans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Orléans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Orléans have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Valenciennes has the fewest conceded goals (20)
  • Valenciennes has the fewest conceded goals (7) at home
  • Valenciennes has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9)
  • Valenciennes has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
  • Valenciennes has the most matches under the total-line (21)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lorient 28 17 3 8 45 25 14 9 1 4 22 12 14 8 2 4 23 13 20 54
2 Lens 28 15 8 5 39 24 14 9 3 2 19 9 14 6 5 3 20 15 15 53
3 Ajaccio 28 15 7 6 38 22 14 6 4 4 17 12 14 9 3 2 21 10 16 52
4 Troyes 28 16 3 9 34 25 14 8 1 5 20 17 14 8 2 4 14 8 9 51
5 Clermont 28 14 8 6 35 25 14 7 3 4 21 14 14 7 5 2 14 11 10 50
6 Le Havre 28 11 11 6 38 25 14 5 7 2 18 10 14 6 4 4 20 15 13 44
7 Valenciennes 28 11 9 8 24 20 14 7 5 2 14 7 14 4 4 6 10 13 4 42
8 Guingamp 28 10 9 9 40 33 14 5 6 3 20 14 14 5 3 6 20 19 7 39
9 Grenoble Foot 38 28 7 14 7 27 29 14 3 8 3 13 13 14 4 6 4 14 16 -2 35
10 Chambly 28 9 8 11 26 32 15 4 4 7 12 21 13 5 4 4 14 11 -6 35
11 Auxerre 28 8 10 10 31 30 14 5 7 2 19 12 14 3 3 8 12 18 1 34
12 Nancy 28 6 16 6 27 26 14 6 6 2 16 9 14 0 10 4 11 17 1 34
13 Caen 28 8 10 10 33 34 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 4 5 5 19 17 -1 34
14 Sochaux 28 8 10 10 28 30 14 6 5 3 17 11 14 2 5 7 11 19 -2 34
15 Châteauroux 28 9 7 12 22 38 14 3 4 7 11 23 14 6 3 5 11 15 -16 34
16 Rodez 28 8 8 12 31 34 14 6 3 5 22 18 14 2 5 7 9 16 -3 32
17 Paris 28 7 7 14 22 40 13 3 2 8 9 22 15 4 5 6 13 18 -18 28
18 Niort 28 6 8 14 30 41 14 4 5 5 16 16 14 2 3 9 14 25 -11 26
19 Le Mans 28 7 5 16 30 45 14 5 3 6 16 17 14 2 2 10 14 28 -15 26
20 Orléans 28 4 7 17 21 43 14 2 2 10 8 23 14 2 5 7 13 20 -22 19

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 Lorient 28 17 3 8 45 25 14 9 1 4 22 12 14 8 2 4 23 13 20 54
2 Lens 28 15 8 5 39 24 14 9 3 2 19 9 14 6 5 3 20 15 15 53
3 Ajaccio 28 15 7 6 38 22 14 6 4 4 17 12 14 9 3 2 21 10 16 52
4 Troyes 28 16 3 9 34 25 14 8 1 5 20 17 14 8 2 4 14 8 9 51
5 Clermont 28 14 8 6 35 25 14 7 3 4 21 14 14 7 5 2 14 11 10 50
6 Le Havre 28 11 11 6 38 25 14 5 7 2 18 10 14 6 4 4 20 15 13 44
7 Valenciennes 28 11 9 8 24 20 14 7 5 2 14 7 14 4 4 6 10 13 4 42
8 Guingamp 28 10 9 9 40 33 14 5 6 3 20 14 14 5 3 6 20 19 7 39
9 Grenoble Foot 38 28 7 14 7 27 29 14 3 8 3 13 13 14 4 6 4 14 16 -2 35
10 Chambly 28 9 8 11 26 32 15 4 4 7 12 21 13 5 4 4 14 11 -6 35
11 Auxerre 28 8 10 10 31 30 14 5 7 2 19 12 14 3 3 8 12 18 1 34
12 Nancy 28 6 16 6 27 26 14 6 6 2 16 9 14 0 10 4 11 17 1 34
13 Caen 28 8 10 10 33 34 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 4 5 5 19 17 -1 34
14 Sochaux 28 8 10 10 28 30 14 6 5 3 17 11 14 2 5 7 11 19 -2 34
15 Châteauroux 28 9 7 12 22 38 14 3 4 7 11 23 14 6 3 5 11 15 -16 34
16 Rodez 28 8 8 12 31 34 14 6 3 5 22 18 14 2 5 7 9 16 -3 32
17 Paris 28 7 7 14 22 40 13 3 2 8 9 22 15 4 5 6 13 18 -18 28
18 Niort 28 6 8 14 30 41 14 4 5 5 16 16 14 2 3 9 14 25 -11 26
19 Le Mans 28 7 5 16 30 45 14 5 3 6 16 17 14 2 2 10 14 28 -15 26
20 Orléans 28 4 7 17 21 43 14 2 2 10 8 23 14 2 5 7 13 20 -22 19

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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.