All you need to know about the Valenciennes - Paris fixture:

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Hainaut (24926 seats)

Valenciennes are aiming to ignore the league table before this game versus Paris. Here's everything you need to know before the game!

Insights:
  • Valenciennes have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Paris have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Ligue 2

Both contenders have had adequate rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an in-your-face game!

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Valenciennes form and stats

Valenciennes have collected 24 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 5-9-0. The home fans are hungry for more even though Valenciennes have been steadily collecting points here at Stade du Hainaut through three straight draws.

No payout for Valenciennes in their previous match, an away game at Caen that ended in defeat 1-2. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten through four league games. Midfielder Boutoutaou was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.82 (out of ten) in that game. Boutoutaou dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Before that, Valenciennes drew at home versus Bastia.

If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 11 latest league games highlights that 9 of them had goals from both sides.

A decent goal production from Valenciennes in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 14 league matches. Valenciennes's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Paris form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 6 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Home advantage was not enough for Paris in their previous game as they lost hosting Bastia, 0-1. Attacker Boutaïb got a player rating of 7.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Boutaïb hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Before that, Paris secured a home win against Amiens SC with the score 3-0.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Paris as they have only managed to score 13 times from 14 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Paris as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Paris - Valenciennes 0-1 was the scoreline in these teams' previous h2h fixture, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings with these contenders: Valenciennes won three, Paris triumphed in four and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

ParisM. Guilavogui
M. Guilavogui
10 goals
ValenciennesA. Grbic
A. Grbic
5 goals
ValenciennesJ. Cuffaut
J. Cuffaut
4 goals

Valenciennes missing players

Paris missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Valenciennes Paris
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 4 14 28
7 5 1 Won W 3 6 10
12 9 4 Drew D 0 4 7
9 0 0 Lost L 1 4 11
28 21 6 Scored S 5 13 28
34 15 5 Conceded C 3 12 29
89% 86% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 79% 82%
61% 71% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 61%
39% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 46%
29% 43% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 11%
4% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
54% 71% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 46%
25% 29% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 39%
32% 14% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 32%
 
3.2 2.6 2.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 3.7 4.3
5.1 5.1 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4.1 4.6
1.5 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.9 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 4 6
 
8.1 7.9 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 8.4 9
3.5 4.1 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.4 3.7
28% 37% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 28% 27%
 
12 12.1 11.4 Shots against (avg) S A 7.2 7.9 8.3
4.3 4.1 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 2.8 3.3
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Paris have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Ligue 2
  • Valenciennes have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Valenciennes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Valenciennes have won significantly less corners at 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 +/- P
1 Le Havre 28 15 12 1 39 14 14 9 5 0 21 7 14 6 7 1 18 7 25 57
2 Bordeaux 28 14 8 6 39 23 14 8 4 2 19 9 14 6 4 4 20 14 16 50
3 Sochaux 28 14 7 7 44 23 15 9 4 2 29 11 13 5 3 5 15 12 21 49
4 Metz 28 13 9 6 43 26 14 6 6 2 19 12 14 7 3 4 24 14 17 48
5 Bastia 28 13 6 9 32 30 14 8 2 4 16 10 14 5 4 5 16 20 2 45
6 Caen 28 11 10 7 34 29 14 8 5 1 21 9 14 3 5 6 13 20 5 43
7 Grenoble Foot 38 28 11 8 9 27 24 14 7 4 3 14 10 14 4 4 6 13 14 3 41
8 Quevilly Rouen 28 10 9 9 31 30 14 5 6 3 21 16 14 5 3 6 10 14 1 39
9 Guingamp 28 10 8 10 36 37 14 4 3 7 17 20 14 6 5 3 19 17 -1 38
10 Paris 28 10 7 11 28 29 14 4 3 7 15 17 14 6 4 4 13 12 -1 37
11 Amiens SC 28 10 7 11 30 35 14 6 3 5 16 15 14 4 4 6 14 20 -5 37
12 Saint-Étienne 28 9 9 10 41 43 14 6 4 4 22 20 14 3 5 6 19 23 -2 33
13 Annecy 28 8 9 11 30 34 14 6 3 5 13 13 14 2 6 6 17 21 -4 33
14 Valenciennes 28 7 12 9 28 34 14 5 9 0 21 15 14 2 3 9 7 19 -6 33
15 Pau 28 8 9 11 22 31 13 4 5 4 11 14 15 4 4 7 11 17 -9 33
16 Rodez 28 7 10 11 29 37 14 2 5 7 13 23 14 5 5 4 16 14 -8 31
17 Laval 28 9 4 15 33 43 14 5 2 7 19 20 14 4 2 8 14 23 -10 31
18 Dijon 28 6 8 14 24 34 15 5 5 5 15 15 13 1 3 9 9 19 -10 26
19 Nîmes 28 7 5 16 28 43 13 6 1 6 13 14 15 1 4 10 15 29 -15 26
20 Niort 28 7 5 16 27 46 14 5 2 7 17 23 14 2 3 9 10 23 -19 26

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 Le Havre 28 15 12 1 39 14 14 9 5 0 21 7 14 6 7 1 18 7 25 57
2 Bordeaux 28 14 8 6 39 23 14 8 4 2 19 9 14 6 4 4 20 14 16 50
3 Sochaux 28 14 7 7 44 23 15 9 4 2 29 11 13 5 3 5 15 12 21 49
4 Metz 28 13 9 6 43 26 14 6 6 2 19 12 14 7 3 4 24 14 17 48
5 Bastia 28 13 6 9 32 30 14 8 2 4 16 10 14 5 4 5 16 20 2 45
6 Caen 28 11 10 7 34 29 14 8 5 1 21 9 14 3 5 6 13 20 5 43
7 Grenoble Foot 38 28 11 8 9 27 24 14 7 4 3 14 10 14 4 4 6 13 14 3 41
8 Quevilly Rouen 28 10 9 9 31 30 14 5 6 3 21 16 14 5 3 6 10 14 1 39
9 Guingamp 28 10 8 10 36 37 14 4 3 7 17 20 14 6 5 3 19 17 -1 38
10 Paris 28 10 7 11 28 29 14 4 3 7 15 17 14 6 4 4 13 12 -1 37
11 Amiens SC 28 10 7 11 30 35 14 6 3 5 16 15 14 4 4 6 14 20 -5 37
12 Saint-Étienne 28 9 9 10 41 43 14 6 4 4 22 20 14 3 5 6 19 23 -2 33
13 Annecy 28 8 9 11 30 34 14 6 3 5 13 13 14 2 6 6 17 21 -4 33
14 Valenciennes 28 7 12 9 28 34 14 5 9 0 21 15 14 2 3 9 7 19 -6 33
15 Pau 28 8 9 11 22 31 13 4 5 4 11 14 15 4 4 7 11 17 -9 33
16 Rodez 28 7 10 11 29 37 14 2 5 7 13 23 14 5 5 4 16 14 -8 31
17 Laval 28 9 4 15 33 43 14 5 2 7 19 20 14 4 2 8 14 23 -10 31
18 Dijon 28 6 8 14 24 34 15 5 5 5 15 15 13 1 3 9 9 19 -10 26
19 Nîmes 28 7 5 16 28 43 13 6 1 6 13 14 15 1 4 10 15 29 -15 26
20 Niort 28 7 5 16 27 46 14 5 2 7 17 23 14 2 3 9 10 23 -19 26

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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.