Football facts: Valenciennes vs Paris - predictions and stats

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Hainaut (24926 seats)

A short look at the Ligue 2 table hint of an edge to Paris when they arrive at Valenciennes. Even so; let's play before select a winner!

Insights:
  • Valenciennes have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Ligue 2
  • Paris have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligue 2

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Valenciennes form and stats

Valenciennes's struggle is real here at Stade du Hainaut with only 7 points collected from 8 Ligue 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-5.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier not having conceded a league goal in 296 minutes.

Valenciennes manager C. Delmotte and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Ajaccio (placed 2nd) in the Ligue 2. The goalie Lucas Chevalier was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.85 out of ten. Chevalier stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the preceding match a 4-1 victory visiting Cite 6.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Valenciennes here at Stade du Hainaut in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Valenciennes defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Paris form and stats

Playing away, Paris have won 5 games, drawn 0 and suffered 4 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season. The fact that Paris have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Paris have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Vincent De Marconnay. It's been 365 minutes since they last conceded in Ligue 2.

Paris go into this game after a win, the home game against Bastia that ended 1-0. Midfield player Moustapha Name was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.13/10. Name scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 47 successful passes (of 56 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 14-0 vs CSC Cayenne.

The visiting Paris have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. 9 goals have been conceded by Paris in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the preceeding nine meetings between these two contenders are: three wins for Valenciennes, three draws and three wins for Paris. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

ValenciennesG. Robail
G. Robail
4 goals
ParisM. Guilavogui
M. Guilavogui
4 goals
ValenciennesB. Guillaume
B. Guillaume
3 goals

Valenciennes missing players

Paris missing players

Valenciennes Paris
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 2 9 17
5 2 0 Won W 2 5 9
5 1 0 Drew D 0 0 3
7 5 1 Lost L 0 4 5
13 7 1 Scored S 2 10 20
22 15 2 Conceded C 0 9 15
82% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
59% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 44% 53%
47% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 29%
12% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 18%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 6%
47% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 35%
35% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 44% 41%
35% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 24%
 
4.5 5.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.2 5.4
5.7 4.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 9.5 4.3 4.3
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.4 1.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.5 10.6 8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.1 9.5
2.9 3.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.2 4.7
27% 27% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 26% 25%
 
8.7 9.4 13 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8.1 7.6
3.9 5.1 9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 2.6 2.6
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Paris have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Paris have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligue 2
  • Paris haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Valenciennes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Valenciennes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Valenciennes have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Ligue 2
  • Valenciennes have the most conceded goals (15) at home in Ligue 2
  • Valenciennes have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Ligue 2
  • Valenciennes have won significantly more 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 Toulouse 16 9 6 1 36 14 8 5 2 1 22 9 8 4 4 0 14 5 22 33
2 Ajaccio 17 9 5 3 18 8 9 6 2 1 10 2 8 3 3 2 8 6 10 32
3 Sochaux 17 9 4 4 17 13 9 5 2 2 8 5 8 4 2 2 9 8 4 31
4 Auxerre 17 8 6 3 28 20 9 5 3 1 18 7 8 3 3 2 10 13 8 30
5 Paris 17 9 3 5 20 15 8 4 3 1 10 6 9 5 0 4 10 9 5 30
6 Le Havre 17 7 8 2 17 10 9 4 4 1 9 5 8 3 4 1 8 5 7 29
7 Rodez 17 7 4 6 19 16 8 3 3 2 8 6 9 4 1 4 11 10 3 25
8 Pau 17 7 3 7 18 18 9 6 1 2 12 5 8 1 2 5 6 13 0 24
9 Niort 16 6 3 7 16 18 7 3 1 3 8 7 9 3 2 4 8 11 -2 21
10 Guingamp 17 5 6 6 21 24 8 3 2 3 13 13 9 2 4 3 8 11 -3 21
11 Grenoble Foot 38 17 6 3 8 16 21 9 5 1 3 13 10 8 1 2 5 3 11 -5 21
12 Nîmes 17 5 5 7 19 21 8 2 3 3 8 10 9 3 2 4 11 11 -2 20
13 Quevilly Rouen 17 5 5 7 16 22 8 2 3 3 7 10 9 3 2 4 9 12 -6 20
14 Valenciennes 17 5 5 7 13 22 8 2 1 5 7 15 9 3 4 2 6 7 -9 20
15 Dijon 17 6 1 10 19 25 9 4 1 4 12 12 8 2 0 6 7 13 -6 19
16 Amiens SC 17 3 9 5 18 17 9 2 4 3 10 8 8 1 5 2 8 9 1 18
17 Caen 17 4 6 7 18 19 9 2 1 6 10 11 8 2 5 1 8 8 -1 18
18 Bastia 17 4 6 7 14 17 8 2 6 0 7 3 9 2 0 7 7 14 -3 18
19 Dunkerque 17 4 4 9 14 22 9 2 3 4 6 9 8 2 1 5 8 13 -8 16
20 Nancy 17 2 6 9 13 28 8 1 3 4 5 14 9 1 3 5 8 14 -15 12

Read more about Ligue 2

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.