Valenciennes will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Paris.
- Valenciennes has the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Ligue 2
- Paris has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligue 2
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Valenciennes form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Valenciennes at their home stadium (Stade du Hainaut) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Valenciennes, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Valenciennes are returning here after visiting Le Havre in a Ligue 2 game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Baptiste Guillaume and Mathis Picouleau scored the goal(s). Preceding that match was a defeat to Nancy (2-3).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Chambly are coming to town in two days.
The Valenciennes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. Valenciennes have conceded 10 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Paris form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Paris are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Paris delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Ajaccio (placed 13th) in their previous match; a Ligue 2 game. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Toulouse's place.
As mentioned above, Paris drew the match against Ajaccio. Manager R. Girard brought on Saïd Arab to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Paris manager R. Girard as the team has another away game coming up in only two days, this time against Le Havre.
Paris are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league). 10 goals have been conceded by Paris in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Paris - Valenciennes 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Valenciennes two wins, three draws and Paris three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Guillaume 8 goals |  K. Cabral 5 goals |  J. López Baila 5 goals |
Valenciennes missing players
Paris missing players
| Valenciennes | Paris | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 25 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 74% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 68% |
| 32% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 53% |
| 16% | 22% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 21% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 47% | 44% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 47% |
| 32% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 37% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 8.7 | 9.2 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.6 | 9.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 37% | 31% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 33% | 35% |
- Paris has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligue 2
- Paris have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Valenciennes has the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Ligue 2
- Valenciennes has the most matches under the total-line (12) in Ligue 2
- Valenciennes have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | Troyes | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 38 |
| 2 | Toulouse | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | Clermont | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 34 |
| 5 | Auxerre | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 33 |
| 6 | Paris | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Sochaux | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 28 |
| 8 | Amiens SC | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Valenciennes | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Caen | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 27 |
| 11 | Niort | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -9 | 25 |
| 12 | Le Havre | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 13 | Ajaccio | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 22 |
| 14 | Dunkerque | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 21 |
| 15 | Guingamp | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 20 |
| 16 | Chambly | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 17 | Nancy | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 18 | Rodez | 19 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 19 | Pau | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 14 |
| 20 | Châteauroux | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -14 | 13 |