Football tips: Valenciennes vs Troyes - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 20.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Hainaut (24926 seats)

Valenciennes will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 16 points behind Troyes.

Insights:
  • Valenciennes has the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Ligue 2
  • Troyes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Valenciennes form and stats

5 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Valenciennes have to build on here at Stade du Hainaut in the Ligue 2.

Stress levels are on the rise for Valenciennes's attacking players as they have now played 265 minutes without scoring in a league game. M. Guel was their last goal scorer.

Valenciennes faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sochaux (0-2). In the preceding match a 4-3 victory visiting Reims.

Valenciennes's goalkeeper Jérôme Prior was extremely busy against Sochaux, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

Valenciennes are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 12 games. Valenciennes are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade du Hainaut in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 12 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Troyes form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Troyes had fun at their own home (Stade du Hainaut) last time out, beating Rodez 2-1. Lenny Pintor and Yoann Touzghar scored. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Toulouse.

Troyes have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Troyes are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Troyes - Valenciennes 1-1 earlier this season. Valenciennes-Troyes H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Valenciennes one win, Troyes six wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

TroyesY. Touzghar
Y. Touzghar
9 goals
ValenciennesB. Guillaume
B. Guillaume
8 goals
ValenciennesJ. Cuffaut
J. Cuffaut
7 goals

Valenciennes missing players

Troyes missing players

Valenciennes Troyes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 3 12 25
9 5 1 Won W 1 5 15
8 3 0 Drew D 1 3 6
8 4 2 Lost L 1 4 4
32 13 3 Scored S 5 14 37
29 11 4 Conceded C 2 11 20
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 75% 88%
72% 58% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 58% 72%
28% 25% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 48%
16% 17% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 16%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
44% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 42% 52%
32% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 50% 44%
28% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 16%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.2 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8 8.7 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.1 11.4
3.2 3.6 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.3 4.6
37% 30% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 27% 32%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Troyes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Valenciennes has the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Ligue 2
  • Valenciennes has the most matches under the total-line (17) in Ligue 2

  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 25 15 6 4 37 20 13 10 3 0 23 9 12 5 3 4 14 11 17 51
2 Toulouse 25 14 7 4 48 29 13 8 3 2 27 15 12 6 4 2 21 14 19 49
3 Clermont 25 13 7 5 36 16 13 9 3 1 24 6 12 4 4 4 12 10 20 46
4 Grenoble Foot 38 25 13 6 6 33 20 12 9 3 0 24 7 13 4 3 6 9 13 13 45
5 Auxerre 25 11 8 6 46 29 13 8 3 2 31 12 12 3 5 4 15 17 17 41
6 Paris 25 10 8 7 35 30 12 6 4 2 20 15 13 4 4 5 15 15 5 38
7 Sochaux 25 8 11 6 33 24 13 5 4 4 19 16 12 3 7 2 14 8 9 35
8 Valenciennes 25 9 8 8 32 29 12 5 3 4 13 11 13 4 5 4 19 18 3 35
9 Amiens SC 25 8 9 8 21 20 12 4 6 2 7 5 13 4 3 6 14 15 1 33
10 Caen 25 8 9 8 25 29 13 5 6 2 13 12 12 3 3 6 12 17 -4 33
11 Le Havre 25 8 9 8 21 27 12 3 6 3 9 10 13 5 3 5 12 17 -6 33
12 Ajaccio 25 8 8 9 22 30 12 5 4 3 11 10 13 3 4 6 11 20 -8 32
13 Niort 25 7 9 9 27 37 12 4 5 3 12 11 13 3 4 6 15 26 -10 30
14 Nancy 25 6 10 9 31 35 12 3 6 3 20 21 13 3 4 6 11 14 -4 28
15 Rodez 25 5 12 8 24 32 13 4 5 4 13 14 12 1 7 4 11 18 -8 27
16 Dunkerque 25 7 5 13 19 30 13 4 4 5 13 12 12 3 1 8 6 18 -11 26
17 Guingamp 25 4 12 9 26 33 12 2 6 4 12 14 13 2 6 5 14 19 -7 24
18 Chambly 25 5 8 12 27 43 13 4 2 7 15 21 12 1 6 5 12 22 -16 23
19 Pau 25 5 6 14 21 36 12 3 4 5 11 14 13 2 2 9 10 22 -15 21
20 Chateauroux 25 4 6 15 23 38 13 3 2 8 15 20 12 1 4 7 8 18 -15 18

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.