Niort vs Stade Lavallois Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Niort

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Niort will be hoping for a better result after the 1-0 Ligue 2 defeat last time out to Pau FC.

Quentin Boisgard (13') scored for Pau FC.

It’s been all too rare in recent times where Niort have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Niort have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 9 goals on the way. That sort of pattern won’t necessarily be sustained into this match, though.

Going into this encounter, Niort have not emerged victorious against Stade Lavallois in their last 7 league games.

Stade Lavallois

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Since a loss in their previous game against Paris FC in Ligue 2 competition, Stade Lavallois and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

The only scorer from Stade Lavallois was Simon Elisor (18'). Ilan Kebbal (11') and Morgan Guilavogui (60') scored for Paris FC.

The numbers tell their own story, and Stade Lavallois have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals overall. In defence, Stade Lavallois can certainly do much better.

Going into this encounter, Stade Lavallois are undefeated by Niort in games played away from home for the previous 5 league matches. A very good record, indeed.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their most recent head to head meetings going back to 22/05/2015 shows us that Niort have won 0 of these games and Stade Lavallois 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 3.

In all, 13 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 4 of them for Les chamois and 9 belonging to Les Tangos. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.

The last league match between the two was Ligue 2 match day 14 on 05/11/2022 when it finished Stade Lavallois 2-1 Niort.

The referee was Mikael Lesage.

ℹ️ Team News: Niort

There aren’t many selection issues, with just one fitness concern for the Niort manager Oumar Tchomogo to be concerned about from an otherwise complete group of players. Godwin Bentil (Unknown Injury) misses out.

🗞️ Team News: Stade Lavallois

Stade Lavallois manager Olivier Frapolli has not got a full squad to pick from. Maxime Hautbois (Wirst Injury), Yasser Baldé (Unknown Injury), Francois-Xavier Fumu Tamuzo (Achilles tendon surgery), Julien Maggiotti (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) and Elhadji Pape Diaw (Sprained ankle) will not be playing here.

⚡ Prediction

Our feeling is that Stade Lavallois and Niort are both capable of scoring here.

A close call, and we think a draw is quite likely. That’s why our selection here is for a tight encounter with a 1-1 score when all is said and done.

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Renata Leite, 02:32 14/03/2023