Friday, March 30, 2012

Ligue 1 Opta Facts - 31 March - 1 April

Auxerre - Valenciennes
Valenciennes have not won any of their eight previous Ligue 1 trips to Auxerre.
Auxerre have not won any of their last 12 Ligue 1 matches (six defeats and six draws) thus equalling the worst ever run in the club's top flight history.
Auxerre are the only team yet to win a Ligue 1 match in 2012.
Auxerre have managed the fewest victories this term in Ligue 1 (four).
Valenciennes have failed to keep a single clean sheet in their 15 away games in Ligue 1 this season.
Valenciennes have only managed one win in their last 18 away matches in Ligue 1.

Bordeaux - Dijon
Bordeaux have not won any of their last five Ligue 1 matches against promoted sides, registering three draws and two defeats.
Dijon have won both of their two competitive encounters against Bordeaux.
Dijon have scored at least one goal in each of their last 12 Ligue 1 matches, currently the best sequence.
Dijon have conceded a league-high 29 goals on the road this season.
Bordeaux have only lost one of their last 14 Ligue 1 matches at their Chaban-Delmas stadium.
Dijon have only kept one clean sheet in their 14 away games in the top flight.

Caen - Ajaccio
The three previous Ligue 1 encounters between Caen and Ajaccio have all ended as 2-2 draws.
Caen have won just one of their last nine home fixtures in all competitions.
Caen have failed to score in four of their last five Ligue 1 matches.
There has only been one away win in the 16 previous competitive encounters between these sides.
Mehdi Mostefa has picked up more yellow cards than any other player in Ligue 1 this term (12).
Ajaccio's last two away goals in Ligue 1 have both been scored by veteran defender Yoann Poulard.

Lille - Toulouse
Lille are unbeaten in their last eight Ligue 1 matches against Toulouse, registering three wins and five draws.
This weekend could see Toulouse become the first team to manage four consecutive away wins in Ligue 1 this season.
Lille are the first team this season in Ligue 1 to register two consecutive victories by at least three goal margins (4-0 against Valenciennes and 3-0 at Evian TG).
Toulouse have collected 16 points out of a possible in their last six league matches.
Toulouse have registered the most victories by a one-goal margin in Ligue 1 this term (nine).
Toulouse have kept more clean sheets than any other team across the top five European leagues this term (16).
Eden Hazard has scored at least one goal in all of his last six Ligue 1 appearances at Lille's Stadium Nord.
None of Toulouse's players have scored more than four goals this season in Ligue 1, a lower tally than any other club's top scorers(s).

Lorient - Évian TG
If the Ligue 1 season had kicked-off on the 1st of January 2012, Lorient would be 19th.
Lorient have only won one of their last 14 league matches (a 2-1 victory over Brest).
Lorient have failed to score more than two goals in any of their last 23 league matches.
Lorient have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 10 Ligue 1 matches, currently the worst such sequence in the league.
After not winning any of their first 13 away matches in Ligue 1, ETG have just registered two consecutive league wins on the road (2-0 at St Etienne and Auxerre).
ETG have scored at least one goal in each of their last 11 away matches in Ligue 1, the best such sequence this season.
Between them, Lorient and Evian TG have had 28 different goalscorers this season.
Jacques-Alaixys Romao conceded a penalty after only 27 seconds of play in the reverse fixture, a league record this season.

Nancy - Paris SG
Nancy are unbeaten in their last five Ligue 1 encounters with PSG, registering two wins and three draws.
Paris SG are without a win in three consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since Carlo Ancelotti was appointed as manager.
PSG have only won once on their last ten trips to Nancy in Ligue 1.
Nancy could become the first team this season in Ligue 1 to beat PSG both at home and away.
No Ligue 1 team have collected more points in March 2012 than Nancy (10).
Nancy have won their last two Ligue 1 matches, their best run of form since November 2011.
PSG are unbeaten in their last 14 Ligue 1 matches (eight wins and six draws), currently the longest run.
PSG have collected 60 points in this term, which is as much as over the whole of last season.
PSG have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last six Ligue 1 matches.
PSG have scored a league-high 19 goals in the final 15 minutes of their matches this term.

Rennes - Lyon
Having won the reverse fixture earlier this season, Rennes have the opportunity of completing their first league « double » over Lyon since the 1965/66 season.
Four of the last six Ligue 1 encounters between Lyon and Rennes have finished as 1-1 draws. The other two ended with 2-1 score lines.
Rennes have only lost one of their last eight Ligue 1 matches against Lyon.
Lyon have won their last three Ligue 1 matches, currently the best sequence in the league.
Rennes have lost two consecutive league games for the first time this season.
Rennes are the only team to have scored more goals on the road (19) than at home (18) this term in Ligue 1.
Lyon have lost eight of their last 12 away matches in Ligue 1.
Lyon have drawn the fewest matches this term in Ligue 1 (four).
Bafetimbi Gomis has scored 22 goals for his club this season in all competitions; only Olivier Giroud has been as prolific amongst Ligue 1 players.

St Etienne - Nice
Nice have won their last three Ligue 1 matches at St Etienne's Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium. Nice have also not conceded a single goal in any of their last four trips to St Etienne.
Nice's last away victory by a two goal margin in Ligue 1 came at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in February 2011 (2-0).
Nice were shown a season-high three red cards in the reverse fixture this season.
St Etienne have failed to score in four of their last five Ligue 1 matches.
St Etienne have lost two consecutive home games in the league for the first time this season.
Nice have only won one of their last 20 away Ligue 1 games.
Striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored in only one of his 20 league appearances at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium for St Etienne, bagging a hat trick in that solitary game.

Sochaux - Brest
Brest have lost their last three Ligue 1 matches, currently the worst run in the league.
Brest have not won any of their previous10 away trips to Sochaux in Ligue 1, suffering eight defeats in the process.
Brest have not won a single away match this term in Ligue 1, their last win on the road was back in May 2011 (1-0 at Auxerre).
Three penalties have been awarded in the last two league matches between Sochaux and Brest.
Sochaux have scored six goals in three Ligue 1 matches under new manager Eric Hély, which is as many as in the last 15 matches of Mecha Bazdarevic's reign.
Brest have only scored four goals in ten league matches since the turn of the year.
Brest have only scored one second half goal in their last 15 Ligue 1 matches.
Brest have never scored more than once in any of their last 13 Ligue 1 matches.
Bruno Grougi scored a goal from the penalty spot in both of his two Ligue 1 starts against Sochaux.