Nimes vs Greneoble

Nimes and Grenoble lock horns in this French Ligue 2 round 22 clash at Stade des Antonins early Saturday morning Beijing time. The biggest, quite often somewhat smart bookmakers that accept the biggest bets from customers, see Nimes as favorites to take all three points and offer odds of around 2.70 for them. I would not be at all surprised to see the odds on Grenoble to be cut before the kickoff as clever money is expected to pile up on the visitors.. I simply cannot agree with the betting market here and do see Grenoble as solid favorites. Indeed, Grenenoble have an edge in all areas of the game. In terms of defensive quality the difference is gigantic. Grenoble have had one of the best defenses in ligue 2 so far and have allowed just 18 goals so far. This is a lower number than Sochaux's, a strong team currently in second place! Their defense is very well-structured and the defenders make very few silly mistakes – even against the top teams in this league. Nimes have conceded 31 goals – only two teams have allowed more.. Grenoble have massively raised their level from last season and currently occupy the th place with 33 points to their account. This is just three points less than a very big team for this level and a club with much success in the past, Bordeaux, who are in 3rd place. Grenoble have an very good coach and an awesome team spirit according to my sources!

In their most recent match Grenoble beat a mediocre team, Quevilly Rouen, 1-0 at home in a pretty balanced match despite not being at their best.. Their offense lacked speed and creativity but I want to mention that the visitors defended better than they usually do. Grenoble's offense is not overly powerful and their edge over the hosts in this area of the game is pretty slim. They have netted the ball 21 goals but their number of expected goals (xG) is still bigger - 24.21 to be precise. Nimes, on the other hand, have scored 22 goals. Before the Quevilly Rouen game Grenoble were unlucky to lose to Bastia, a good team currently in 4th place, 0-1 at home despite having close to 60% ball possession and slightly the better team on the pitch.. Furthermore, on the 13th of January they proved that they do have offensive potential, especially against teams with a leaky defense like Nimes! Indeed, they beat Guingamp (11th) 4-2 as underdogs according to the betting market and did deserve the win after recording 55% ball possession and recording many more scoring attempts, total passes, completed passes and dangerous attacks.

Before this the game against Bastia the visitors faced Pau away from home again as underdogs. It was yet another fine defensive performance by the visitors and no goals were scored in this game. Pau only managed to record three shots on Grenoble's goal but Grenoble were a bit too defensive in this match and failed to create too much in xG.. I do not expect them to be very aggressive here either but will probably still create at least 3-4 good scoring chances.. Let's remember that they have lost just one of their most recent six matches! Nimes finished in 9th place last season but this season has been a massive disappointment! The bookies have clearly not fully realized how much their level has dropped.. They are in 16th place with just 20 points. They can improve a bit but are definitely over-valued by the bookmakers that seem to give their potential too much emphasis. In their most recent match they had luck on their side and beat Guingamp 2-1 away from home. Before this they did beat Niort 3-2 at home but Niort are the rock-bottom team in this league. Nimes' defense looked, once again, vulnerable and if they do not improve in this area they probably will not beat Grenoble here! The match was pretty balanced overall. Niort recorded more goal attempts, Nimes created more attacks and both teams had four shots on goal. Prior to these two wins they had a very bad streak losing 5/6 matches and were mainly disappointing!

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北京时间周六凌晨，法甲联赛第22轮，尼姆队和格勒诺布尔队在安东尼球场上演了一场激烈的比赛。最大的，通常有些聪明的博彩公司接受客户最大的赌注，认为尼姆是最受欢迎的三分，并为他们提供2.70左右的赔率。如果格勒诺布尔的赔率在开球前被降低，我一点也不会感到惊讶，因为聪明的钱预计会在客队身上堆积起来。我只是不同意这里的博彩市场，我确实认为格勒诺布尔是可靠的热门。的确，格林诺布尔在游戏的所有领域都有优势。就防守质量而言，两者的差距是巨大的。格勒诺布尔拥有法甲迄今为止最好的防守之一，到目前为止只丢了18个球。这个数字比索肖的要低，索肖是一支目前排名第二的强队!他们的防守结构很好，后卫很少犯愚蠢的错误——即使是面对这个联盟的顶级球队。尼姆已经丢了31个球，只有两支球队丢球比尼姆多。格勒诺布尔从上赛季开始大幅提高了他们的水平，目前他们以33分的成绩占据了第1名。这只比这个级别的豪门球队少了3分，比波尔多少了3分，波尔多在过去取得了很多成功。根据我的消息来源，格勒诺布尔有一个非常好的教练和令人敬畏的团队精神!

在他们最近的一场比赛中，格勒诺布尔在主场以1-0击败了一支平庸的球队Quevilly Rouen，尽管他们没有处于最佳状态，但这是一场相当平衡的比赛。他们的进攻缺乏速度和创造力，但我想说的是客队的防守比平时更好。格勒诺布尔的进攻并不强大，他们在这方面对东道主的优势非常微弱。他们已经进了21个球，但他们的预期进球数(xG)仍然更大——准确地说，是24.21个。而尼姆则打进了22球。在与Quevilly Rouen的比赛之前，Grenoble不幸输给了巴斯蒂亚，这是一支目前排名第4的强队，虽然拥有近60%的控球率，但在主场0-1，在球场上表现略好。此外，在1月13日的比赛中，他们证明了自己的进攻潜力，尤其是对阵尼姆这样防守漏洞百出的球队!事实上，根据博彩市场的数据，他们以4-2击败了甘甘普(第11名)，在55%的控球率和更多的射门次数、总传球次数、完成传球和危险进攻之后，他们确实应该赢得这场胜利。

在此之前对阵巴斯蒂亚的比赛，客队又一次在客场面对保罗。这是客队又一次出色的防守表现，本场比赛一球未进。保罗只对格勒诺布尔的球门进行了三次射门，但格勒诺布尔在这场比赛中有点过于防守，未能在xG身上创造太多机会。我也不指望他们在这里表现得很有侵略性，但可能仍然会创造至少3-4次好的得分机会。让我们记住，他们在最近的六场比赛中只输了一场!尼姆斯上赛季排名第九，但本赛季令人非常失望!博彩公司显然没有完全意识到他们的水平下降了多少。他们仅以20分排在第16位。他们可以提高一点，但显然被博彩公司高估了，似乎过于强调他们的潜力。在最近的一场比赛中，他们运气好，在客场2-1击败了甘甘。在此之前，他们确实在主场3-2击败了尼奥尔特，但尼奥尔特是联赛中垫底的球队。尼姆的防守再一次看起来很脆弱，如果他们在这方面不改进，他们可能无法击败格勒诺布尔!这场比赛总体上相当平衡。尼奥尔特的射门次数更多，尼姆斯的进攻次数更多，两队都有4次射正。在这两场胜利之前，他们有一个非常糟糕的连败5/6场比赛，主要是令人失望!