Ligue 2 :Nancy- Nimes  (written 09.00 UK time on Friday 22/01)

We have been discussing Chateauroux's woes for seemingly two years, they were "relegated" last season, but earned a late reprieve, unfortunately for them after they had got together a third tier quality squad. They are in deep trouble again, six points + from safety, having not scored in four starts, two at home and coming off a frightful 6-0 hammering at Nancy last weekend , my preview of which read ...

France : Ligue 2

Back in October, after eleven rounds of this season, we looked at how Ligue 2 games had played out so far in relation to previous campaigns ....

I highlighted a line in the previous preview which I would like to touch upon briefly, Ligue 2 draws are running at 38.18% through 11 rounds, which equates to odds of 2.62, it was a similar story last season 37% after 10 rounds, but down to sub 32% by Christmas, a figure it stayed at through the rest of the campaign, this is a standard trend in this tightest of leagues with matches opening up quite a bit through the second series of ten games an