Week 18 brings us a match on Dec 11th, where Amiens SC hosts Grenoble Foot 38 at Stade Crédit Agricole De La Licorne in a meeting of these two closely matched Ligue 2 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 16th placed Amiens SC, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Dunkerque. Aliou Badji struck first for Amiens SC in the 26th minute, then Chadrac Akolo added another in the 80th minute on a feed from Aliou Badji In the end, Dunkerque was frustrated by Amiens SC’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Amiens SC ended the match with the shutout victory. Amiens SC is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while grenoble Foot 38 sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Le Havre. Alexandre Bonnet scored the first goal for Le Havre in the 43rd minute on a penalty, then Nabil Alioui added another in the 86th minute. Grenoble Foot 38 is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Amiens SC won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Grenoble Foot 38 is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Loic Nestor and Olivier Stephane Boissy each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Toluwalase Arokodare has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored five goals for Amiens SC.