In a weekend match in week 22, on Saturday Jan 22nd, Grenoble Foot 38 hosts Niort at Stade Des Alpes in a meeting of these two Ligue 2 teams. 16th placed Grenoble Foot 38 is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Guingamp. Guingamp had 12 on net, and Grenoble Foot 38 had 5, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Grenoble Foot 38 looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while niort sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Pau. Ibrahim Sissoko struck first for Niort in the 48th minute on a penalty, then Yanis Merdji added another in the 73rd minute on a feed from Sissoko At the end of 90 a dissapointed Pau couldn’t manage to score, and Niort took the shutout win. Niort is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stade René Gaillard, Niort won by a score of 1 to 0. Bilal Boutobba struck first for Niort in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Grenoble Foot 38 couldn’t muster any offence and Niort ran away with the shutout win.
Both Yanis Merdji and Sissoko have been the hottest scorers for Niort in the last five each having scored 2 goals. David Henen and Marcellin Anani are the top scorers for Grenoble Foot 38 in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.