Statattack Week 24
21/02/2012
Bordeaux's unbeaten start to 2012, Yoan Gouffran's appetite for goals, wins for Dijon and Toulouse and a 50th Ligue 1 goal for Sydney Govou are some of the notable statistics from week 24.
Key statistic for Week 24
5: Following their 1-0 win against Lyon on Sunday, Bordeaux are unbeaten in Ligue 1 in 2012 (four wins, one draw). After seeing off Lille 5-4 the week before, it was Les Girondins second straight win over top five opposition and the third against a team higher then them in the table following a 2-0 success against Toulouse in Week 22. It has been a remarkable turnaround in Francis Gillot's side's fortunes, in the first half of the season Bordeaux drew four and lost four in games against teams higher than them in the table.
Team performances
1: Dijon recorded their first win by a three-goal margin this season when they beat Nice (3-0) on Saturday. The Burgundians had won three previous matches by a one goal margin and three others by two goals. Saturday's victory was also their first clean sheet in seven matches.
4: For the fourth time this season Lille kept a clean sheet away from home when they beat Lorient 1-0 on Saturday. It was the third time in their last four trips on the road that goalkeeper Mickael Landreu was unbeaten. However, it was the first time in three away games that LOSC managed to score.
1: Toulouse's 3-0 win away at Nancy was their first in eight away games. It was TFC's first win by three goals since beating Lorient by the same margin on the 18th of December 2011. For as a big away win you would have to go back to the 14th of August 2004 when Toulouse beat Strasbourg 4-1.
Individual performances
50: Sydney Govou scored his 50th Ligue 1 goal as Evian drew 2-2 with Caen on Saturday. It was his first goal for the club since joining them from Panathinaikos last summer. Against Caen, Govou had the most shots on target with four (80%). The former France international scored 49 goals in 297 games for Lyon between 1999-2010 before leaving for Greece.
8: Yoan Gouffran scored his eighth Ligue 1 goal for Bordeaux this season in the 1-0 win over Lyon. It was his only shot of the game. Gouffran has already surpassed his previous best return for Les Girondins with was five scored two seasons ago. He is two goals from matching his career best of ten league goals which he scored for Caen in 2007/08.
1. Jean-Pascal Mignot scored his first goal for Saint-Etienne in the 4-0 rout of Rennes on Sunday. The defender was also present at the other end of the pitch where he won possession 19 times.