Ligue 2 2019/20: Chambly – set-piece analysis – part 1

Newly-promoted Chambly have been quite impressive this season in Ligue 2. Despite having the cheapest total squad market value according to Transfermarkt, they have performed far better than what most people expected. Managed by Bruno Luzi, Chambly have become a pretty solid side overall. They dont score a lot of goals, but they dont concede too many either.

Whats interesting is that set-pieces seem to contribute majorly to their goals and goals conceded tally. Chambly have scored quite a lot of their goals from set-pieces, both direct and indirect.

In this set-piece analysis, were going to take a deeper look at Chamblys set-piece tactics in 2019/20 using mainly tactical analysis with a bit of data and statistics to support. In this first part, were going to focus on their data in order to see their goalscoring dependency and goals conceded tendency as well as take a peek at their offensive corner routines.

Overview

Before getting into the tactical analysis part, lets take a look at some interesting statistics from Chambly as well as the rest of Ligue 2 teams this season.

In the table above you can see the variety and tendency of each Ligue 2 team in regards to goalscoring. Chambly in total have scored 26 goals this season in Ligue 2 which is quite low compared against the league average which is 31.1. Luzis side arent really the type of team that would dominate a game. They are, however, quite patient in possession and look to build-up from the back and play out of pressure, rather than relying too much on counter-attacking. Being a mid/low-blocking team with a passive approach in defence, Chambly are usually pinned inside their own half. With 10 or even 11 men defending inside their own half, often its quite difficult to break quickly in counter-attack especially due to the lack of options upfront, lack of players with pace, and the sheer distance they have to cover to get to the opposing teams goal, thus you can see the low amount of goals from counter-attack there. Their tactical tendencies and some of their numbers might be a bit similar to Premier League side Newcastle, but the two teams dont seem to play with a similar style.

Despite the difference in volume and a huge difference in tactics and playing style, their goalscoring tendencies are a little similar to Lorient. Christophe Pélissiers side finished top of the table this season and got a well-deserved promotion to Ligue 1. His team have scored the most goals this season and a large part of their goals were scored from positional plays. Theyve also scored a decent amount of goals from long shots with eight goals from outside the box as well as a decent amount of goals from direct and indirect set-pieces with a total of 11 goals.

Compared to Ligue 1 teams, Paris Saint-Germain actually show high effectiveness and efficiency from direct and indirect set-pieces as well although goals from set-pieces only make up about 21% of their total goal tally (16 goals from 75). Meanwhile, Bordeaux and Nice scored 35% (14 set-piece goals from 40 total) and 34% (14 set-piece goals from 41 total) of their respective goal tallies from set-pieces which are above average in Ligue 1 (9.3 goals from set-pieces on average). However, none of the aforementioned teams rely too much on set-pieces to score goals.

For Chambly, a lot of their goals from open play seem to be created from the wid