Auxerre vs Rodez pre-match info: Away side will have a hard task at Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 30.Sep
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps (23467 seats)

Get ready for a show! Today's starring heroes are Auxerre and Rodez, 3 points is the objective and 90 minutes the playing time.

Insights:
  • Auxerre have the most scored goals (18) in Ligue 2
  • Rodez have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ligue 2

It's no vacation for neither Auxerre nor Rodez as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Auxerre form and stats

The Ligue 2 statistics playing at home this season for Auxerre are 1-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Auxerre's last game was hosting Annecy (placed 11th) and winning 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Auxerre played a great game against Annecy and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Midfielder Raveloson was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.33 (out of ten) in that game. Raveloson scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 54 successful passes (of 58 total).

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Troyes.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Auxerre's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 2 matches, drawn 3 and lost 1.

Auxerre have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps with 6 goals in 4 league matches. From these home matches, Auxerre have conceded only 3 goals.

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Rodez form and stats

Playing away, Rodez have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Ligue 2 this season.

Rodez had fun at their own home (Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps) last time out, beating Troyes 2-1. Buades and Corredor scored. Midfield player Buades was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.31/10. Buades scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Dunkerque at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Rodez when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 0 and winning 1 game.

Rodez are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Rodez have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the prior six meetings): Auxerre won two games, one match ended in a draw and Rodez have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / three.

Top Goalscorers

AuxerreG. Hein
G. Hein
5 goals
AuxerreF. Aye
F. Aye
3 goals
AuxerreG. Perrin
G. Perrin
2 goals

Auxerre missing players

Rodez missing players

Auxerre Rodez
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 1 4 8
4 1 0 Won W 0 1 4
3 2 1 Drew D 0 2 2
1 1 1 Lost L 1 1 2
18 6 0 Scored S 0 5 13
9 3 1 Conceded C 1 5 9
88% 75% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 75%
75% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 62%
62% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
62% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 75%
25% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 25% 25%
 
7.6 6.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.5 5.2
4 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.8 3.6
1.1 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.4 16.2 15 Shots (avg) S ( 7 11.2 14.6
4.4 3.2 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 4.2 5.1
51% 46% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 32%
 
9.9 6.2 7 Shots against (avg) S A 9 13.5 12
4.1 2.5 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.2 4.4
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Auxerre have the most scored goals (18) in Ligue 2
  • Auxerre have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Ligue 2
  • Auxerre have the the best goal difference (+9) in Ligue 2
  • Rodez have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Rodez have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ligue 2
  • Rodez have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Rodez haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Laval 8 6 1 1 11 5 4 4 0 0 6 2 4 2 1 1 5 3 6 19
2 Grenoble Foot 38 8 4 4 0 7 2 4 2 2 0 4 1 4 2 2 0 3 1 5 16
3 Auxerre 8 4 3 1 18 9 4 1 2 1 6 3 4 3 1 0 12 6 9 15
4 Rodez 8 4 2 2 13 9 4 3 0 1 8 4 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 14
5 Angers SCO 8 4 2 2 9 7 4 2 2 0 6 2 4 2 0 2 3 5 2 14
6 Amiens SC 8 4 2 2 8 7 5 3 2 0 7 2 3 1 0 2 1 5 1 14
7 Caen 7 4 0 3 12 6 4 2 0 2 7 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 6 12
8 Guingamp 8 3 2 3 13 8 4 2 1 1 7 1 4 1 1 2 6 7 5 11
9 Saint-Étienne 7 3 2 2 7 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 11
10 Pau 8 3 2 3 13 14 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 1 1 2 6 9 -1 11
11 Annecy 8 2 4 2 9 10 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 1 2 1 4 5 -1 10
12 Bordeaux 7 3 2 2 7 8 3 2 0 1 5 4 4 1 2 1 2 4 -1 10
13 Ajaccio 8 2 4 2 6 10 4 1 3 0 5 4 4 1 1 2 1 6 -4 10
14 Bastia 8 2 2 4 8 13 4 2 0 2 7 9 4 0 2 2 1 4 -5 8
15 Concarneau 8 2 2 4 5 10 4 0 2 2 1 4 4 2 0 2 4 6 -5 8
16 Troyes 8 1 4 3 11 12 3 1 1 1 6 5 5 0 3 2 5 7 -1 7
17 Paris 8 2 0 6 7 11 4 2 0 2 6 3 4 0 0 4 1 8 -4 6
18 Dunkerque 7 1 3 3 6 10 4 0 2 2 3 5 3 1 1 1 3 5 -4 6
19 Valenciennes 8 1 3 4 3 10 4 0 1 3 2 7 4 1 2 1 1 3 -7 6
20 Quevilly Rouen 8 0 2 6 6 12 4 0 1 3 2 5 4 0 1 3 4 7 -6 2

Read more about Ligue 2

Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.