Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Pau & Rodez face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coupe de France. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Pau and Rodez.
Pau form and stats
Last season their Coupe de France adventure ended in the 8th finals.Pau's struggle is real here at Stade du Hameau with only 9 points collected from 9 Ligue 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-4. It's trouble wherever Pau are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Pau, their manager D. Tholot and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Pau faced defeat in their previous match, away at Rodez (0-1). Ahead of that match, Pau lost 1-3 at home to Chambly.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Pau as they have a new game in only four days, a Ligue 2 match thankfully also at home. Troyes are visiting.
Pau aren't scoring a lot here at Stade du Hameau in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. On the other hand, Pau have conceded 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Rodez form and stats
Rodez was sent out of Coupe de France in the 32nd finals last season.Rodez have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 0-6-3 (9 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.
Rodez are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Ligue 2 against Pau. Before that, Rodez travelled to Nancy and returned home with a draw after the Ligue 2 game finished 2-2.
Ayoub Ouhafsa came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Pau last time out, making the manager L. Peyrelade feel like a tactical genius.
Rodez has another fixture away, a Ligue 2 game, against Caen in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The attacking power of Rodez when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. In the opposite end, Rodez have conceded 15 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Pau three wins, one draw and Rodez six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Boissier 5 goals |   R. Armand 4 goals |  U. Bonnet 4 goals |
Pau missing players
Rodez missing players
| Pau | Rodez | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 12 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Scored | S | 8 | 24 | ||
| 39 | 14 | Conceded | C | 15 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 36% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 7.8 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| 29% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Troyes | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 41 |
| 2 | Toulouse | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 39 |
| 3 | Clermont | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 37 |
| 4 | Auxerre | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 36 |
| 5 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 35 |
| 6 | Paris | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Sochaux | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 8 | Amiens SC | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | Caen | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 28 |
| 10 | Valenciennes | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 27 |
| 11 | Ajaccio | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 25 |
| 12 | Niort | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -9 | 25 |
| 13 | Le Havre | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 24 |
| 14 | Guingamp | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 21 |
| 15 | Dunkerque | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 21 |
| 16 | Nancy | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 19 |
| 17 | Chambly | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 18 | Rodez | 20 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 19 |
| 19 | Pau | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 19 | -16 | 14 |
| 20 | Châteauroux | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -17 | 13 |