Ligue 2 preview: Can Amiens SC edge out victory against Pau?

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne (12097 seats)

A total of 24 league matches are done and Amiens SC are 6 points ahead of Pau. How will it end?

Insights:
  • Amiens SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Pau have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It's quite the trip for Pau when visiting Amiens SC as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

Both squads have had a decent time to rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's aim for an animated match!

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Amiens SC form and stats

The overall Ligue 2 results playing at home this season for Amiens SC are 5-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). Amiens SC has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Hinschberger and the players.

The Amiens SC regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne: A 1-2 defeat against Bordeaux (placed 2nd). The defeat against Bordeaux was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by Fransérgio). Cissé, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the side in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 7.62 (out of 10). Cissé scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Annecy.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Amiens handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Amiens SC are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games.

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Pau form and stats

There's been little loot from Pau's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 13 away games in the Ligue 2. Pau only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws.

Pau aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 251 league minutes without a goal. Begraoui was the last player to find the net.

There might be some fixture complaints from Pau as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-2 against Saint-Étienne. Pau goalkeeper Ndiaye enjoyed a splendid day vs Saint-Étienne, but in spite of managing six saves the beating could not be helped.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Laval.

We have checked recent matches where Pau have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were 6 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

Low on goals? 9 of this side's last 11 league fixtures have had two or less goals.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Pau have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Pau have won at least one point in the last 5 games (3-2-0) facing Amiens SC.

Pau - Amiens 2-1 was the output when these two participants formerly met, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Amiens SCP. Cissé
P. Cissé
7 goals
PauM. Bassouamina
M. Bassouamina
5 goals
PauH. Saivet
H. Saivet
4 goals

Amiens SC missing players

Pau missing players

Amiens SC Pau
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 5 13 25
9 5 2 Won W 2 3 6
6 3 0 Drew D 1 4 9
9 4 1 Lost L 2 6 10
27 14 5 Scored S 4 10 20
28 12 2 Conceded C 6 16 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
79% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 69% 60%
38% 33% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 23% 32%
12% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 8% 16%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 20% 46% 40%
25% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 40% 23% 28%
25% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 40% 31% 40%
 
5.3 5.1 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.5 4.3
4.8 3.6 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5.4 4.5
1.7 1.6 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.2 2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 11.8 12 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6.9 8.6
3.8 4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.7 3.2
30% 29% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 29% 25%
 
9.6 8 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.4 13.2 10.8
3.6 2.8 1.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.6 5.5 4.6
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Amiens SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Pau have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Pau haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Le Havre 25 14 10 1 34 10 12 8 4 0 17 4 13 6 6 1 17 6 24 52
2 Bordeaux 25 13 6 6 36 21 12 7 3 2 17 8 13 6 3 4 19 13 15 45
3 Sochaux 25 13 5 7 42 22 13 8 3 2 27 10 12 5 2 5 15 12 20 44
4 Metz 25 11 8 6 37 24 13 6 5 2 18 11 12 5 3 4 19 13 13 41
5 Caen 25 10 9 6 30 25 12 7 4 1 19 8 13 3 5 5 11 17 5 39
6 Quevilly Rouen 25 10 8 7 29 25 12 5 5 2 19 13 13 5 3 5 10 12 4 38
7 Grenoble Foot 38 25 10 8 7 25 21 13 6 4 3 12 9 12 4 4 4 13 12 4 38
8 Bastia 25 11 5 9 25 26 13 7 2 4 12 8 12 4 3 5 13 18 -1 38
9 Amiens SC 24 9 6 9 27 28 12 5 3 4 14 12 12 4 3 5 13 16 -1 33
10 Annecy 25 8 8 9 28 28 12 6 2 4 12 9 13 2 6 5 16 19 0 32
11 Paris 24 8 7 9 22 25 11 3 3 5 11 14 13 5 4 4 11 11 -3 31
12 Guingamp 25 8 7 10 31 35 13 3 3 7 15 20 12 5 4 3 16 15 -4 31
13 Valenciennes 25 7 10 8 24 29 13 5 8 0 19 13 12 2 2 8 5 16 -5 31
14 Laval 25 9 4 12 29 36 13 5 2 6 18 18 12 4 2 6 11 18 -7 31
15 Saint-Étienne 25 9 6 10 37 39 13 6 3 4 21 19 12 3 3 6 16 20 -2 30
16 Pau 25 6 9 10 20 30 12 3 5 4 10 14 13 3 4 6 10 16 -10 27
17 Dijon 25 5 8 12 23 31 13 4 5 4 14 14 12 1 3 8 9 17 -8 23
18 Nimes 25 6 5 14 24 38 12 5 1 6 11 14 13 1 4 8 13 24 -14 23
19 Niort 25 6 5 14 22 40 12 4 2 6 12 18 13 2 3 8 10 22 -18 23
20 Rodez 25 4 10 11 20 32 13 1 5 7 10 21 12 3 5 4 10 11 -12 22

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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.