Pau have travelled here for an action-packed fight against the hosting Auxerre. Get smart on the game with this in-depth Ligue 2 preview!
- Auxerre have the most points from losing position (4) in Ligue 2
- Pau have lost all their away matches so far.
Pau have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Auxerre form and stats
Auxerre have collected 1 point from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 0-1-1.
Auxerre are returning here after visiting Bordeaux and winning with a 4-2 scoreline. Hein, Jubal and Ayé (2) scored the goal(s). Finally, a league win after three matches without one. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Leon loved the game against Bordeaux. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 4-2 victory. Midfielder Hein was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.61 (out of ten) in that game. Hein scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 42 successful passes (of 52 total).
In the match before that, Auxerre hosted Grenoble Foot 38 and drew the game 0-0.Early season league goal statistics from Auxerre's 2 home games: {0 goals}, 1 conceded.
Pau form and stats
No Ligue 2 points yet away for Pau, from their first 2 matches.
Pau's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Rodez that finished 2-2. It looked so good for Pau vs Rodez, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Goalkeeper Kamara made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Rodez. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Sylla, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.33. Sylla scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Guingamp's place.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Pau has managed {0 goals} and let in 6 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: three - zero - one (Auxerre wins - draws - Pau wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been brutal, having seen 3 red cards from the last four duels.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Hein 4 goals |  F. Aye 2 goals |
Auxerre missing players
Pau missing players
| Auxerre | Pau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 40% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 40% |
| 6.2 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7 | 5.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.4 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.5 | 9 |
| 3.8 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 53% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 35% |
| 11.6 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 23 | 23 | 18.2 |
| 4.8 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 7 | 6.6 |
- All of Pau's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Auxerre have created more than twice as many corners as Pau.
- Auxerre have failed to score a single goal at home.
- Auxerre have the most points from losing position (4) in Ligue 2
- Auxerre have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Auxerre have yet to win a game at home.
- Pau have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Pau have failed to score a single goal away.
- Pau have lost all their away matches so far.
- Pau haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Auxerre | Last season | Pau | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 19 | 7 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 35 | 18 | Scored | S | 20 | 40 | ||
| 63 | 28 | Conceded | C | 25 | 52 | ||
| 95% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 76% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 61% | ||
| 47% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 32% | 37% | ||
| 24% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 13% | ||
| 58% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 47% | ||
| 18% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 26% | ||
| 29% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 32% | ||
| 3.6 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.8 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 28% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 29% | ||
| 12.7 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 11.1 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Caen | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Amiens SC | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Laval | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Auxerre | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Bastia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Angers SCO | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Guingamp | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Pau | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Troyes | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Annecy | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Ajaccio | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Rodez | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Saint-Étienne | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 16 | Dunkerque | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 17 | Valenciennes | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | Paris | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 19 | Quevilly Rouen | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
| 20 | Concarneau | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 2 |
