Bordeaux vs Rodez preview: Away side in for a strenuous 90 minutes at Stade Matmut-Atlantique

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 28.Oct
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Matmut-Atlantique (42115 seats)

A brief look at the Ligue 2 standings imply an advantage to Rodez when they go to Bordeaux. But; let's play the match before points are handed out!

Insights:
  • Bordeaux haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Rodez have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ligue 2

Both teams have had enough days rest since their previous game. Let's trust this will be an animated match!

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Bordeaux form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Bordeaux have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.

Davitashvili was the last player to score a league goal for Bordeaux and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Bordeaux haven't scored in 236 minutes.

Bordeaux are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Angers SCO. Midfield player Weissbeck got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, the max score being 10. Weissbeck hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 28 successful passes (of 32 total).

Preceding that match was the home game against Laval that was lost 0-1.

Low on goals? In this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).

Bordeaux has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Rodez form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Rodez's last game was the home draw against Bastia (1-1). As mentioned above, Rodez drew the match against Bastia. Manager Santini brought on Depres to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Defender Danger was the best team player with a rating of 8.14. Danger hit five key passes and won 9 of 10 duels.

That result followed a home victory 5-3 versus Caen.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Rodez playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 3 home wins.

Sports betting statistic: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 9 of this club's latest 11 league games.

The visiting Rodez have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 5 games. Rodez have conceded 8 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Bordeaux two wins, zero draws and Rodez zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RodezL. Rajot
L. Rajot
3 goals
RodezK. Corredor
K. Corredor
3 goals
RodezT. Arconte
T. Arconte
3 goals

Bordeaux missing players

Rodez missing players

Bordeaux Rodez
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 1 5 11
3 2 0 Won W 1 1 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
5 2 2 Lost L 0 2 3
8 6 2 Scored S 2 6 20
14 6 5 Conceded C 1 8 16
82% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 82%
27% 20% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 64%
9% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 36%
9% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
27% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 82%
36% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
55% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 18%
 
5.6 5.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.2 5.9
3.7 5.8 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.8 4.3
1.9 2.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.3 18.2 19 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.6 15.5
5.5 6.8 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.6 5.4
13% 18% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 33% 34%
 
9.8 10 11 Shots against (avg) S A 15 13.8 11.5
3.7 3.6 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.2 4
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Bordeaux haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Rodez have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Rodez have scored more than double the goals of Bordeaux.
  • Rodez have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ligue 2
  • Rodez have the most points from losing position (8) in Ligue 2
  • Rodez have the most scored goals in the second half (15) 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 10 8 1 1 13 5 5 5 0 0 7 2 5 3 1 1 6 3 8 25
2 Angers SCO 11 7 2 2 17 8 6 4 2 0 10 2 5 3 0 2 7 6 9 23
3 Auxerre 11 6 4 1 24 11 5 2 2 1 9 4 6 4 2 0 15 7 13 22
4 Grenoble Foot 38 11 5 6 0 14 7 6 3 3 0 9 4 5 2 3 0 5 3 7 21
5 Rodez 11 5 3 3 20 16 6 4 1 1 14 8 5 1 2 2 6 8 4 18
6 Saint-Etienne 10 5 3 2 10 6 5 2 2 1 4 2 5 3 1 1 6 4 4 18
7 Ajaccio 11 4 5 2 10 10 6 3 3 0 9 4 5 1 2 2 1 6 0 17
8 Guingamp 11 4 4 3 18 12 6 2 3 1 11 5 5 2 1 2 7 7 6 16
9 Pau 11 4 3 4 16 18 5 3 1 1 8 5 6 1 2 3 8 13 -2 15
10 Amiens SC 11 4 3 4 10 13 6 3 2 1 8 6 5 1 1 3 2 7 -3 15
11 Caen 11 4 2 5 17 14 6 2 1 3 8 6 5 2 1 2 9 8 3 14
12 Annecy 11 2 6 3 13 15 6 1 4 1 8 8 5 1 2 2 5 7 -2 12
13 Bastia 11 3 3 5 11 17 5 3 0 2 9 10 6 0 3 3 2 7 -6 12
14 Concarneau 11 3 3 5 9 15 5 1 2 2 5 7 6 2 1 3 4 8 -6 12
15 Bordeaux 11 3 3 5 8 14 5 2 1 2 6 6 6 1 2 3 2 8 -6 11
16 Paris 11 3 1 7 12 16 5 2 0 3 6 5 6 1 1 4 6 11 -4 10
17 Troyes 11 1 6 4 12 14 5 1 2 2 6 6 6 0 4 2 6 8 -2 9
18 Valenciennes 11 1 5 5 7 15 5 0 2 3 3 8 6 1 3 2 4 7 -8 8
19 Quevilly Rouen 11 1 4 6 11 16 5 0 2 3 4 7 6 1 2 3 7 9 -5 7
20 Dunkerque 11 1 3 7 10 20 6 0 2 4 4 9 5 1 1 3 6 11 -10 6

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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.