Grenoble Foot 38 vs Rodez betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Alpes (20068 seats)

Grenoble Foot 38 - Rodez: Ligue 2 dungeon teams scrapping for points and glory. Check out all the available data and information before the game!

Insights:
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rodez have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligue 2

Grenoble Foot 38 and Rodez should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Grenoble Foot 38 form and stats

Grenoble Foot 38 have collected 19 points from their Ligue 2 home games so far after 6-1-6. When Grenoble Foot 38 hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Nancy, Dunkerque, Valenciennes, Bastia, Grenoble Foot 38 and Quevilly Rouen), they have won 3 of 3 matches!

A strong away win for Grenoble against Nancy the last match, as Tell were on target. Goalkeeper Maubleu got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.81 out of ten. Maubleu topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Toulouse (0-2).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Grenoble Foot 38 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won six, drawn four and lost two.

The manager Hognon will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Pau in only three days.

The Grenoble Foot 38 fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 13 matches. Grenoble Foot 38 have conceded 16 in these home matches. Grenoble has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Rodez form and stats

The visitors are W4-D3-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2. When Rodez is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Nancy, Dunkerque, Valenciennes, Rodez, Bastia and Quevilly Rouen is teams we like to compare Grenoble Foot 38 with. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Rodez, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Nîmes game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

Rodez's previous game was their home loss versus Auxerre (1-3). Boissier got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, top player of the team. Boissier scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 25 successful passes (of 26 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Ajaccio wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rodez playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were one Rodez win, ten draws and three defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Rodez are hosting Guingamp in the Ligue 2 only three days away.

The attacking power of Rodez when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Rodez have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Grenoble Foot 38 and Rodez have met before this season: Rodez - Grenoble 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Grenoble Foot 38 victories, four draws and two Rodez wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Grenoble Foot 38Y. Ravet
Y. Ravet
4 goals
RodezL. Buadés
L. Buadés
4 goals
GrenobleL. Nestor
L. Nestor
3 goals

Grenoble Foot 38 missing players

Rodez missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Grenoble Foot 38 Rodez
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 14 27
8 6 3 Won W 2 4 7
4 1 0 Drew D 0 3 9
15 6 0 Lost L 1 7 11
21 15 7 Scored S 6 13 23
36 16 1 Conceded C 3 19 31
89% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 85%
52% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 63%
37% 46% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 30%
22% 23% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 21% 19%
11% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 7% 4%
33% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 33%
33% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 37%
44% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 43% 44%
 
4 5.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 3.6 3.8
4.3 4.2 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.1 3.7
1.9 2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 2
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
7.1 7.8 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 8.4 9
2.8 3.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 3.1 3.6
28% 37% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 30% 23%
 
11.4 10.2 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 8.7 9.7 8.2
4.4 3.8 1.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.8 3.1
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Rodez have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rodez have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligue 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Toulouse 27 16 9 2 60 21 14 9 4 1 38 12 13 7 5 1 22 9 39 57
2 Paris 27 15 7 5 40 23 13 8 4 1 21 9 14 7 3 4 19 14 17 52
3 Ajaccio 27 15 6 6 25 14 13 8 3 2 13 4 14 7 3 4 12 10 11 51
4 Auxerre 27 13 9 5 41 28 13 6 4 3 23 13 14 7 5 2 18 15 13 48
5 Sochaux 27 13 8 6 30 24 14 7 4 3 14 10 13 6 4 3 16 14 6 47
6 Le Havre 27 10 11 6 27 24 14 5 5 4 12 11 13 5 6 2 15 13 3 41
7 Pau 27 11 5 11 29 30 14 9 1 4 20 11 13 2 4 7 9 19 -1 38
8 Nîmes 27 10 6 11 33 36 14 5 4 5 17 17 13 5 2 6 16 19 -3 36
9 Niort 27 10 5 12 28 28 13 6 2 5 15 10 14 4 3 7 13 18 0 35
10 Guingamp 27 8 10 9 28 34 13 5 5 3 18 16 14 3 5 6 10 18 -6 34
11 Amiens SC 27 7 12 8 35 26 14 6 4 4 23 11 13 1 8 4 12 15 9 33
12 Dijon 27 10 3 14 31 36 14 6 2 6 17 17 13 4 1 8 14 19 -5 33
13 Caen 27 8 8 11 33 30 14 6 1 7 20 14 13 2 7 4 13 16 3 32
14 Valenciennes 27 7 10 10 27 36 13 4 2 7 17 24 14 3 8 3 10 12 -9 31
15 Bastia 27 6 12 9 27 27 14 3 11 0 14 7 13 3 1 9 13 20 0 30
16 Rodez 27 7 9 11 23 31 13 3 6 4 10 12 14 4 3 7 13 19 -8 30
17 Quevilly Rouen 27 7 8 12 23 37 13 3 6 4 12 16 14 4 2 8 11 21 -14 29
18 Grenoble Foot 38 27 8 4 15 21 36 13 6 1 6 15 16 14 2 3 9 6 20 -15 28
19 Dunkerque 27 7 6 14 21 34 14 4 5 5 11 13 13 3 1 9 10 21 -13 27
20 Nancy 27 4 8 15 21 48 13 3 4 6 10 20 14 1 4 9 11 28 -27 20

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Toulouse 27 16 9 2 60 21 14 9 4 1 38 12 13 7 5 1 22 9 39 57
2 Paris 27 15 7 5 40 23 13 8 4 1 21 9 14 7 3 4 19 14 17 52
3 Ajaccio 27 15 6 6 25 14 13 8 3 2 13 4 14 7 3 4 12 10 11 51
4 Auxerre 27 13 9 5 41 28 13 6 4 3 23 13 14 7 5 2 18 15 13 48
5 Sochaux 27 13 8 6 30 24 14 7 4 3 14 10 13 6 4 3 16 14 6 47
6 Le Havre 27 10 11 6 27 24 14 5 5 4 12 11 13 5 6 2 15 13 3 41
7 Pau 27 11 5 11 29 30 14 9 1 4 20 11 13 2 4 7 9 19 -1 38
8 Nîmes 27 10 6 11 33 36 14 5 4 5 17 17 13 5 2 6 16 19 -3 36
9 Niort 27 10 5 12 28 28 13 6 2 5 15 10 14 4 3 7 13 18 0 35
10 Guingamp 27 8 10 9 28 34 13 5 5 3 18 16 14 3 5 6 10 18 -6 34
11 Amiens SC 27 7 12 8 35 26 14 6 4 4 23 11 13 1 8 4 12 15 9 33
12 Dijon 27 10 3 14 31 36 14 6 2 6 17 17 13 4 1 8 14 19 -5 33
13 Caen 27 8 8 11 33 30 14 6 1 7 20 14 13 2 7 4 13 16 3 32
14 Valenciennes 27 7 10 10 27 36 13 4 2 7 17 24 14 3 8 3 10 12 -9 31
15 Bastia 27 6 12 9 27 27 14 3 11 0 14 7 13 3 1 9 13 20 0 30
16 Rodez 27 7 9 11 23 31 13 3 6 4 10 12 14 4 3 7 13 19 -8 30
17 Quevilly Rouen 27 7 8 12 23 37 13 3 6 4 12 16 14 4 2 8 11 21 -14 29
18 Grenoble Foot 38 27 8 4 15 21 36 13 6 1 6 15 16 14 2 3 9 6 20 -15 28
19 Dunkerque 27 7 6 14 21 34 14 4 5 5 11 13 13 3 1 9 10 21 -13 27
20 Nancy 27 4 8 15 21 48 13 3 4 6 10 20 14 1 4 9 11 28 -27 20

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