Home advantage could prove decisive in Guingamp - Pau battle

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Tue 19.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Roudourou (18378 seats)

All the points stay with the home side, the away team claims a mighty victory or an exciting draw? It's all up in the air when the mid-table inhabitants Guingamp and Pau battle at Stade du Roudourou.

Insights:
  • Guingamp have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pau have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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.

It's no vacation for neither Guingamp nor Pau as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Guingamp form and stats

Guingamp have played 16 Ligue 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-6-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Guingamp enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Bastia's place. The match ended 2-1 with Pierrot (2) scoring. Pierrot, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the highest rated performer for the team in that fixture, earning a rating of 8.11 (out of 10). Pierrot scored two goals.

Before that game, the home loss against Toulouse with the scoreline 2-4.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Guingamp have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 19 games) they have won six times, drawn nine and lost four.

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

Guingamp have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade du Roudourou with 24 goals in 16 league matches. 22 goals have been conceded.

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Pau form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Pau so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-9 (win-draw-lose).

The manager Tholot was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Stade Du Hameau Idron 1. Pau suffered a 1-4 loss to Auxerre (placed 3rd). It is a concern for Pau that their goalkeeper Bajić managed seven saves in the Auxerre fixture, but still were unable to save them from a loss. Attacker Naidji got a player rating of 7.02 in the game. "Man of the match" Naidji dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Ajaccio's place.

Pau are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, five draws and five defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

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

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Pau as they have only managed to score 11 times from 16 away games in the league. Pau have conceded 23 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the participants met earlier this campaign; Pau - Guingamp 2-0. Guingamp-Pau H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Guingamp one win, Pau two wins, zero draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GuingampF. Pierrot
F. Pierrot
13 goals
GuingampY. M'Changama
Y. M'Changama
6 goals
PauV. Lobry
V. Lobry
5 goals

Guingamp missing players

Pau missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Guingamp Pau
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 5 16 33
11 6 3 Won W 2 2 12
12 6 0 Drew D 2 5 6
10 4 1 Lost L 1 9 15
39 24 7 Scored S 5 11 34
42 22 5 Conceded C 6 23 40
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 97%
79% 88% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 62% 67%
42% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 38% 42%
21% 31% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 12% 12%
9% 19% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
61% 81% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 45%
21% 12% 25% Clean Sheets C S 40% 12% 27%
27% 12% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 44% 30%
 
5.3 6.5 8.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 3.9 3.9
4.2 3.2 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.8 4.7
2.4 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.3 2.2
5 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
10 10.5 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.6 6.2 8.4
3.8 4.3 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.3 3.5
31% 35% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 30% 30%
 
8.5 6.8 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 11.4 10.5
3.3 2.6 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.9 4.3
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Guingamp have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Guingamp have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Pau have scored away.
  • Guingamp have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Guingamp have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Pau have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 Toulouse 33 21 9 3 77 29 17 12 4 1 48 13 16 9 5 2 29 16 48 72
2 Ajaccio 33 19 7 7 33 16 16 10 3 3 16 6 17 9 4 4 17 10 17 64
3 Auxerre 33 17 10 6 53 35 16 8 4 4 28 17 17 9 6 2 25 18 18 61
4 Paris 33 17 9 7 47 31 16 9 6 1 26 12 17 8 3 6 21 19 16 60
5 Sochaux 33 17 9 7 41 29 16 9 4 3 17 10 17 8 5 4 24 19 12 60
6 Le Havre 33 12 11 10 33 34 17 6 5 6 16 17 16 6 6 4 17 17 -1 47
7 Caen 33 12 10 11 47 36 17 8 2 7 27 17 16 4 8 4 20 19 11 46
8 Guingamp 33 11 12 10 39 42 16 6 6 4 24 22 17 5 6 6 15 20 -3 45
9 Niort 33 12 8 13 34 32 16 7 4 5 18 11 17 5 4 8 16 21 2 44
10 Amiens SC 33 9 15 9 40 34 17 7 6 4 25 12 16 2 9 5 15 22 6 42
11 Dijon 33 12 6 15 37 42 17 8 2 7 20 20 16 4 4 8 17 22 -5 42
12 Pau 33 12 6 15 34 40 17 10 1 6 23 17 16 2 5 9 11 23 -6 42
13 Nîmes 33 11 7 15 36 44 17 5 4 8 19 24 16 6 3 7 17 20 -8 40
14 Bastia 33 8 15 10 32 31 17 4 12 1 17 10 16 4 3 9 15 21 1 39
15 Valenciennes 33 8 12 13 30 42 17 4 4 9 18 28 16 4 8 4 12 14 -12 36
16 Grenoble Foot 38 33 10 6 17 26 40 16 6 3 7 16 19 17 4 3 10 10 21 -14 36
17 Quevilly Rouen 33 8 10 15 26 44 16 4 7 5 14 18 17 4 3 10 12 26 -18 34
18 Rodez 33 7 12 14 25 38 16 3 8 5 12 15 17 4 4 9 13 23 -13 33
19 Dunkerque 33 8 6 19 25 44 17 5 5 7 13 18 16 3 1 12 12 26 -19 30
20 Nancy 33 5 8 20 25 57 16 4 4 8 13 24 17 1 4 12 12 33 -32 23

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 33 21 9 3 77 29 17 12 4 1 48 13 16 9 5 2 29 16 48 72
2 Ajaccio 33 19 7 7 33 16 16 10 3 3 16 6 17 9 4 4 17 10 17 64
3 Auxerre 33 17 10 6 53 35 16 8 4 4 28 17 17 9 6 2 25 18 18 61
4 Paris 33 17 9 7 47 31 16 9 6 1 26 12 17 8 3 6 21 19 16 60
5 Sochaux 33 17 9 7 41 29 16 9 4 3 17 10 17 8 5 4 24 19 12 60
6 Le Havre 33 12 11 10 33 34 17 6 5 6 16 17 16 6 6 4 17 17 -1 47
7 Caen 33 12 10 11 47 36 17 8 2 7 27 17 16 4 8 4 20 19 11 46
8 Guingamp 33 11 12 10 39 42 16 6 6 4 24 22 17 5 6 6 15 20 -3 45
9 Niort 33 12 8 13 34 32 16 7 4 5 18 11 17 5 4 8 16 21 2 44
10 Amiens SC 33 9 15 9 40 34 17 7 6 4 25 12 16 2 9 5 15 22 6 42
11 Dijon 33 12 6 15 37 42 17 8 2 7 20 20 16 4 4 8 17 22 -5 42
12 Pau 33 12 6 15 34 40 17 10 1 6 23 17 16 2 5 9 11 23 -6 42
13 Nîmes 33 11 7 15 36 44 17 5 4 8 19 24 16 6 3 7 17 20 -8 40
14 Bastia 33 8 15 10 32 31 17 4 12 1 17 10 16 4 3 9 15 21 1 39
15 Valenciennes 33 8 12 13 30 42 17 4 4 9 18 28 16 4 8 4 12 14 -12 36
16 Grenoble Foot 38 33 10 6 17 26 40 16 6 3 7 16 19 17 4 3 10 10 21 -14 36
17 Quevilly Rouen 33 8 10 15 26 44 16 4 7 5 14 18 17 4 3 10 12 26 -18 34
18 Rodez 33 7 12 14 25 38 16 3 8 5 12 15 17 4 4 9 13 23 -13 33
19 Dunkerque 33 8 6 19 25 44 17 5 5 7 13 18 16 3 1 12 12 26 -19 30
20 Nancy 33 5 8 20 25 57 16 4 4 8 13 24 17 1 4 12 12 33 -32 23

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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.