Guingamp look to Stade du Roudourou supporters for inspiration before Pau match

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Roudourou (18378 seats)

Read up on this intriguing match in the Ligue 2. Guingamp is in the 9th spot from featuring in three fixtures. They welcome Pau who are placed 4th from three games.

Insights:
  • Guingamp have the most points from losing position (3) in Ligue 2

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.

Guingamp and Pau 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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Guingamp form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Ligue 2 game of the season here at Stade du Roudourou. Last season these fans witnessed 7 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses from Guingamp's 19 home games.

Stress levels are on the rise for Guingamp's attacking players as they have now played 180 minutes without scoring in a league game. Merghem was their last goal scorer.

Guingamp drew their last game, 0-0 away at Valenciennes (placed 18th). Midfield player Merghem got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, the max score being 10. Merghem hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Dunkerque with the scoreline 0-1.

Early season league goal statistics from Guingamp's 1 home game: {0 goals}, 1 conceded.

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Pau form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Ligue 2 ended in defeat. Last season Pau had these away match statistics: Played 19; won 6, drew 5 and lost 8.

Pau go into this game after a win, the home game against Paris that ended 2-0. Kamara was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.9. The agile goalkeeper Kamara topped it up with a clean sheet.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Caen wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

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 Pau playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 0 away wins, 2 draws and 4 home wins.

{0 goals} so far away for Pau, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the preceeding six meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Guingamp, zero draws and three wins for Pau. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

PauK. Boutaïb
K. Boutaïb
2 goals
GuingampA. El Ouazzani
A. El Ouazzani
1 goals

Guingamp missing players

Pau missing players

Guingamp Pau
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
4 0 0 Scored S 0 0 5
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 2 2
67% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 67%
67% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 33%
 
5.3 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 2
2.3 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 6
2 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.3 16 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 7.7
4.7 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3.3
29% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
9.3 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 23 17.3
4.3 6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 5.3
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Guingamp have the most points from losing position (3) in Ligue 2
Guingamp Last season Pau
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
15 7   Won W   6 12
10 4   Drew D   5 11
13 8   Lost L   8 15
51 26   Scored S   20 40
46 24   Conceded C   25 52
89% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
74% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 61%
45% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 37%
24% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 24%
11% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 13%
55% 53%   BTTS BTTS   53% 47%
29% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 26%
26% 32%   Failed to Score F T   26% 32%
 
3.4 3.7   Corners for (avg) C F   3.2 4
4.5 4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 4.8
1.6 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2
2 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
9.7 10.7   Shots (avg) S (   7.5 9.1
3.9 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.6
34% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 29%
 
9.4 8.1   Shots against (avg) S A   13.7 11.1
4 3.3   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 3 3 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 6 9
2 Amiens SC 3 3 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 9
3 Grenoble Foot 38 3 2 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 7
4 Pau 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 6
5 Laval 3 2 0 1 3 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 6
6 Troyes 3 1 2 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 5
7 Auxerre 3 1 1 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 6 3 2 4
8 Bastia 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 4
9 Guingamp 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 4
10 Ajaccio 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
11 Annecy 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
12 Rodez 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
13 Dunkerque 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 -2 4
14 Saint-Etienne 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 3
15 Angers SCO 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
16 Bordeaux 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 2
17 Concarneau 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 1
18 Valenciennes 3 0 1 2 1 7 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 1
19 Quevilly Rouen 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0
20 Paris 3 0 0 3 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 -6 0
Last season 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 38 20 15 3 46 19 19 11 7 1 23 9 19 9 8 2 23 10 27 75
2 Metz 38 20 12 6 61 33 19 10 7 2 28 15 19 10 5 4 33 18 28 72
3 Bordeaux 38 20 9 8 51 27 19 12 4 2 28 9 19 8 5 6 23 18 24 69
4 Bastia 38 17 9 12 52 45 19 11 4 4 26 15 19 6 5 8 26 30 7 60
5 Caen 38 16 11 11 52 43 19 11 6 2 33 17 19 5 5 9 19 26 9 59
6 Guingamp 38 15 10 13 51 46 19 7 4 8 26 24 19 8 6 5 25 22 5 55
7 Paris 38 15 10 13 45 43 19 8 3 8 24 22 19 7 7 5 21 21 2 55
8 Saint-Etienne 38 15 11 12 63 57 19 10 4 5 34 27 19 5 7 7 29 30 6 53
9 Sochaux 38 15 7 16 54 41 19 9 4 6 31 18 19 6 3 10 23 23 13 52
10 Grenoble Foot 38 38 14 9 15 33 36 19 9 5 5 19 16 19 5 4 10 14 20 -3 51
11 Quevilly Rouen 38 12 14 12 47 49 19 6 9 4 28 24 19 6 5 8 19 25 -2 50
12 Pau 38 12 11 15 40 52 19 6 6 7 20 27 19 6 5 8 20 25 -12 47
13 Amiens SC 38 13 8 17 40 52 19 8 3 8 20 22 19 5 5 9 20 30 -12 47
14 Rodez 38 10 13 14 38 44 19 4 7 8 18 27 19 6 6 6 20 17 -6 46
15 Laval 38 14 4 20 44 56 19 9 2 8 27 24 19 5 2 12 17 32 -12 46
16 Valenciennes 38 10 15 13 42 49 19 6 11 2 27 23 19 4 4 11 15 26 -7 45
17 Annecy 38 11 12 15 39 51 19 9 4 6 18 18 19 2 8 9 21 33 -12 45
18 Dijon 38 10 12 16 38 43 19 7 7 5 21 17 19 3 5 11 17 26 -5 42
19 Nimes 38 10 6 22 44 62 19 9 2 8 27 23 19 1 4 14 17 39 -18 36
20 Niort 38 7 8 23 35 67 19 5 4 10 24 36 19 2 4 13 11 31 -32 29

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.