Ligue 2 match preview: Guingamp versus Pau

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 30.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Roudourou (18378 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Ligue 2, with both Guingamp and Pau experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 15th and the visitors in 20th place.

Insights:
  • Guingamp has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Ligue 2
  • Pau has the fewest scored goals (15) in Ligue 2

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

These teams have little in common geographically as Pau have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Guingamp form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Guingamp at their home stadium (Stade du Roudourou) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. The home fans are hungry for more even though Guingamp have been steadily collecting points here at Stade du Roudourou through three straight draws.

Guingamp shared the glory with Le Havre in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Ahead of that match, Guingamp lost 1-3 at home to Caen.

Ronny Rodelin was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Le Havre after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Guingamp as they are travelling to their away game against Grenoble Foot 38 in the Ligue 2. That match is two days after this one.

The Guingamp fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 10 matches. Guingamp have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Pau form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Pau, who have the fewest scored goals (15) in Ligue 2, so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-8 (win-draw-lose). It's looking increasingly bleak for Pau who now has to deal with a six game losing streak. Sochaux was the last time a defeat was avoided. It's all red in the travel logs of Pau, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Pau aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 208 league minutes without a goal. Y. Zahary was the last player to find the net.

Home advantage was not enough for Pau in their previous game, as they lost their Ligue 2-match, hosting Troyes, 0-1. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Rodez (after extra-time, 7-8 on penalties).

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Amiens SC in just two days.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Pau's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Pau - Guingamp 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

GuingampY. N'Gbakoto
Y. N'Gbakoto
5 goals
GuingampA. Gomis
A. Gomis
4 goals
GuingampR. Rodelin
R. Rodelin
4 goals

Guingamp missing players

Pau missing players

Guingamp Pau
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 1 Played P 3 11 21
4 2 0 Won W 1 1 3
10 5 1 Drew D 1 2 5
7 3 0 Lost L 1 8 13
22 10 0 Scored S 5 7 15
27 11 0 Conceded C 3 19 32
86% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 90%
62% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 62%
43% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 55% 43%
33% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 19%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 10%
52% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 27% 33%
29% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 19%
33% 30% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 64% 57%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.7 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 5 5
 
9.1 10.2 2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 6.7 7.4
3.6 4.1 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 2.5 2.7
29% 24% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 25% 27%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Guingamp has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Ligue 2
  • Pau has the fewest points (5) away in Ligue 2
  • Pau has the fewest scored goals (15) in Ligue 2
  • Pau has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Ligue 2
  • Pau has the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Ligue 2
  • Pau have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Pau have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pau is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Troyes 21 13 5 3 30 15 10 8 2 0 17 6 11 5 3 3 13 9 15 44
2 Clermont 21 11 7 3 31 10 11 7 3 1 21 5 10 4 4 2 10 5 21 40
3 Toulouse 20 11 6 3 39 23 11 6 3 2 21 13 9 5 3 1 18 10 16 39
4 Grenoble Foot 38 21 11 5 5 29 17 10 8 2 0 22 6 11 3 3 5 7 11 12 38
5 Auxerre 21 10 6 5 41 24 11 7 2 2 27 10 10 3 4 3 14 14 17 36
6 Paris 20 10 5 5 30 22 11 6 3 2 17 12 9 4 2 3 13 10 8 35
7 Sochaux 20 6 10 4 26 19 10 4 4 2 17 13 10 2 6 2 9 6 7 28
8 Valenciennes 20 7 7 6 28 25 9 3 3 3 10 10 11 4 4 3 18 15 3 28
9 Amiens SC 21 7 7 7 20 18 10 3 5 2 6 5 11 4 2 5 14 13 2 28
10 Caen 21 7 7 7 21 24 11 4 5 2 11 11 10 3 2 5 10 13 -3 28
11 Niort 20 7 5 8 22 31 10 4 3 3 11 10 10 3 2 5 11 21 -9 26
12 Ajaccio 21 6 7 8 18 26 10 4 3 3 9 9 11 2 4 5 9 17 -8 25
13 Le Havre 21 6 7 8 18 26 10 2 5 3 7 9 11 4 2 5 11 17 -8 25
14 Dunkerque 21 7 3 11 18 27 11 4 3 4 12 10 10 3 0 7 6 17 -9 24
15 Guingamp 21 4 10 7 22 27 10 2 5 3 10 11 11 2 5 4 12 16 -5 22
16 Rodez 21 4 10 7 20 29 11 3 4 4 10 13 10 1 6 3 10 16 -9 22
17 Nancy 21 4 8 9 26 32 10 2 5 3 18 20 11 2 3 6 8 12 -6 20
18 Chambly 20 4 7 9 21 31 10 3 1 6 9 14 10 1 6 3 12 17 -10 19
19 Châteauroux 21 3 5 13 18 35 11 2 2 7 11 19 10 1 3 6 7 16 -17 14
20 Pau 21 3 5 13 15 32 10 2 3 5 8 13 11 1 2 8 7 19 -17 14

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.