Football betting preview: Guingamp vs Rodez

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Roudourou (18378 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stade du Roudourou haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Guingamp languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Rodez will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Guingamp have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Ligue 2
  • Rodez have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

These teams have little in common geographically as Rodez have to travel 900 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

With {2 Ligue 2 wins}, 7 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Guingamp are certainly not brimming with confidence. Guingamp are slowly digging their own grave here at Stade du Roudourou with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the Auxerre match.

Guingamp enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Ajaccio's place. The match ended 2-0 with Guessouma Fofana and Frantzdy Pierrot scoring. Before that game, the home loss against Clermont with the scoreline 0-5.

Enzo Basilio loved the game against Ajaccio. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-0 victory.

Guingamp has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded.

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Rodez form and stats

Rodez have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 2-7-5 (14 played).

Rodez won their last game, 3-0 versus Valenciennes played at home. A 0-1 defeat away at Ajaccio before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rodez as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. Rodez have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Rodez - Guingamp 1-1. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Guingamp victories, one draw and one Rodez win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GuingampA. Gomis
A. Gomis
7 goals
RodezU. Bonnet
U. Bonnet
6 goals
GuingampY. N'Gbakoto
Y. N'Gbakoto
5 goals

Guingamp missing players

Rodez missing players

Guingamp Rodez
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 6 Played P 4 14 29
5 2 0 Won W 0 2 8
14 7 6 Drew D 3 7 12
10 5 0 Lost L 1 5 9
30 14 7 Scored S 2 12 29
40 21 7 Conceded C 3 19 33
83% 79% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 97%
66% 64% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 69%
45% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 38%
34% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 10%
14% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
52% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 52%
31% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 14% 24%
34% 36% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 28%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
8.8 9.8 9 Shots (avg) S ( 6.2 8.3 8.2
3.6 4 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.2 3.2 3.1
29% 25% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 27% 32%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Guingamp have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Guingamp have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Ligue 2
  • Rodez have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 29 17 7 5 44 27 15 11 3 1 25 14 14 6 4 4 19 13 17 58
2 Clermont 28 16 7 5 47 16 14 10 3 1 28 6 14 6 4 4 19 10 31 55
3 Toulouse 29 16 7 6 55 31 15 10 3 2 34 15 14 6 4 4 21 16 24 55
4 Grenoble Foot 38 29 15 8 6 39 23 14 9 5 0 26 9 15 6 3 6 13 14 16 53
5 Paris 29 13 9 7 39 30 14 8 4 2 22 15 15 5 5 5 17 15 9 48
6 Auxerre 29 12 10 7 48 31 15 8 4 3 31 13 14 4 6 4 17 18 17 46
7 Sochaux 29 10 13 6 37 25 15 5 6 4 19 16 14 5 7 2 18 9 12 43
8 Valenciennes 29 10 9 10 35 38 14 6 4 4 16 13 15 4 5 6 19 25 -3 39
9 Nancy 29 9 10 10 42 39 14 4 6 4 22 23 15 5 4 6 20 16 3 37
10 Rodez 29 8 12 9 29 33 15 6 5 4 17 14 14 2 7 5 12 19 -4 36
11 Ajaccio 29 9 8 12 23 35 15 6 4 5 12 14 14 3 4 7 11 21 -12 35
12 Amiens SC 28 8 10 10 22 25 14 4 7 3 8 7 14 4 3 7 14 18 -3 34
13 Caen 28 8 10 10 27 34 14 5 6 3 13 14 14 3 4 7 14 20 -7 34
14 Le Havre 28 8 10 10 22 32 14 3 7 4 10 13 14 5 3 6 12 19 -10 34
15 Niort 29 8 10 11 31 44 14 5 5 4 15 15 15 3 5 7 16 29 -13 34
16 Dunkerque 29 8 7 14 23 33 15 5 5 5 16 13 14 3 2 9 7 20 -10 31
17 Guingamp 29 5 14 10 30 40 14 2 7 5 14 21 15 3 7 5 16 19 -10 29
18 Pau 29 7 7 15 26 39 14 5 4 5 14 14 15 2 3 10 12 25 -13 28
19 Chambly 29 5 9 15 28 52 15 4 2 9 15 25 14 1 7 6 13 27 -24 24
20 Chateauroux 29 4 7 18 24 44 14 3 2 9 16 24 15 1 5 9 8 20 -20 19

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.