Laval - Pau: Ligue 2 dungeon sides hungry for points and triumph. Check out all the relevant data and news before the fixture!
- Laval have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Ligue 2
- Pau have the the worst goal difference (-8) 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.
Laval form and stats
Three Ligue 2 home games done for Laval, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Laval to get some points in this home game.
The followers are hoping that Laval will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the game against Sochaux (placed 3rd). The attacker Maggiotti was declared "man of the match" for Laval with the rating of 8.03/10. Maggiotti scored one goal and hit four key passes.
Preceding that match was the home game against Le Havre that was lost 1-3.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Laval handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Laval have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Francis Le Basser with 5 goals in 3 league matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Laval having conceded 8 goals here at Stade Francis Le Basser so far.
Pau form and stats
The visitors are W0-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.
There were no winners in Pau's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Saint-Étienne (placed 19th). Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three games in a row for the away side? The answer is Saivet and that is solid stuff! Saivet got a match rating of 8.92 in that game, top player of the team. Saivet scored two goals, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 45 successful passes (of 56 total).
Before that, Pau travelled to Caen and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Pau are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Pau as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the preceeding nine meetings): Laval won four games, one match ended with a tie and Pau got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / six
Top Goalscorers
  Z. Naidji 4 goals |   H. Saivet 4 goals |  E. Diaw 2 goals |
Laval missing players
Pau missing players
| Laval | Pau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 57% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 57% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 5 | 6.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| 5.1 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5 | 4.1 |
| 2.4 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.6 | 9.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 5.2 | 7.1 |
| 4.4 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 23% | 24% |
| 10.6 | 7.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 11 | 9.9 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
- All of Laval's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Pau's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Laval have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Ligue 2
- Laval have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Laval have yet to win a game at home.
- Laval haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Pau have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Pau have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Pau have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Ligue 2
- Pau have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Pau have yet to win a game.
- Pau haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Bordeaux | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| 2 | Amiens SC | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | Sochaux | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 4 | Le Havre | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | Caen | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Valenciennes | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Metz | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 8 | Dijon | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Guingamp | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Bastia | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 12 | Nimes | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Paris | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Laval | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Quevilly Rouen | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 16 | Niort | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Annecy | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 18 | Rodez | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 5 |
| 19 | Saint-Étienne | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 4 |
| 20 | Pau | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 4 |
