Ligue 2 news and pre-match guide: Laval modest front runner to outplay Rodez

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 19.Aug
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Francis Le Basser (18467 seats)

Look at this interesting fixture in the Ligue 2. Laval is in the 12th place from participating in two fixtures. They welcome Rodez who are placed 7th from two matches.

Both sides have had enough days rest since their last game. Let's aim for an enthusiastic fixture!

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Laval form and stats

The hosts won their first Ligue 2 game here at Stade Francis Le Basser, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Laval last season were 9 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses from 19 games.

The club members are hoping that Laval will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the match against Troyes (placed 5th). Attacking player Tchokounté outdid all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.6 out of 10. Tchokounté scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Angers SCO in a game that was won 1-0.

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 Laval have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

At Stade Francis Le Basser, Laval has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Rodez form and stats

One match played away so far in the Ligue 2 for Rodez and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses from 19 games.

Rodez had fun at their own home (Stade Francis Le Basser) last time out, beating Saint-Étienne 2-1. Buades and Valerio scored. Goalkeeper M'Pasi was absolutely vital in the Rodez victory against Saint-Étienne, making six saves. Midfield player Valerio was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.42/10. Valerio scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 1-1 draw at Ajaccio's stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Rodez have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Rodez has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Laval-Rodez H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Laval two wins, Rodez six wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LavalS. Sanna
S. Sanna
1 goals
LavalM. Tchokounté
M. Tchokounté
1 goals
RodezL. Rajot
L. Rajot
1 goals

Laval missing players

Rodez missing players

Laval Rodez
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 1 0 Scored S 1 1 3
3 0 0 Conceded C 1 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 7
4.5 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7 4.5
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8 14.5
4.5 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 5
22% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 30%
 
7.5 6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 20 20 17.5
4 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6 7
Laval Last season Rodez
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   18 37
14 9   Won W   6 10
4 2   Drew D   6 13
20 8   Lost L   6 14
44 27   Scored S   20 38
56 24   Conceded C   17 44
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 89%
66% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   61% 65%
58% 63%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 35%
29% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 22%
13% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 11%
50% 58%   BTTS BTTS   39% 49%
24% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 24%
32% 21%   Failed to Score F T   44% 38%
 
4.8 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.2
4.1 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.7
2 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.9
6 3   Red cards R C   3 5
 
9.5 10.3   Shots (avg) S (   8.4 9.1
4 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.3
29% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 31%
 
10.3 10.1   Shots against (avg) S A   11.7 10.3
3.7 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.5

  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 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Grenoble Foot 38 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
3 Amiens SC 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Bastia 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
5 Troyes 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
6 Dunkerque 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
7 Rodez 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
8 Ajaccio 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
9 Auxerre 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 3
10 Guingamp 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 3
11 Pau 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3
12 Laval 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
13 Concarneau 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Angers SCO 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
15 Annecy 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 -3 1
16 Saint-Étienne 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
17 Quevilly Rouen 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
18 Paris 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
19 Valenciennes 2 0 0 2 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 0
20 Bordeaux 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 -1
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-Étienne 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

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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.