Ligue 2 match tips and stats, news and lineups for the Nancy vs Pau encounter

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 14.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel-Picot (20087 seats)

Pau know they are in for a strenuous journey to Nancy and their Stade Marcel-Picot. This guide has all the details you require before the match.

Insights:
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals (66) in Ligue 2
  • Pau have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Nancy have had a bad season and will be relegated from Ligue 2. Pau is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

It's quite the trip for Pau when visiting Nancy as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Nancy form and stats

With 4 Ligue 2 wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats from their home games, Nancy are certainly not brimming with confidence. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Stade Marcel-Picot, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Paris game.

A strong away win for Nancy against Dijon the last match, as Bobichon and N'Gbakoto (2) were on target. Midfield player N'Gbakoto got a match rating of 8.81 in that game, the max score being 10. N'Gbakoto scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).

Ahead of that match, Nancy lost 1-3 at home to Nîmes.

Nancy have scored 14 league goals here from 18 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nancy defense is not exactly impregnable. 30 goals conceded from 18 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Pau form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Pau so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-10 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Pau's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Niort (placed 10th). The attacker Essende got a match rating of 8.6 in that game. Essende scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Quevilly Rouen.

The attacking power of Pau when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 18 league matches away. Pau have conceded 27 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Nancy and Pau have faced off earlier this season: Pau - Nancy 2-1. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (Nancy wins - draws - Pau wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 3 red cards from the last three encounters.

Top Goalscorers

NancyM. Biron
M. Biron
7 goals
PauS. Essende
S. Essende
6 goals
NancyM. Thiam
M. Thiam
5 goals

Nancy missing players

Pau missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nancy Pau
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 6 18 37
6 4 0 Won W 1 3 13
9 4 3 Drew D 1 5 7
22 10 3 Lost L 4 10 17
30 14 4 Scored S 3 13 38
66 30 11 Conceded C 7 27 47
95% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
78% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 68%
46% 44% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 44% 46%
24% 17% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 14%
11% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 5%
51% 39% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 46%
11% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 24%
43% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 44% 32%
 
4.7 5.6 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.1 4.2
5.2 4.8 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.6 4.5
1.6 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.2 2.1
12 5 1 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
10.1 12.1 13 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 6.7 8.8
3.9 4.8 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.4 3.4
21% 17% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 30% 30%
 
10.3 9.5 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.7 11.2 10.3
4.8 4.6 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.9 4.3
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Nancy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Nancy have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the fewest points (16) at home in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals (30) at home in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals (66) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the most conceded goals in the first half (33) in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the the worst goal difference (-16) at home in Ligue 2
  • Nancy have the the worst goal difference (-36) in Ligue 2
  • Pau have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 Toulouse 37 23 10 4 82 32 19 14 4 1 52 14 18 9 6 3 30 18 50 79
2 Ajaccio 37 21 9 7 38 19 18 12 3 3 20 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 19 72
3 Auxerre 37 20 11 6 59 38 18 10 4 4 31 18 19 10 7 2 28 20 21 71
4 Paris 37 19 10 8 52 35 18 10 7 1 28 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 17 67
5 Sochaux 37 19 10 8 45 32 18 10 5 3 20 12 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 67
6 Guingamp 37 14 13 10 50 47 18 8 6 4 29 23 19 6 7 6 21 24 3 55
7 Caen 37 13 11 13 51 40 19 9 3 7 30 18 18 4 8 6 21 22 11 50
8 Le Havre 37 13 11 13 37 39 19 6 5 8 17 20 18 7 6 5 20 19 -2 50
9 Nîmes 37 14 7 16 44 49 18 6 4 8 22 26 19 8 3 8 22 23 -5 49
10 Niort 37 12 10 15 38 40 18 7 5 6 20 15 19 5 5 9 18 25 -2 46
11 Dijon 37 13 7 17 46 51 19 8 3 8 25 26 18 5 4 9 21 25 -5 46
12 Pau 37 13 7 17 38 47 19 10 2 7 25 20 18 3 5 10 13 27 -9 46
13 Amiens SC 37 9 17 11 42 39 19 7 6 6 26 16 18 2 11 5 16 23 3 44
14 Grenoble Foot 38 37 12 8 17 32 42 19 7 5 7 21 21 18 5 3 10 11 21 -10 44
15 Bastia 37 9 16 12 36 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 18 4 4 10 17 24 0 43
16 Valenciennes 37 9 14 14 32 46 19 5 5 9 19 28 18 4 9 5 13 18 -14 41
17 Rodez 37 9 13 15 30 42 18 4 9 5 14 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -12 40
18 Quevilly Rouen 37 9 10 18 30 49 18 4 7 7 15 21 19 5 3 11 15 28 -19 37
19 Dunkerque 37 8 7 22 27 50 19 5 6 8 14 21 18 3 1 14 13 29 -23 31
20 Nancy 37 6 9 22 30 66 18 4 4 10 14 30 19 2 5 12 16 36 -36 27

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Toulouse 37 23 10 4 82 32 19 14 4 1 52 14 18 9 6 3 30 18 50 79
2 Ajaccio 37 21 9 7 38 19 18 12 3 3 20 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 19 72
3 Auxerre 37 20 11 6 59 38 18 10 4 4 31 18 19 10 7 2 28 20 21 71
4 Paris 37 19 10 8 52 35 18 10 7 1 28 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 17 67
5 Sochaux 37 19 10 8 45 32 18 10 5 3 20 12 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 67
6 Guingamp 37 14 13 10 50 47 18 8 6 4 29 23 19 6 7 6 21 24 3 55
7 Caen 37 13 11 13 51 40 19 9 3 7 30 18 18 4 8 6 21 22 11 50
8 Le Havre 37 13 11 13 37 39 19 6 5 8 17 20 18 7 6 5 20 19 -2 50
9 Nîmes 37 14 7 16 44 49 18 6 4 8 22 26 19 8 3 8 22 23 -5 49
10 Niort 37 12 10 15 38 40 18 7 5 6 20 15 19 5 5 9 18 25 -2 46
11 Dijon 37 13 7 17 46 51 19 8 3 8 25 26 18 5 4 9 21 25 -5 46
12 Pau 37 13 7 17 38 47 19 10 2 7 25 20 18 3 5 10 13 27 -9 46
13 Amiens SC 37 9 17 11 42 39 19 7 6 6 26 16 18 2 11 5 16 23 3 44
14 Grenoble Foot 38 37 12 8 17 32 42 19 7 5 7 21 21 18 5 3 10 11 21 -10 44
15 Bastia 37 9 16 12 36 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 18 4 4 10 17 24 0 43
16 Valenciennes 37 9 14 14 32 46 19 5 5 9 19 28 18 4 9 5 13 18 -14 41
17 Rodez 37 9 13 15 30 42 18 4 9 5 14 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -12 40
18 Quevilly Rouen 37 9 10 18 30 49 18 4 7 7 15 21 19 5 3 11 15 28 -19 37
19 Dunkerque 37 8 7 22 27 50 19 5 6 8 14 21 18 3 1 14 13 29 -23 31
20 Nancy 37 6 9 22 30 66 18 4 4 10 14 30 19 2 5 12 16 36 -36 27

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