Nîmes vs Pau match preview: Even contest expected at Stade des Costières

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Costières (18482 seats)

Nîmes - Pau in Ligue 2: Statistics, team sheets, results, trends and news. Check out our broad guide!

Insights:
  • Pau have won significantly less corners away then at 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!

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Nîmes form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Nîmes have managed 7 wins, 1 draw and suffered 7 defeats from 15 games. Nîmes has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Bompard and the players.

Nîmes are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 287 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Fofana ).

Nîmes lost their last game at Paris (placed 9th) after a 0-3 scoreline. Burner was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.03 out of 10. The defender Burner hit two key passes and won 1 of 3 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Le Havre with the scoreline 0-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Nîmes have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 1.

A fact: This team have played 5 league rounds in a row with only one (or none) team finding the net.

Nîmes has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches.

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Pau form and stats

The visitors are W5-D4-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Pau, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Pau go into this game after a win, the home game against Guingamp that ended 2-1. Midfield player Begraoui was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.43/10. Begraoui scored one goal.

Prior to that result Pau won their away game at Sochaux. The scoreline was 3-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Pau playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 2 Pau wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 10 of this side's latest 12 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Pau as they have only managed to score 14 times from 16 away games in the league. Pau have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Pau - Nîmes 1-0 was the result in these squads' latest H2H fixture, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Nîmes wins - draws - Pau wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NîmesM. Tchokounté
M. Tchokounté
10 goals
NîmesP. Pagis
P. Pagis
5 goals
PauH. Saivet
H. Saivet
5 goals

Nîmes missing players

Pau missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nîmes Pau
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 6 Played P 5 16 32
8 7 2 Won W 3 5 10
5 1 0 Drew D 0 4 10
19 7 4 Lost L 2 7 12
32 17 5 Scored S 5 14 28
48 15 7 Conceded C 3 19 36
94% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
66% 53% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 62% 56%
44% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 25% 31%
28% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 16%
16% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
47% 27% 33% BTTS BTTS 20% 44% 41%
25% 47% 33% Clean Sheets C S 60% 25% 28%
34% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 31% 38%
 
3.2 2.9 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 3.5 4.2
5 4.9 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.2 4.7
1.6 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 10.1 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.2 8.9
3.7 4.1 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 3.4
27% 28% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 26%
 
11.6 10.9 11 Shots against (avg) S A 9.4 13.2 10.5
4.3 3.7 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 5.2 4.2
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Pau have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 Le Havre 32 17 14 1 41 14 16 9 7 0 21 7 16 8 7 1 20 7 27 65
2 Metz 32 16 10 6 51 28 16 8 6 2 23 12 16 8 4 4 28 16 23 58
3 Bordeaux 31 16 8 7 42 26 15 9 4 2 21 9 16 7 4 5 21 17 16 56
4 Sochaux 32 15 7 10 52 31 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 3 7 21 17 21 52
5 Caen 32 14 10 8 42 34 16 10 5 1 26 11 16 4 5 7 16 23 8 52
6 Bastia 32 15 7 10 39 35 16 10 2 4 22 12 16 5 5 6 17 23 4 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 31 13 8 10 30 27 16 8 4 4 16 13 15 5 4 6 14 14 3 47
8 Quevilly Rouen 32 11 11 10 35 34 16 6 7 3 25 19 16 5 4 7 10 15 1 44
9 Paris 32 12 7 13 39 40 16 5 3 8 20 21 16 7 4 5 19 19 -1 43
10 Saint-Étienne 32 12 9 11 50 48 16 7 4 5 25 23 16 5 5 6 25 25 2 42
11 Guingamp 32 11 9 12 40 41 16 5 3 8 20 22 16 6 6 4 20 19 -1 42
12 Rodez 32 10 10 12 34 38 16 4 5 7 15 23 16 6 5 5 19 15 -4 40
13 Pau 32 10 10 12 28 36 16 5 6 5 14 17 16 5 4 7 14 19 -8 40
14 Amiens SC 32 11 7 14 33 42 16 7 3 6 17 17 16 4 4 8 16 25 -9 40
15 Valenciennes 32 8 13 11 35 41 16 5 10 1 25 20 16 3 3 10 10 21 -6 37
16 Annecy 32 9 9 14 32 45 16 7 3 6 15 17 16 2 6 8 17 28 -13 36
17 Laval 32 10 4 18 35 47 16 6 2 8 21 22 16 4 2 10 14 25 -12 34
18 Dijon 32 7 10 15 29 39 17 6 6 5 17 16 15 1 4 10 12 23 -10 31
19 Nîmes 32 8 5 19 32 48 15 7 1 7 17 15 17 1 4 12 15 33 -16 29
20 Niort 32 7 6 19 28 53 16 5 2 9 18 28 16 2 4 10 10 25 -25 27

Nîmes:
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 Le Havre 32 17 14 1 41 14 16 9 7 0 21 7 16 8 7 1 20 7 27 65
2 Metz 32 16 10 6 51 28 16 8 6 2 23 12 16 8 4 4 28 16 23 58
3 Bordeaux 31 16 8 7 42 26 15 9 4 2 21 9 16 7 4 5 21 17 16 56
4 Sochaux 32 15 7 10 52 31 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 3 7 21 17 21 52
5 Caen 32 14 10 8 42 34 16 10 5 1 26 11 16 4 5 7 16 23 8 52
6 Bastia 32 15 7 10 39 35 16 10 2 4 22 12 16 5 5 6 17 23 4 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 31 13 8 10 30 27 16 8 4 4 16 13 15 5 4 6 14 14 3 47
8 Quevilly Rouen 32 11 11 10 35 34 16 6 7 3 25 19 16 5 4 7 10 15 1 44
9 Paris 32 12 7 13 39 40 16 5 3 8 20 21 16 7 4 5 19 19 -1 43
10 Saint-Étienne 32 12 9 11 50 48 16 7 4 5 25 23 16 5 5 6 25 25 2 42
11 Guingamp 32 11 9 12 40 41 16 5 3 8 20 22 16 6 6 4 20 19 -1 42
12 Rodez 32 10 10 12 34 38 16 4 5 7 15 23 16 6 5 5 19 15 -4 40
13 Pau 32 10 10 12 28 36 16 5 6 5 14 17 16 5 4 7 14 19 -8 40
14 Amiens SC 32 11 7 14 33 42 16 7 3 6 17 17 16 4 4 8 16 25 -9 40
15 Valenciennes 32 8 13 11 35 41 16 5 10 1 25 20 16 3 3 10 10 21 -6 37
16 Annecy 32 9 9 14 32 45 16 7 3 6 15 17 16 2 6 8 17 28 -13 36
17 Laval 32 10 4 18 35 47 16 6 2 8 21 22 16 4 2 10 14 25 -12 34
18 Dijon 32 7 10 15 29 39 17 6 6 5 17 16 15 1 4 10 12 23 -10 31
19 Nîmes 32 8 5 19 32 48 15 7 1 7 17 15 17 1 4 12 15 33 -16 29
20 Niort 32 7 6 19 28 53 16 5 2 9 18 28 16 2 4 10 10 25 -25 27

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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.