Ligue 2 match prediction: Little separates Nîmes and Rodez in quality

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade des Costières (18482 seats)

Nîmes receive Rodez for another appealing Ligue 2 match here at Stade des Costières.

Nîmes and Rodez should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Nîmes form and stats

Nîmes's first Ligue 2 home game here at Stade des Costières ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats from 19 matches.

An away draw last time out for Nîmes, facing Saint-Etienne in a game that ended 1-1.

Preceding that match was the home game against Caen that was lost 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 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Nîmes has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Rodez form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Ligue 2 away game of the season. During their previous season 19 away games resulted in 5 wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats.

Rodez have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 180 minutes ago. Kerouedan was the goal scorer.

Rodez's previous game was their home loss versus Bordeaux (0-3). Abdallah, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.01. Abdallah hit one key pass and won 4 of 6 duels.

A 0-0 draw at Quevilly Rouen's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Rodez in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Rodez, 10 draws and 3 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Rodez has scored 0 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the last seven meetings featuring these two contenders are: four wins for Nîmes, two draws and one win for Rodez. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

NîmesJ. Thomasen
J. Thomasen
1 goals

Nîmes missing players

Rodez missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nîmes Rodez
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 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 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
2 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 5
9 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 3.5
1.5 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
4 3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 6.5
2 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 3
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
15 16 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10 10.5
5 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 4.5
Nîmes Last season Rodez
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
14 6   Won W   5 10
7 4   Drew D   4 13
17 9   Lost L   10 15
44 22   Scored S   16 32
51 28   Conceded C   26 42
92% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 87%
74% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 63%
55% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 24%
21% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 16%
5% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 5%
50% 63%   BTTS BTTS   32% 34%
24% 11%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 37%
34% 37%   Failed to Score F T   47% 42%
 
4.4 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.2
5.4 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   3.7 3.8
2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2
3 1   Red cards R C   1 4
 
7.4 8.2   Shots (avg) S (   8.4 8.7
3.7 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.6
32% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 24%
 
11.9 9.7   Shots against (avg) S A   9.2 7.9
4.7 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 3.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Guingamp 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 6
2 Bordeaux 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
3 Dijon 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
4 Paris 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
5 Grenoble Foot 38 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
6 Valenciennes 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
7 Metz 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
8 Bastia 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 3
9 Laval 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
10 Caen 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
11 Niort 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 3
12 Amiens SC 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
13 Nîmes 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
14 Quevilly Rouen 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
15 Le Havre 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
16 Sochaux 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
17 Rodez 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -3 1
18 Pau 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
19 Annecy 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
20 Saint-Etienne 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 -2
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 Toulouse 38 23 10 5 82 33 19 14 4 1 52 14 19 9 6 4 30 19 49 79
2 Ajaccio 38 22 9 7 39 19 19 13 3 3 21 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 20 75
3 Auxerre 38 21 11 6 61 39 19 11 4 4 33 19 19 10 7 2 28 20 22 74
4 Paris 38 20 10 8 54 35 19 11 7 1 30 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 19 70
5 Sochaux 38 19 11 8 47 34 19 10 6 3 22 14 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 68
6 Guingamp 38 15 13 10 52 48 19 9 6 4 31 24 19 6 7 6 21 24 4 58
7 Caen 38 13 11 14 51 42 19 9 3 7 30 18 19 4 8 7 21 24 9 50
8 Le Havre 38 13 11 14 38 41 19 6 5 8 17 20 19 7 6 6 21 21 -3 50
9 Nîmes 38 14 7 17 44 51 19 6 4 9 22 28 19 8 3 8 22 23 -7 49
10 Pau 38 14 7 17 41 49 19 10 2 7 25 20 19 4 5 10 16 29 -8 49
11 Dijon 38 13 8 17 48 53 19 8 3 8 25 26 19 5 5 9 23 27 -5 47
12 Bastia 38 10 16 12 38 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 19 5 4 10 19 24 2 46
13 Niort 38 12 10 16 39 42 19 7 5 7 21 17 19 5 5 9 18 25 -3 46
14 Amiens SC 38 9 17 12 43 41 19 7 6 6 26 16 19 2 11 6 17 25 2 44
15 Grenoble Foot 38 38 12 8 18 32 44 19 7 5 7 21 21 19 5 3 11 11 23 -12 44
16 Valenciennes 38 10 14 14 34 47 19 5 5 9 19 28 19 5 9 5 15 19 -13 44
17 Rodez 38 10 13 15 32 42 19 5 9 5 16 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -10 43
18 Quevilly Rouen 38 10 10 18 33 50 19 5 7 7 18 22 19 5 3 11 15 28 -17 40
19 Dunkerque 38 8 7 23 28 53 19 5 6 8 14 21 19 3 1 15 14 32 -25 31
20 Nancy 38 6 9 23 32 69 19 4 4 11 16 33 19 2 5 12 16 36 -37 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 Guingamp 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 6
2 Bordeaux 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
3 Dijon 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
4 Paris 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
5 Grenoble Foot 38 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
6 Valenciennes 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
7 Metz 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
8 Bastia 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 3
9 Laval 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
10 Caen 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
11 Niort 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 3
12 Amiens SC 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
13 Nîmes 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
14 Quevilly Rouen 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
15 Le Havre 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
16 Sochaux 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
17 Rodez 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -3 1
18 Pau 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
19 Annecy 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
20 Saint-Etienne 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 -2

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