Faithful supporters at Stade René Gaillard haven’t witnessed many wins this season, with Niort lying uncomfortably in the 19th place. The guesting Pau will try to protect their higher league place in this one.
- Niort have the fewest scored goals (12) in Ligue 2
- Pau have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Ligue 2
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Niort and Pau.
Niort form and stats
With 2 Ligue 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Niort are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Niort travelled for their previous game, a trip to Metz that ended 0-0. Kilama was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.04 out of 10. The defender Kilama won 2 of 4 duels.
Before that, Niort drew at home versus Nîmes.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 Niort have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 6.
Niort aren't scoring a lot here at Stade René Gaillard in the league, with only {6 goals} from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Niort defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Pau form and stats
2-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Pau in their Ligue 2 matches away.
Pau's previous game was their home loss versus Paris (0-1). That loss was their first after five consecutive league rounds winning points. Kouassi, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.85. Kouassi hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.
Ahead of that, the Coupe de France win away at Colomiers US. 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 10 relevant matches. Results were 2 Pau wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Pau have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Niort victories, four draws and one Pau win. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Boutobba 6 goals |   H. Saivet 4 goals |  M. Bassouamina 4 goals |
Niort missing players
Pau missing players
| Niort | Pau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 26 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| 88% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 62% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 62% |
| 56% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 12% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 12% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 12% | 12% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 31% |
| 56% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| 1.9 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.2 | 8.5 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 6.5 | 8.4 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 24% | 24% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 27% |
| 9.7 | 9.1 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
- Niort have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Niort have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Ligue 2
- Niort have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligue 2
- Niort have the fewest scored goals (12) in Ligue 2
- Niort have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Ligue 2
- Pau have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Ligue 2
- 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 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 35 |
| 2 | Sochaux | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 30 |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 5 | Valenciennes | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Amiens SC | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 7 | Caen | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Guingamp | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Paris | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | -1 | 23 |
| 10 | Metz | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 11 | Quevilly Rouen | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Pau | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 21 |
| 13 | Bastia | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 21 |
| 14 | Laval | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 20 |
| 15 | Annecy | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 19 |
| 16 | Dijon | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 17 | Nîmes | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | Rodez | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -7 | 15 |
| 19 | Niort | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 11 |
