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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Charléty (20000 seats)

Paris have done better than Pau this season, but every match starts at 0-0. Here's all the knowledge you need ahead of kickoff:

Insights:
  • Paris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Pau have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Ligue 2

It's no vacation for neither Paris nor Pau as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Paris form and stats

Paris have performed here at Stade Charléty this season with 9 wins from 14 Ligue 2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1. In general it's been a long time since Paris tasted defeat here at Stade Charléty, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.

No payout for Paris in their previous match, an away game at Nancy that ended in defeat 0-3. Gory, a forward, was the top performer for the team in that match, collecting a rating of 7.22 (out of 10). Gory hit four key passes and had 22 successful passes (of 25 total).

Before that, Paris had a home game versus Niort which ended with a victory 2-0.

Paris have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Charléty with 23 goals in 14 league matches. Paris are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Charléty in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 14 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Pau form and stats

Pau have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 2-4-8 (14 played). Pau seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Pau aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 186 league minutes without a goal. Essende was the last player to find the net.

The manager Tholot was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Stade Du Hameau Idron 1. Pau suffered a 0-1 loss to Grenoble Foot 38 (placed 17th). Lobry got a match rating of 7.91 in that game, top player of the team. Lobry hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 40 successful passes (of 44 total).

A 0-1 defeat away at Dunkerque before that.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 20 goals have been conceded by Pau in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Pau - Paris 1-0 was the score in these contenders' previous h2h game, earlier this season. Previous nine meetings involving these contenders: Paris won four, Pau triumphed in two and we saw three draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

ParisM. Guilavogui
M. Guilavogui
11 goals
PauV. Lobry
V. Lobry
5 goals
PauE. Assifuah-Inkoom
E. Assifuah-Inkoom
5 goals

Paris missing players

Pau missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Paris Pau
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 29
16 9 4 Won W 0 2 11
7 4 0 Drew D 1 4 5
6 1 0 Lost L 3 8 13
42 23 6 Scored S 3 9 29
26 9 0 Conceded C 8 20 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
69% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 57% 62%
38% 36% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 38%
21% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 14% 10%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 3%
45% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 75% 43% 38%
38% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 31%
17% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 50% 34%
 
4.7 4.9 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.1 4.1
4.3 4.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.1 4.8
1.3 1 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
9.2 8.8 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 6.4 8.8
4.4 4.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.4 3.6
33% 37% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 27% 28%
 
7.9 7.4 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13 11.3 10
3.2 3.1 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.9 4.1
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Paris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Paris have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Pau have scored away.
  • Paris haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Pau have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Pau have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Ligue 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 Toulouse 29 17 9 3 67 25 15 10 4 1 44 12 14 7 5 2 23 13 42 60
2 Paris 29 16 7 6 42 26 14 9 4 1 23 9 15 7 3 5 19 17 16 55
3 Auxerre 29 15 9 5 46 31 14 7 4 3 26 15 15 8 5 2 20 16 15 54
4 Ajaccio 29 15 7 7 25 15 14 8 3 3 13 5 15 7 4 4 12 10 10 52
5 Sochaux 29 13 9 7 33 28 14 7 4 3 14 10 15 6 5 4 19 18 5 48
6 Le Havre 29 10 11 8 27 27 15 5 5 5 12 12 14 5 6 3 15 15 0 41
7 Nîmes 29 11 6 12 35 38 15 5 4 6 18 19 14 6 2 6 17 19 -3 39
8 Pau 29 11 5 13 29 32 15 9 1 5 20 12 14 2 4 8 9 20 -3 38
9 Dijon 29 11 4 14 33 36 15 7 2 6 19 17 14 4 2 8 14 19 -3 37
10 Caen 29 9 9 11 38 32 15 7 1 7 24 15 14 2 8 4 14 17 6 36
11 Amiens SC 29 8 12 9 36 32 15 7 4 4 24 11 14 1 8 5 12 21 4 36
12 Bastia 29 8 12 9 29 27 15 4 11 0 15 7 14 4 1 9 14 20 2 36
13 Niort 29 10 6 13 29 31 14 6 3 5 16 11 15 4 3 8 13 20 -2 36
14 Guingamp 29 8 12 9 30 36 14 5 6 3 19 17 15 3 6 6 11 19 -6 36
15 Valenciennes 29 7 12 10 28 37 15 4 4 7 18 25 14 3 8 3 10 12 -9 33
16 Rodez 29 7 11 11 24 32 14 3 7 4 11 13 15 4 4 7 13 19 -8 32
17 Grenoble Foot 38 29 9 5 15 22 36 14 6 2 6 15 16 15 3 3 9 7 20 -14 32
18 Quevilly Rouen 29 7 10 12 24 38 14 3 7 4 12 16 15 4 3 8 12 22 -14 31
19 Dunkerque 29 8 6 15 22 35 15 5 5 5 12 13 14 3 1 10 10 22 -13 30
20 Nancy 29 5 8 16 24 49 14 4 4 6 13 20 15 1 4 10 11 29 -25 23

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 29 17 9 3 67 25 15 10 4 1 44 12 14 7 5 2 23 13 42 60
2 Paris 29 16 7 6 42 26 14 9 4 1 23 9 15 7 3 5 19 17 16 55
3 Auxerre 29 15 9 5 46 31 14 7 4 3 26 15 15 8 5 2 20 16 15 54
4 Ajaccio 29 15 7 7 25 15 14 8 3 3 13 5 15 7 4 4 12 10 10 52
5 Sochaux 29 13 9 7 33 28 14 7 4 3 14 10 15 6 5 4 19 18 5 48
6 Le Havre 29 10 11 8 27 27 15 5 5 5 12 12 14 5 6 3 15 15 0 41
7 Nîmes 29 11 6 12 35 38 15 5 4 6 18 19 14 6 2 6 17 19 -3 39
8 Pau 29 11 5 13 29 32 15 9 1 5 20 12 14 2 4 8 9 20 -3 38
9 Dijon 29 11 4 14 33 36 15 7 2 6 19 17 14 4 2 8 14 19 -3 37
10 Caen 29 9 9 11 38 32 15 7 1 7 24 15 14 2 8 4 14 17 6 36
11 Amiens SC 29 8 12 9 36 32 15 7 4 4 24 11 14 1 8 5 12 21 4 36
12 Bastia 29 8 12 9 29 27 15 4 11 0 15 7 14 4 1 9 14 20 2 36
13 Niort 29 10 6 13 29 31 14 6 3 5 16 11 15 4 3 8 13 20 -2 36
14 Guingamp 29 8 12 9 30 36 14 5 6 3 19 17 15 3 6 6 11 19 -6 36
15 Valenciennes 29 7 12 10 28 37 15 4 4 7 18 25 14 3 8 3 10 12 -9 33
16 Rodez 29 7 11 11 24 32 14 3 7 4 11 13 15 4 4 7 13 19 -8 32
17 Grenoble Foot 38 29 9 5 15 22 36 14 6 2 6 15 16 15 3 3 9 7 20 -14 32
18 Quevilly Rouen 29 7 10 12 24 38 14 3 7 4 12 16 15 4 3 8 12 22 -14 31
19 Dunkerque 29 8 6 15 22 35 15 5 5 5 12 13 14 3 1 10 10 22 -13 30
20 Nancy 29 5 8 16 24 49 14 4 4 6 13 20 15 1 4 10 11 29 -25 23

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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.