Ligue 2 match preview: Pau versus Ajaccio

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Hameau (13970 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stade du Hameau haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Pau languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Ajaccio will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

These teams have little in common geographically as Ajaccio have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Pau are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Ajaccio are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Pau form and stats

8 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Pau have to build on here at Stade du Hameau in the Ligue 2. After failing to beat Paris here at Stade du Hameau, Pau has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

The Pau supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Auxerre in Ligue 2 and win 3-0. 1-1 away at Sochaux before that.

Pau has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Pau are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade du Hameau in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 16 from 17 matches.

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Ajaccio form and stats

Ajaccio have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 3-5-9 (17 played).

Ajaccio's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Amiens SC that finished 2-2. A 0-2 defeat away at Nancy before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ajaccio as they have only managed to score 13 times from 17 away games in the league. Ajaccio have conceded 26 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Ajaccio - Pau 4-1. Pau-Ajaccio H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Pau zero wins, Ajaccio one win, one draw. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AjaccioG. Courtet
G. Courtet
8 goals
PauR. Armand
R. Armand
7 goals
AjaccioB. Moussiti-Oko
B. Moussiti-Oko
7 goals

Pau missing players

Ajaccio missing players

Pau Ajaccio
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
10 8 2 Won W 0 3 11
9 4 3 Drew D 1 5 10
15 5 0 Lost L 4 9 14
36 22 6 Scored S 4 13 33
43 16 2 Conceded C 10 26 42
94% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
71% 71% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 76% 66%
41% 35% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 29% 31%
18% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 18% 17%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
44% 41% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 41% 34%
24% 35% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 24% 34%
38% 29% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 41% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.4 1.8
5 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
7.6 7.7 7.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 7.6 8.1
2.9 3.1 2.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3 3.3
37% 42% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 25% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Troyes 35 21 8 6 54 32 18 14 3 1 30 15 17 7 5 5 24 17 22 71
2 Clermont 34 18 9 7 53 20 17 11 5 1 32 7 17 7 4 6 21 13 33 63
3 Toulouse 33 18 8 7 61 34 17 12 3 2 39 16 16 6 5 5 22 18 27 62
4 Grenoble Foot 38 35 17 10 8 48 32 17 11 6 0 33 12 18 6 4 8 15 20 16 61
5 Auxerre 35 15 12 8 60 40 18 10 5 3 37 17 17 5 7 5 23 23 20 57
6 Paris 35 15 12 8 46 35 17 9 5 3 25 17 18 6 7 5 21 18 11 57
7 Sochaux 35 12 15 8 42 30 18 6 7 5 22 19 17 6 8 3 20 11 12 51
8 Nancy 35 11 12 12 49 47 17 6 7 4 25 23 18 5 5 8 24 24 2 45
9 Amiens SC 34 11 11 12 31 34 17 7 7 3 15 9 17 4 4 9 16 25 -3 44
10 Valenciennes 35 11 11 13 41 49 18 7 6 5 21 18 17 4 5 8 20 31 -8 44
11 Ajaccio 35 11 10 14 33 42 18 8 5 5 20 16 17 3 5 9 13 26 -9 43
12 Rodez 35 8 17 10 36 41 18 6 8 4 22 19 17 2 9 6 14 22 -5 41
13 Le Havre 34 9 14 11 28 38 16 3 8 5 11 16 18 6 6 6 17 22 -10 41
14 Pau 34 10 9 15 36 43 17 8 4 5 22 16 17 2 5 10 14 27 -7 39
15 Niort 35 9 12 14 33 55 17 6 5 6 16 22 18 3 7 8 17 33 -22 39
16 Guingamp 35 7 17 11 34 43 18 3 10 5 17 23 17 4 7 6 17 20 -9 38
17 Caen 35 8 13 14 32 45 17 5 8 4 15 18 18 3 5 10 17 27 -13 37
18 Dunkerque 34 9 9 16 29 41 16 5 6 5 17 14 18 4 3 11 12 27 -12 36
19 Chambly 35 7 11 17 36 59 18 6 3 9 20 27 17 1 8 8 16 32 -23 32
20 Chateauroux 34 4 10 20 30 52 17 3 4 10 20 29 17 1 6 10 10 23 -22 22

Read more about Ligue 2

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.