Ligue 2 duel: Close contest expected between Pau and Amiens SC

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 (13970 seats)

This is it, this is Ligue 2 and this is Pau - Amiens SC. Prepare with our broad preview!

Insights:
  • Pau haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Amiens SC have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

This could be an action-packed fixture with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!

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Pau form and stats

8-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Pau so far this season.

No payout for Pau in their previous match, an away game at Valenciennes that ended in defeat 0-1.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Caen in a game that was won 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Pau perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Pau as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Pau has won seven of these, drawn four and lost zero.

Pau has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Pau are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 13 matches.

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Amiens SC form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Amiens SC so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 1-8-3 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Amiens SC have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Guingamp game.

Badji and Arokodare (2) scored in Amiens SC's previous match, the home game against Nîmes that ended 3-0. The attacker Arokodare got a match rating of 8.71 in that game. Arokodare scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Rodez that ended 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Amiens in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Amiens SC, four draws and three defeats.

The attacking power of Amiens SC when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Amiens SC have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have played each other already this season, with the final score Amiens SC - Pau 2-2 written in the official records. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Pau victory, two draws and zero Amiens SC wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Amiens SCA. Badji
A. Badji
11 goals
Amiens SCT. Arokodare
T. Arokodare
7 goals
PauV. Lobry
V. Lobry
5 goals

Pau missing players

Amiens SC missing players

Pau Amiens SC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 12 26
10 8 3 Won W 1 1 7
5 1 0 Drew D 2 8 12
11 4 1 Lost L 1 3 7
27 18 5 Scored S 5 11 34
29 10 3 Conceded C 4 13 24
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 83% 81%
65% 69% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 65%
38% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 17% 42%
12% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 17% 23%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 8%
38% 31% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 58% 46%
35% 54% 75% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 38%
31% 15% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 35%
 
4 4.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 2.9 3.7
4.9 3.7 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.8 5.3
2 1.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.6 2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
8.7 10.8 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.3 8.1
3.7 4.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.1 3.5
28% 28% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 30% 38%
 
10.3 9.2 14 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 10 9.3
4.1 3.4 5.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.8 3.4
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Amiens SC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Pau haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 26 15 9 2 58 21 13 8 4 1 36 12 13 7 5 1 22 9 37 54
2 Paris 26 15 6 5 39 22 13 8 4 1 21 9 13 7 2 4 18 13 17 51
3 Ajaccio 26 14 6 6 24 14 13 8 3 2 13 4 13 6 3 4 11 10 10 48
4 Auxerre 26 12 9 5 38 27 13 6 4 3 23 13 13 6 5 2 15 14 11 45
5 Sochaux 26 12 8 6 29 24 13 6 4 3 13 10 13 6 4 3 16 14 5 44
6 Le Havre 26 9 11 6 25 24 14 5 5 4 12 11 12 4 6 2 13 13 1 38
7 Niort 26 10 5 11 28 27 12 6 2 4 15 9 14 4 3 7 13 18 1 35
8 Pau 26 10 5 11 27 29 13 8 1 4 18 10 13 2 4 7 9 19 -2 35
9 Nîmes 26 10 5 11 32 35 13 5 3 5 16 16 13 5 2 6 16 19 -3 35
10 Guingamp 26 8 10 8 28 33 13 5 5 3 18 16 13 3 5 5 10 17 -5 34
11 Amiens SC 26 7 12 7 34 24 14 6 4 4 23 11 12 1 8 3 11 13 10 33
12 Caen 26 8 8 10 33 29 14 6 1 7 20 14 12 2 7 3 13 15 4 32
13 Dijon 26 9 3 14 30 36 13 5 2 6 16 17 13 4 1 8 14 19 -6 30
14 Rodez 26 7 9 10 22 28 12 3 6 3 9 9 14 4 3 7 13 19 -6 30
15 Valenciennes 26 7 9 10 26 35 13 4 2 7 17 24 13 3 7 3 9 11 -9 30
16 Bastia 26 6 11 9 26 26 13 3 10 0 13 6 13 3 1 9 13 20 0 29
17 Quevilly Rouen 26 7 8 11 23 35 12 3 6 3 12 14 14 4 2 8 11 21 -12 29
18 Dunkerque 26 7 6 13 21 32 14 4 5 5 11 13 12 3 1 8 10 19 -11 27
19 Grenoble Foot 38 26 7 4 15 20 36 13 6 1 6 15 16 13 1 3 9 5 20 -16 25
20 Nancy 26 4 8 14 21 47 12 3 4 5 10 19 14 1 4 9 11 28 -26 20

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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.