Ligue 2 duel: Close contest expected between Pau and Annecy

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 (13970 seats)

Club members at Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 haven’t watched many victories this season, with Pau withering away in the 15th place. The opposing Annecy will try to defend their higher league position in this fixture.

Insights:
  • Pau have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Annecy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Annecy have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Pau form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Pau have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.

Yattara was the last player to score a league goal for Pau and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Pau haven't scored in 216 minutes.

The fans are hoping that Pau will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Coupe de France fixture against Lille.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Bastia (0-1).

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 17 games. Pau has won 12 of these, drawn 5 and lost 0.

Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 12 league matches, 9 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Pau as they are travelling to their away game against Paris in the Ligue 2. That match is three days after this one.

Pau aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 in the league, with only {8 goals} from 9 games.

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Annecy form and stats

2 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Annecy playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season. Annecy has drawn their two previous away games.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Belfort in their previous outing. The Coupe de France duel ended 1-1.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Paris in the Ligue 2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Annecy in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Annecy, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Stats flash: 12 of the latest 15 league fixtures involving this club have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

After this away game Annecy return home for a Ligue 2 game against Caen. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Annecy have scored 10 goals in 9 league games away. It's not easy to score on Annecy as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Pau and Annecy have duelled earlier this season: Annecy - Pau 0-2.

Top Goalscorers

PauH. Saivet
H. Saivet
4 goals
PauM. Bassouamina
M. Bassouamina
4 goals

Pau missing players

Annecy missing players

Pau Annecy
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 2 9 19
5 3 1 Won W 1 2 6
7 4 0 Drew D 1 4 6
7 2 1 Lost L 0 3 7
16 8 1 Scored S 4 10 18
22 9 1 Conceded C 2 8 17
89% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 79%
58% 44% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 56% 58%
37% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 32%
16% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 16%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
42% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 22% 26%
32% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 44% 42%
37% 44% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 56% 53%
 
4.5 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.3 3.7
4.5 3.9 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3.2 3
2.1 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5.5 4.1 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 3 5 5
 
8.3 10.1 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 3 7 7.5
3.3 3.8 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.7 2.8
26% 24% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 42% 34%
 
10.4 8.3 7 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 10.1 8.5
4.3 3.7 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.7 3.9
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Annecy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pau have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 19 12 6 1 29 7 10 7 3 0 16 4 9 5 3 1 13 3 22 42
2 Bordeaux 19 9 6 4 25 14 10 6 3 1 14 5 9 3 3 3 11 9 11 33
3 Metz 19 9 4 6 31 22 10 5 3 2 15 10 9 4 1 4 16 12 9 31
4 Sochaux 19 9 3 7 27 17 10 6 2 2 17 8 9 3 1 5 10 9 10 30
5 Grenoble Foot 38 19 8 6 5 20 17 9 5 2 2 10 7 10 3 4 3 10 10 3 30
6 Amiens SC 19 8 5 6 22 20 9 5 2 2 12 7 10 3 3 4 10 13 2 29
7 Caen 19 7 7 5 23 20 9 5 3 1 14 6 10 2 4 4 9 14 3 28
8 Bastia 19 8 4 7 18 21 10 6 1 3 9 6 9 2 3 4 9 15 -3 28
9 Paris 19 7 6 6 17 19 9 2 3 4 8 13 10 5 3 2 9 6 -2 27
10 Quevilly Rouen 19 6 7 6 22 23 9 3 4 2 14 12 10 3 3 4 8 11 -1 25
11 Valenciennes 19 6 7 6 17 18 9 4 5 0 13 9 10 2 2 6 4 9 -1 25
12 Annecy 19 6 6 7 18 17 10 4 2 4 8 9 9 2 4 3 10 8 1 24
13 Guingamp 19 6 6 7 24 27 10 2 3 5 10 15 9 4 3 2 14 12 -3 24
14 Laval 19 7 2 10 25 31 10 4 1 5 16 16 9 3 1 5 9 15 -6 23
15 Pau 19 5 7 7 16 22 9 3 4 2 8 9 10 2 3 5 8 13 -6 22
16 Dijon 19 5 6 8 21 22 10 4 4 2 14 10 9 1 2 6 7 12 -1 21
17 Rodez 19 4 7 8 17 25 9 1 4 4 8 15 10 3 3 4 9 10 -8 19
18 Saint-Etienne 19 5 6 8 26 31 9 3 3 3 12 14 10 2 3 5 14 17 -5 18
19 Niort 19 4 5 10 15 29 10 3 2 5 8 14 9 1 3 5 7 15 -14 17
20 Nîmes 19 4 4 11 17 28 9 4 1 4 7 8 10 0 3 7 10 20 -11 16

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.