Possible nail-biting contest in Pau - Auxerre game

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Tue 20.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Hameau (13970 seats)

Struggling Pau will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Auxerre in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Auxerre have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in Ligue 2

It's no vacation for neither Pau nor Auxerre 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.

It's quite the trip for Auxerre when visiting Pau as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

Pau are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Auxerre are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Pau form and stats

Pau have played 16 Ligue 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-4-5 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Paris here at Stade du Hameau, Pau has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

An away draw last time out for Pau, facing Sochaux in a game that ended 1-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Clermont in a game that was won 2-1.

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 nine games. Pau has won five of these, drawn three and lost one.

There will be little rest for Pau after this match as they are travelling to Toulouse for a Ligue 2 game in only four days.

The Pau fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 16 matches. Pau's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Auxerre form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 5 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats.

Impressive finishing from Alexandre Coeff, Jubal and Gautier Lloris secured the home win 3-2 against Nancy in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Niort at their stadium, the result 4-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Auxerre playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were one Auxerre win, three draws and four defeats.

After this away game Auxerre return home for a Ligue 2 game against Dunkerque. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visiting Auxerre have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 23 goals from 16 games. Auxerre have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Auxerre - Pau 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

AuxerreM. Le Bihan
M. Le Bihan
16 goals
AuxerreR. Dugimont
R. Dugimont
12 goals
PauR. Armand
R. Armand
7 goals

Pau missing players

Auxerre missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Pau Auxerre
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
9 7 1 Won W 4 5 14
9 4 1 Drew D 0 7 12
15 5 3 Lost L 1 4 7
33 19 3 Scored S 8 23 58
43 16 8 Conceded C 3 20 36
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
70% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 75% 79%
39% 31% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 56% 55%
18% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 44% 39%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
45% 44% 40% BTTS BTTS 20% 56% 61%
21% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 31% 24%
39% 31% 60% Failed to Score F T 20% 19% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.4 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.5 1.7
5 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
7.6 7.6 5.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10.6 9.1 9.8
2.8 3 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.7 4.5
35% 40% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 39% 39%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Auxerre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Auxerre have the most scored goals in the first half (32) 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 Troyes 33 19 8 6 48 31 17 13 3 1 27 14 16 6 5 5 21 17 17 65
2 Toulouse 33 18 8 7 61 34 17 12 3 2 39 16 16 6 5 5 22 18 27 62
3 Clermont 33 17 9 7 52 20 17 11 5 1 32 7 16 6 4 6 20 13 32 60
4 Grenoble Foot 38 33 16 10 7 45 29 16 10 6 0 31 12 17 6 4 7 14 17 16 58
5 Paris 33 15 11 7 46 34 16 9 5 2 25 16 17 6 6 5 21 18 12 56
6 Auxerre 33 14 12 7 58 36 17 9 5 3 35 16 16 5 7 4 23 20 22 54
7 Sochaux 33 11 15 7 41 28 17 5 7 5 21 19 16 6 8 2 20 9 13 48
8 Valenciennes 33 11 10 12 39 45 17 7 5 5 20 17 16 4 5 7 19 28 -6 43
9 Ajaccio 33 11 9 13 31 38 17 8 4 5 18 14 16 3 5 8 13 24 -7 42
10 Nancy 33 10 11 12 46 46 16 5 7 4 23 23 17 5 4 8 23 23 0 41
11 Amiens SC 31 10 10 11 26 31 16 6 7 3 12 8 15 4 3 8 14 21 -5 40
12 Le Havre 33 9 13 11 27 37 16 3 8 5 11 16 17 6 5 6 16 21 -10 40
13 Rodez 33 8 15 10 34 39 17 6 7 4 21 18 16 2 8 6 13 21 -5 39
14 Niort 33 9 11 13 32 51 16 6 5 5 16 19 17 3 6 8 16 32 -19 38
15 Pau 33 9 9 15 33 43 16 7 4 5 19 16 17 2 5 10 14 27 -10 36
16 Caen 33 8 12 13 31 43 16 5 7 4 14 17 17 3 5 9 17 26 -12 36
17 Dunkerque 32 9 8 15 27 38 16 5 6 5 17 14 16 4 2 10 10 24 -11 35
18 Guingamp 33 6 16 11 33 43 16 2 9 5 16 23 17 4 7 6 17 20 -10 34
19 Chambly 32 6 10 16 35 57 16 5 2 9 17 26 16 1 8 7 16 31 -22 28
20 Châteauroux 33 4 9 20 29 51 16 3 3 10 19 28 17 1 6 10 10 23 -22 21

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 Troyes 33 19 8 6 48 31 17 13 3 1 27 14 16 6 5 5 21 17 17 65
2 Toulouse 33 18 8 7 61 34 17 12 3 2 39 16 16 6 5 5 22 18 27 62
3 Clermont 33 17 9 7 52 20 17 11 5 1 32 7 16 6 4 6 20 13 32 60
4 Grenoble Foot 38 33 16 10 7 45 29 16 10 6 0 31 12 17 6 4 7 14 17 16 58
5 Paris 33 15 11 7 46 34 16 9 5 2 25 16 17 6 6 5 21 18 12 56
6 Auxerre 33 14 12 7 58 36 17 9 5 3 35 16 16 5 7 4 23 20 22 54
7 Sochaux 33 11 15 7 41 28 17 5 7 5 21 19 16 6 8 2 20 9 13 48
8 Valenciennes 33 11 10 12 39 45 17 7 5 5 20 17 16 4 5 7 19 28 -6 43
9 Ajaccio 33 11 9 13 31 38 17 8 4 5 18 14 16 3 5 8 13 24 -7 42
10 Nancy 33 10 11 12 46 46 16 5 7 4 23 23 17 5 4 8 23 23 0 41
11 Amiens SC 31 10 10 11 26 31 16 6 7 3 12 8 15 4 3 8 14 21 -5 40
12 Le Havre 33 9 13 11 27 37 16 3 8 5 11 16 17 6 5 6 16 21 -10 40
13 Rodez 33 8 15 10 34 39 17 6 7 4 21 18 16 2 8 6 13 21 -5 39
14 Niort 33 9 11 13 32 51 16 6 5 5 16 19 17 3 6 8 16 32 -19 38
15 Pau 33 9 9 15 33 43 16 7 4 5 19 16 17 2 5 10 14 27 -10 36
16 Caen 33 8 12 13 31 43 16 5 7 4 14 17 17 3 5 9 17 26 -12 36
17 Dunkerque 32 9 8 15 27 38 16 5 6 5 17 14 16 4 2 10 10 24 -11 35
18 Guingamp 33 6 16 11 33 43 16 2 9 5 16 23 17 4 7 6 17 20 -10 34
19 Chambly 32 6 10 16 35 57 16 5 2 9 17 26 16 1 8 7 16 31 -22 28
20 Châteauroux 33 4 9 20 29 51 16 3 3 10 19 28 17 1 6 10 10 23 -22 21

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