Ligue 2 match preview and statistics: Pau fight Caen

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Tue 01.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Hameau (13966 seats)

The visiting Caen side should be favourites in this visit to Pau, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their twelve league games this season.

Insights:
  • Pau have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Caen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Pau and Caen.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Caen, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

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Pau form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Pau have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.

An away draw last time out for Pau, facing Dunkerque in a game that ended 2-2. Preceding that match was the home game against Grenoble Foot 38 that was lost 0-2.

The hometeam coach D. Tholot made a successful contribution in the game against Dunkerque, bringing on Romain Bayard who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.

There will be little rest for Pau after this match as they are travelling to Clermont 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 6 in 5 matches. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Caen form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Caen playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season.

There were no winners in Caen's previous match, a Ligue 2 home game that ended 1-1 vs Châteauroux (placed 15th). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Le Havre.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Grenoble Foot 38 in just four days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Caen have scored 6 goals in 6 league games away. 8 goals have been conceded by Caen in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

CaenY. Bammou
Y. Bammou
5 goals
PauR. Armand
R. Armand
3 goals
PauE. Assifuah-Inkoom
E. Assifuah-Inkoom
3 goals

Pau missing players

Caen missing players

Pau Caen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 5 1 Played P 1 6 12
2 1 0 Won W 1 2 6
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 3
6 2 1 Lost L 0 3 3
11 6 0 Scored S 3 6 12
15 6 2 Conceded C 0 8 10
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 83%
67% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 50%
33% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 42%
17% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 8%
8% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 33%
17% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 50%
58% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.2 3.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.5
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.2 10.4 8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 7.8 8.1
3.2 3.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 3 3.4
29% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 33% 29%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Caen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pau have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • 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 Paris 12 8 2 2 18 10 6 4 0 2 8 6 6 4 2 0 10 4 8 26
2 Grenoble Foot 38 11 7 1 3 16 8 6 5 1 0 12 4 5 2 0 3 4 4 8 22
3 Troyes 11 6 3 2 17 8 6 4 2 0 10 4 5 2 1 2 7 4 9 21
4 Caen 12 6 3 3 12 10 6 4 2 0 6 2 6 2 1 3 6 8 2 21
5 Clermont 12 5 5 2 15 7 6 2 3 1 6 3 6 3 2 1 9 4 8 20
6 Auxerre 12 6 2 4 22 15 7 4 1 2 14 7 5 2 1 2 8 8 7 20
7 Toulouse 12 5 4 3 19 15 7 3 2 2 12 8 5 2 2 1 7 7 4 19
8 Sochaux 12 4 5 3 18 14 6 3 1 2 14 11 6 1 4 1 4 3 4 17
9 Niort 11 5 2 4 16 16 5 2 2 1 8 5 6 3 0 3 8 11 0 17
10 Dunkerque 12 5 2 5 11 11 6 2 2 2 5 5 6 3 0 3 6 6 0 17
11 Valenciennes 12 4 4 4 14 14 6 3 2 1 7 4 6 1 2 3 7 10 0 16
12 Le Havre 12 5 1 6 10 16 5 2 1 2 4 4 7 3 0 4 6 12 -6 16
13 Guingamp 12 3 5 4 10 11 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 3 2 4 5 -1 14
14 Amiens SC 12 3 3 6 8 10 6 2 2 2 4 4 6 1 1 4 4 6 -2 12
15 Châteauroux 12 3 3 6 11 15 6 2 1 3 6 8 6 1 2 3 5 7 -4 12
16 Ajaccio 12 3 3 6 8 17 6 1 2 3 2 7 6 2 1 3 6 10 -9 12
17 Nancy 11 3 2 6 10 13 4 2 1 1 6 5 7 1 1 5 4 8 -3 11
18 Rodez 12 2 5 5 10 19 7 2 2 3 6 9 5 0 3 2 4 10 -9 11
19 Pau 12 2 4 6 11 15 5 1 2 2 6 6 7 1 2 4 5 9 -4 10
20 Chambly 12 1 5 6 9 21 6 1 1 4 4 11 6 0 4 2 5 10 -12 8

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.