Pau - Caen: Small difference between teams in Ligue 2 clash

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 (13970 seats)

There has been no shortage of highs and lows for these two participants so far, holding positions near the midpoint of the Ligue 2 table. Here's the Pau - Caen latest:

Insights:
  • Pau haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

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

Both sides have had adequate rest since their previous match. Let's wish for an enthusiastic fixture!

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Pau form and stats

The Ligue 2 statistics at home this season for Pau are 7-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Pau in their previous game, a fixture away at Dijon (placed 13th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Bajić, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.85 out of 10 in that game. Bajić topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Pau played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Bastia.

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 four and lost zero.

Pau are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. From these home matches, Pau have conceded only 10 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Caen form and stats

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

Caen won their last game, 4-0 versus Nîmes played at home. The attacker Mendy got a match rating of 9.1 in that game. Mendy scored two goals and hit three key passes.

Before that, Caen travelled to Nancy and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

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

Caen have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 13 goals have been scored. 14 goals have been conceded by Caen in these games.

Head 2 Head

The newest logged meeting between these squads is the Caen - Pau 1-2 played previously this season. Data for the last three meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Pau, one draw and zero wins for Caen. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

CaenA. Mendy
A. Mendy
13 goals
PauV. Lobry
V. Lobry
5 goals
PauE. Assifuah-Inkoom
E. Assifuah-Inkoom
5 goals

Pau missing players

Caen missing players

Pau Caen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 3 11 24
9 7 2 Won W 1 2 7
5 1 0 Drew D 2 7 8
10 4 1 Lost L 0 2 9
26 17 4 Scored S 1 13 31
28 10 3 Conceded C 0 14 27
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 82% 92%
71% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 73% 71%
42% 42% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 42%
12% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 29%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 8%
42% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 64% 46%
33% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 100% 27% 33%
29% 17% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 27% 29%
 
4 4.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 4.1 4.9
4.8 3.3 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.5 4.2
2.1 2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.9 1.5
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
9 11.3 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 5.3 7.5 9.2
3.8 5.1 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 2.5 3.4
29% 28% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 48% 38%
 
10.1 8.7 13.3 Shots against (avg) S A 4.7 8.7 8.5
4 3.5 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.3 3.9 3.5
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • 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 24 13 9 2 52 21 12 7 4 1 32 12 12 6 5 1 20 9 31 48
2 Paris 24 14 5 5 35 20 12 7 4 1 18 8 12 7 1 4 17 12 15 47
3 Sochaux 24 12 8 4 28 20 12 6 4 2 13 9 12 6 4 2 15 11 8 44
4 Ajaccio 24 12 6 6 21 13 12 7 3 2 11 3 12 5 3 4 10 10 8 42
5 Auxerre 24 10 9 5 36 27 12 5 4 3 22 13 12 5 5 2 14 14 9 39
6 Le Havre 24 8 11 5 24 20 13 4 5 4 11 11 11 4 6 1 13 9 4 35
7 Niort 24 10 5 9 28 25 11 6 2 3 15 8 13 4 3 6 13 17 3 35
8 Nîmes 24 9 5 10 29 31 12 4 3 5 13 15 12 5 2 5 16 16 -2 32
9 Pau 24 9 5 10 26 28 12 7 1 4 17 10 12 2 4 6 9 18 -2 32
10 Guingamp 24 7 9 8 26 32 11 4 4 3 16 15 13 3 5 5 10 17 -6 30
11 Amiens SC 24 6 11 7 30 23 13 5 4 4 20 11 11 1 7 3 10 12 7 29
12 Caen 24 7 8 9 31 27 13 5 1 7 18 13 11 2 7 2 13 14 4 29
13 Dijon 24 9 2 13 29 34 13 5 2 6 16 17 11 4 0 7 13 17 -5 29
14 Rodez 24 7 8 9 20 25 11 3 5 3 8 8 13 4 3 6 12 17 -5 29
15 Bastia 24 6 10 8 25 24 12 3 9 0 13 6 12 3 1 8 12 18 1 28
16 Quevilly Rouen 24 7 7 10 22 33 11 3 5 3 11 13 13 4 2 7 11 20 -11 28
17 Valenciennes 24 6 8 10 24 34 12 3 2 7 16 24 12 3 6 3 8 10 -10 26
18 Grenoble Foot 38 24 7 4 13 19 31 12 6 1 5 15 14 12 1 3 8 4 17 -12 25
19 Dunkerque 24 6 6 12 19 29 13 3 5 5 9 12 11 3 1 7 10 17 -10 24
20 Nancy 24 3 8 13 19 46 11 2 4 5 8 19 13 1 4 8 11 27 -27 17

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.