Delightful dogfight as daring Pau duel with determined Dijon

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Hameau (13970 seats)

It's the second opportunity for points this campaign as Pau and Dijon fight it out at Stade du Hameau.

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.

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

In the previous season, Pau's league statistics were 14 wins, 7 draws and 17 losses, leading to 10th position in the Ligue 2. Over these 38 matches they scored 41 goals and let in 49. Appearing as the host team in the previous season Pau produced 10-2-7 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 20 conceded.

Pau faced defeat in their previous match, away at Guingamp (0-4). Pau were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Midfielder D'Almeida was the best player on the team with a rating of 6.84 (out of ten) in that game. D'Almeida hit one key pass and had 34 successful passes (of 42 total).

In the game before, an away victory match versus Nancy with a 3-2 scoreline.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Pau have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.

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Dijon form and stats

Let's have a look at how Dijon performed last season in the Ligue 2: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 8 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded 53 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 9 with 23/27 goals scored/conceded.

Dijon go into this game after a win, the home game against Saint-Étienne that ended 2-1. Soumaré got a match rating of 8.2 in that game, top player of the team. Soumaré scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A 2-2 draw at Sochaux's stadium before that.

Dijon are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's two Pau victories, zero draws and zero Dijon wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Pau missing players

Dijon missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Pau Dijon
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 9
5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 8
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
10 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 11
6 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 5
Pau Last season Dijon
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
14 10   Won W   5 13
7 2   Drew D   5 8
17 7   Lost L   9 17
41 25   Scored S   23 48
49 20   Conceded C   27 53
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 95%
68% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 71%
47% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 53%
16% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 29%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 13%
47% 42%   BTTS BTTS   58% 53%
24% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 29%
32% 21%   Failed to Score F T   26% 24%
 
4.2 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 5.2
4.5 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.3
2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.7
6 3   Red cards R C   2 3
 
8.7 10.7   Shots (avg) S (   8.4 9.4
3.4 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.7
31% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 34%
 
10.2 9.4   Shots against (avg) S A   9.4 8.9
4.3 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Guingamp 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Metz 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Laval 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Dijon 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Niort 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Caen 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Bordeaux 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Grenoble Foot 38 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Le Havre 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Rodez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Valenciennes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Paris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sochaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Annecy 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Saint-Étienne 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Nîmes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Bastia 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Amiens SC 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 Pau 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
Last season 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 38 23 10 5 82 33 19 14 4 1 52 14 19 9 6 4 30 19 49 79
2 Ajaccio 38 22 9 7 39 19 19 13 3 3 21 8 19 9 6 4 18 11 20 75
3 Auxerre 38 21 11 6 61 39 19 11 4 4 33 19 19 10 7 2 28 20 22 74
4 Paris 38 20 10 8 54 35 19 11 7 1 30 13 19 9 3 7 24 22 19 70
5 Sochaux 38 19 11 8 47 34 19 10 6 3 22 14 19 9 5 5 25 20 13 68
6 Guingamp 38 15 13 10 52 48 19 9 6 4 31 24 19 6 7 6 21 24 4 58
7 Caen 38 13 11 14 51 42 19 9 3 7 30 18 19 4 8 7 21 24 9 50
8 Le Havre 38 13 11 14 38 41 19 6 5 8 17 20 19 7 6 6 21 21 -3 50
9 Nîmes 38 14 7 17 44 51 19 6 4 9 22 28 19 8 3 8 22 23 -7 49
10 Pau 38 14 7 17 41 49 19 10 2 7 25 20 19 4 5 10 16 29 -8 49
11 Dijon 38 13 8 17 48 53 19 8 3 8 25 26 19 5 5 9 23 27 -5 47
12 Bastia 38 10 16 12 38 36 19 5 12 2 19 12 19 5 4 10 19 24 2 46
13 Niort 38 12 10 16 39 42 19 7 5 7 21 17 19 5 5 9 18 25 -3 46
14 Amiens SC 38 9 17 12 43 41 19 7 6 6 26 16 19 2 11 6 17 25 2 44
15 Grenoble Foot 38 38 12 8 18 32 44 19 7 5 7 21 21 19 5 3 11 11 23 -12 44
16 Valenciennes 38 10 14 14 34 47 19 5 5 9 19 28 19 5 9 5 15 19 -13 44
17 Rodez 38 10 13 15 32 42 19 5 9 5 16 16 19 5 4 10 16 26 -10 43
18 Quevilly Rouen 38 10 10 18 33 50 19 5 7 7 18 22 19 5 3 11 15 28 -17 40
19 Dunkerque 38 8 7 23 28 53 19 5 6 8 14 21 19 3 1 15 14 32 -25 31
20 Nancy 38 6 9 23 32 69 19 4 4 11 16 33 19 2 5 12 16 36 -37 27

Dijon:
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 Guingamp 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Metz 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Laval 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Dijon 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Niort 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Caen 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Bordeaux 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Grenoble Foot 38 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Le Havre 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Rodez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Valenciennes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Paris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sochaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Annecy 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Saint-Étienne 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Nîmes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Bastia 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Amiens SC 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 Pau 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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