Can Pau beat Dunkerque in Stade du Hameau clash?

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Hameau (13970 seats)

Pau are welcoming Dunkerque for another important game after their 1-1 result against 4th-placed Grenoble Foot 38.

Insights:
  • Dunkerque have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligue 2

Pau and Dunkerque should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Pau form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Pau have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 14 games. Two home wins in a row for Pau bring valid hopes of a third.

Pau shared the glory with Grenoble Foot 38 in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Before that, Pau had a home game versus Chateauroux which ended with a victory 1-0.

Romain Armand was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Grenoble Foot 38 after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

Pau has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. 14 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Dunkerque form and stats

Dunkerque, who have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Ligue 2, have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 3-2-9 (14 played).

Dunkerque go into this game after a win, the home game against Niort that ended 2-0. Prior to that match, the Dunkerque manager F. Mercadal faced defeat when travelling to Paris and losing 0-1.

Dunkerque are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 7 goals from 14 away games. 20 goals have been conceded by Dunkerque in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Dunkerque - Pau 2-2, played this season. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's three Pau victories, five draws and one Dunkerque win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PauR. Armand
R. Armand
7 goals
DunkerqueM. Tchokounté
M. Tchokounté
6 goals
DunkerqueC. Diarra
C. Diarra
6 goals

Pau missing players

Dunkerque missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Pau Dunkerque
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 4 14 29
7 5 3 Won W 2 3 8
7 4 0 Drew D 2 2 7
15 5 2 Lost L 0 9 14
26 14 8 Scored S 4 7 23
39 14 5 Conceded C 2 20 33
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 90%
66% 64% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 43% 48%
38% 21% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 31%
17% 14% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 17%
10% 7% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
38% 36% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 29% 34%
24% 36% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 21% 31%
45% 36% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 57% 45%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.5 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 1.9
5 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
7.3 7.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 6.2 6.9 7
2.7 2.8 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.6 2.6
34% 36% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 19% 31%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Dunkerque have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Dunkerque have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dunkerque have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligue 2
  • Dunkerque have the fewest scored goals (7) away 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 29 17 7 5 44 27 15 11 3 1 25 14 14 6 4 4 19 13 17 58
2 Clermont 28 16 7 5 47 16 14 10 3 1 28 6 14 6 4 4 19 10 31 55
3 Toulouse 29 16 7 6 55 31 15 10 3 2 34 15 14 6 4 4 21 16 24 55
4 Grenoble Foot 38 29 15 8 6 39 23 14 9 5 0 26 9 15 6 3 6 13 14 16 53
5 Paris 29 13 9 7 39 30 14 8 4 2 22 15 15 5 5 5 17 15 9 48
6 Auxerre 29 12 10 7 48 31 15 8 4 3 31 13 14 4 6 4 17 18 17 46
7 Sochaux 29 10 13 6 37 25 15 5 6 4 19 16 14 5 7 2 18 9 12 43
8 Valenciennes 29 10 9 10 35 38 14 6 4 4 16 13 15 4 5 6 19 25 -3 39
9 Nancy 29 9 10 10 42 39 14 4 6 4 22 23 15 5 4 6 20 16 3 37
10 Rodez 29 8 12 9 29 33 15 6 5 4 17 14 14 2 7 5 12 19 -4 36
11 Ajaccio 29 9 8 12 23 35 15 6 4 5 12 14 14 3 4 7 11 21 -12 35
12 Amiens SC 28 8 10 10 22 25 14 4 7 3 8 7 14 4 3 7 14 18 -3 34
13 Caen 28 8 10 10 27 34 14 5 6 3 13 14 14 3 4 7 14 20 -7 34
14 Le Havre 28 8 10 10 22 32 14 3 7 4 10 13 14 5 3 6 12 19 -10 34
15 Niort 29 8 10 11 31 44 14 5 5 4 15 15 15 3 5 7 16 29 -13 34
16 Dunkerque 29 8 7 14 23 33 15 5 5 5 16 13 14 3 2 9 7 20 -10 31
17 Guingamp 29 5 14 10 30 40 14 2 7 5 14 21 15 3 7 5 16 19 -10 29
18 Pau 29 7 7 15 26 39 14 5 4 5 14 14 15 2 3 10 12 25 -13 28
19 Chambly 29 5 9 15 28 52 15 4 2 9 15 25 14 1 7 6 13 27 -24 24
20 Chateauroux 29 4 7 18 24 44 14 3 2 9 16 24 15 1 5 9 8 20 -20 19

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 29 17 7 5 44 27 15 11 3 1 25 14 14 6 4 4 19 13 17 58
2 Clermont 28 16 7 5 47 16 14 10 3 1 28 6 14 6 4 4 19 10 31 55
3 Toulouse 29 16 7 6 55 31 15 10 3 2 34 15 14 6 4 4 21 16 24 55
4 Grenoble Foot 38 29 15 8 6 39 23 14 9 5 0 26 9 15 6 3 6 13 14 16 53
5 Paris 29 13 9 7 39 30 14 8 4 2 22 15 15 5 5 5 17 15 9 48
6 Auxerre 29 12 10 7 48 31 15 8 4 3 31 13 14 4 6 4 17 18 17 46
7 Sochaux 29 10 13 6 37 25 15 5 6 4 19 16 14 5 7 2 18 9 12 43
8 Valenciennes 29 10 9 10 35 38 14 6 4 4 16 13 15 4 5 6 19 25 -3 39
9 Nancy 29 9 10 10 42 39 14 4 6 4 22 23 15 5 4 6 20 16 3 37
10 Rodez 29 8 12 9 29 33 15 6 5 4 17 14 14 2 7 5 12 19 -4 36
11 Ajaccio 29 9 8 12 23 35 15 6 4 5 12 14 14 3 4 7 11 21 -12 35
12 Amiens SC 28 8 10 10 22 25 14 4 7 3 8 7 14 4 3 7 14 18 -3 34
13 Caen 28 8 10 10 27 34 14 5 6 3 13 14 14 3 4 7 14 20 -7 34
14 Le Havre 28 8 10 10 22 32 14 3 7 4 10 13 14 5 3 6 12 19 -10 34
15 Niort 29 8 10 11 31 44 14 5 5 4 15 15 15 3 5 7 16 29 -13 34
16 Dunkerque 29 8 7 14 23 33 15 5 5 5 16 13 14 3 2 9 7 20 -10 31
17 Guingamp 29 5 14 10 30 40 14 2 7 5 14 21 15 3 7 5 16 19 -10 29
18 Pau 29 7 7 15 26 39 14 5 4 5 14 14 15 2 3 10 12 25 -13 28
19 Chambly 29 5 9 15 28 52 15 4 2 9 15 25 14 1 7 6 13 27 -24 24
20 Chateauroux 29 4 7 18 24 44 14 3 2 9 16 24 15 1 5 9 8 20 -20 19

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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.