Ligue 2 duel: Close contest expected between Pau and Quevilly Rouen

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 06.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 (13970 seats)

Quevilly Rouen know they have a gruelling trip to Pau and their Stade Du Hameau Idron 1. This news article has all the knowledge you need ahead of the match.

Insights:
  • Pau have the fewest scored goals (14) at home in Ligue 2

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Pau and Quevilly Rouen 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.

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Pau form and stats

5 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Pau have to build on here at Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 in the Ligue 2.

Pau faced defeat in their previous match, away at Nîmes (2-3). The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated in three league fixtures. Heartbreak for Pau in their last match as Nîmes's Guessoum scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Begraoui (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.44/10. Begraoui scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 20 successful passes (of 23 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Guingamp 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 17 games. Pau has won 13 of these, drawn 4 and lost 0.

Trench warfare? In this team's last 13 league matches, 10 have seen zero, one or two goals.

Pau aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 in the league, with only {14 goals} from 16 games. On the other hand, Pau have conceded 17 goals.

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Quevilly Rouen form and stats

5-4-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Quevilly Rouen in their Ligue 2 matches away. Quevilly Rouen have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

Quevilly played 2-2 against Annecy in their previous match. Midfield player Loric was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.34/10. Loric hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Le Havre that ended 0-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Quevilly Rouen in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Quevilly Rouen, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Low-scoring game? 15 of this side's latest 20 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.

The attacking power of Quevilly when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 16 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Quevilly Rouen as they have only conceded 15 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The newest archived scoreline involving both these contenders is the Quevilly Rouen - Pau 2-1 played not long ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Pau three wins, two draws and Quevilly Rouen four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Quevilly RouenL. Mafouta
L. Mafouta
10 goals
PauH. Saivet
H. Saivet
6 goals
PauY. Begraoui
Y. Begraoui
6 goals

Pau missing players

Quevilly Rouen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Pau Quevilly Rouen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 5 16 33
10 5 2 Won W 1 5 11
10 6 3 Drew D 2 4 12
13 5 1 Lost L 2 7 10
30 14 8 Scored S 1 10 37
39 17 7 Conceded C 3 15 36
94% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 81% 85%
58% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 44% 64%
33% 38% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 19% 39%
18% 19% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 27%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
42% 38% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 12% 42%
27% 31% 17% Clean Sheets C S 60% 50% 36%
36% 44% 33% Failed to Score F T 80% 56% 36%
 
4.2 5 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.9 3.9
4.8 3.1 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.6 3.9 3.8
2 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.8 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 6
 
9 10.6 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.4 7.6 8.7
3.4 3.8 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 3.1 3.9
27% 23% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 20% 29%
 
10.8 7.9 7.7 Shots against (avg) S A 6.8 9 8.6
4.3 3.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.9 4.1
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Pau have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pau have the fewest scored goals (14) at home 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 Le Havre 33 18 14 1 43 15 16 9 7 0 21 7 17 9 7 1 22 8 28 68
2 Bordeaux 33 18 8 7 47 26 16 10 4 2 24 9 17 8 4 5 23 17 21 62
3 Metz 33 16 11 6 52 29 17 8 7 2 24 13 16 8 4 4 28 16 23 59
4 Bastia 33 15 8 10 40 36 17 10 3 4 23 13 16 5 5 6 17 23 4 53
5 Sochaux 32 15 7 10 52 31 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 3 7 21 17 21 52
6 Caen 33 14 10 9 43 36 17 10 5 2 27 13 16 4 5 7 16 23 7 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 33 14 8 11 32 30 17 9 4 4 18 13 16 5 4 7 14 17 2 50
8 Guingamp 33 12 9 12 43 42 17 6 3 8 23 23 16 6 6 4 20 19 1 45
9 Quevilly Rouen 33 11 12 10 37 36 17 6 8 3 27 21 16 5 4 7 10 15 1 45
10 Paris 33 12 8 13 40 41 16 5 3 8 20 21 17 7 5 5 20 20 -1 44
11 Saint-Étienne 33 12 10 11 51 49 16 7 4 5 25 23 17 5 6 6 26 26 2 43
12 Rodez 33 10 11 12 35 39 17 4 6 7 16 24 16 6 5 5 19 15 -4 41
13 Amiens SC 33 11 8 14 34 43 16 7 3 6 17 17 17 4 5 8 17 26 -9 41
14 Pau 33 10 10 13 30 39 16 5 6 5 14 17 17 5 4 8 16 22 -9 40
15 Valenciennes 33 8 13 12 35 43 17 5 10 2 25 22 16 3 3 10 10 21 -8 37
16 Annecy 33 9 10 14 34 47 16 7 3 6 15 17 17 2 7 8 19 30 -13 37
17 Laval 33 10 4 19 36 50 16 6 2 8 21 22 17 4 2 11 15 28 -14 34
18 Nîmes 33 9 5 19 35 50 16 8 1 7 20 17 17 1 4 12 15 33 -15 32
19 Dijon 32 7 10 15 29 39 17 6 6 5 17 16 15 1 4 10 12 23 -10 31
20 Niort 33 7 6 20 28 55 16 5 2 9 18 28 17 2 4 11 10 27 -27 27

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 Le Havre 33 18 14 1 43 15 16 9 7 0 21 7 17 9 7 1 22 8 28 68
2 Bordeaux 33 18 8 7 47 26 16 10 4 2 24 9 17 8 4 5 23 17 21 62
3 Metz 33 16 11 6 52 29 17 8 7 2 24 13 16 8 4 4 28 16 23 59
4 Bastia 33 15 8 10 40 36 17 10 3 4 23 13 16 5 5 6 17 23 4 53
5 Sochaux 32 15 7 10 52 31 16 9 4 3 31 14 16 6 3 7 21 17 21 52
6 Caen 33 14 10 9 43 36 17 10 5 2 27 13 16 4 5 7 16 23 7 52
7 Grenoble Foot 38 33 14 8 11 32 30 17 9 4 4 18 13 16 5 4 7 14 17 2 50
8 Guingamp 33 12 9 12 43 42 17 6 3 8 23 23 16 6 6 4 20 19 1 45
9 Quevilly Rouen 33 11 12 10 37 36 17 6 8 3 27 21 16 5 4 7 10 15 1 45
10 Paris 33 12 8 13 40 41 16 5 3 8 20 21 17 7 5 5 20 20 -1 44
11 Saint-Étienne 33 12 10 11 51 49 16 7 4 5 25 23 17 5 6 6 26 26 2 43
12 Rodez 33 10 11 12 35 39 17 4 6 7 16 24 16 6 5 5 19 15 -4 41
13 Amiens SC 33 11 8 14 34 43 16 7 3 6 17 17 17 4 5 8 17 26 -9 41
14 Pau 33 10 10 13 30 39 16 5 6 5 14 17 17 5 4 8 16 22 -9 40
15 Valenciennes 33 8 13 12 35 43 17 5 10 2 25 22 16 3 3 10 10 21 -8 37
16 Annecy 33 9 10 14 34 47 16 7 3 6 15 17 17 2 7 8 19 30 -13 37
17 Laval 33 10 4 19 36 50 16 6 2 8 21 22 17 4 2 11 15 28 -14 34
18 Nîmes 33 9 5 19 35 50 16 8 1 7 20 17 17 1 4 12 15 33 -15 32
19 Dijon 32 7 10 15 29 39 17 6 6 5 17 16 15 1 4 10 12 23 -10 31
20 Niort 33 7 6 20 28 55 16 5 2 9 18 28 17 2 4 11 10 27 -27 27

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