Home advantage could prove decisive in Pau - Quevilly Rouen battle

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 (13970 seats)

Ligue 2: The average league table positions highlight the path Pau and Quevilly Rouen have been on so far. Both participants are eager to play; let's get this baby out!

Insights:
  • Pau have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Quevilly Rouen have the most points from losing position (9) in Ligue 2

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!

It's quite the trip for Quevilly Rouen when visiting Pau as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Pau form and stats

Pau have performed here at Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 this season with 6 wins from 9 Ligue 2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. It’s been three wins in a row for Pau here at Stade Du Hameau Idron 1, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

No payout for Pau in their previous match, an away game at Sochaux that ended in defeat 1-2. The defeat against Sochaux was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by J. Lopy). Midfielder Victor Lobry was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.02 (out of ten) in that game. Lobry hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Pau had a home game versus Guingamp which ended with a victory 2-0.

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 ten games) they have won six times, drawn four and lost zero.

Pau has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. From these home matches, Pau have conceded only 5 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Quevilly Rouen form and stats

Playing away, Quevilly Rouen have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season. Quevilly seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Quevilly Rouen had fun at their own home (Stade Du Hameau Idron 1) last time out, beating Nancy 2-1. Duckens Nazon and Till Cissokho scored. The attacker Duckens Nazon got a match rating of 7.64 in that game. Nazon scored one goal.

Before that one, a nice away victory 5-0 at J3 Amilly.

Quevilly are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, four draws and twelve defeats. From a total of 21 matches.

Quevilly Rouen have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 9 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Quevilly have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

PauE. Assifuah-Inkoom
E. Assifuah-Inkoom
5 goals
Quevilly RouenD. Nazon
D. Nazon
5 goals
PauV. Lobry
V. Lobry
4 goals

Pau missing players

Quevilly Rouen missing players

Pau Quevilly Rouen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 1 Played P 3 9 17
7 6 1 Won W 0 3 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 5
7 2 0 Lost L 3 4 7
18 12 2 Scored S 1 9 16
18 5 0 Conceded C 7 12 22
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
65% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 71%
35% 22% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 44% 53%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 12%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
41% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 56% 53%
35% 56% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 18%
29% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 41%
 
4.2 3.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 4.3 3.6
4.8 3.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.1 5.6
1.9 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.1 2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
8.4 9.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 7.8 7.8
3.7 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.8 2.8
29% 30% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 36% 34%
 
9.2 8.6 17 Shots against (avg) S A 10 7.3 9
3.7 3.2 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 2.9 3.6
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Pau have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Pau haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Quevilly Rouen have the most points from losing position (9) in Ligue 2
  • Quevilly Rouen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 16 9 6 1 36 14 8 5 2 1 22 9 8 4 4 0 14 5 22 33
2 Ajaccio 17 9 5 3 18 8 9 6 2 1 10 2 8 3 3 2 8 6 10 32
3 Sochaux 17 9 4 4 17 13 9 5 2 2 8 5 8 4 2 2 9 8 4 31
4 Auxerre 17 8 6 3 28 20 9 5 3 1 18 7 8 3 3 2 10 13 8 30
5 Paris 17 9 3 5 20 15 8 4 3 1 10 6 9 5 0 4 10 9 5 30
6 Le Havre 17 7 8 2 17 10 9 4 4 1 9 5 8 3 4 1 8 5 7 29
7 Rodez 17 7 4 6 19 16 8 3 3 2 8 6 9 4 1 4 11 10 3 25
8 Pau 17 7 3 7 18 18 9 6 1 2 12 5 8 1 2 5 6 13 0 24
9 Niort 16 6 3 7 16 18 7 3 1 3 8 7 9 3 2 4 8 11 -2 21
10 Guingamp 17 5 6 6 21 24 8 3 2 3 13 13 9 2 4 3 8 11 -3 21
11 Grenoble Foot 38 17 6 3 8 16 21 9 5 1 3 13 10 8 1 2 5 3 11 -5 21
12 Nîmes 17 5 5 7 19 21 8 2 3 3 8 10 9 3 2 4 11 11 -2 20
13 Quevilly Rouen 17 5 5 7 16 22 8 2 3 3 7 10 9 3 2 4 9 12 -6 20
14 Valenciennes 17 5 5 7 13 22 8 2 1 5 7 15 9 3 4 2 6 7 -9 20
15 Dijon 17 6 1 10 19 25 9 4 1 4 12 12 8 2 0 6 7 13 -6 19
16 Amiens SC 17 3 9 5 18 17 9 2 4 3 10 8 8 1 5 2 8 9 1 18
17 Caen 17 4 6 7 18 19 9 2 1 6 10 11 8 2 5 1 8 8 -1 18
18 Bastia 17 4 6 7 14 17 8 2 6 0 7 3 9 2 0 7 7 14 -3 18
19 Dunkerque 17 4 4 9 14 22 9 2 3 4 6 9 8 2 1 5 8 13 -8 16
20 Nancy 17 2 6 9 13 28 8 1 3 4 5 14 9 1 3 5 8 14 -15 12

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.