Ligue 2: Pau - Rodez game guide and numbers

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 08.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 (13970 seats)

Happy home supporters, the away team claims a mighty victory or a point each? Anything can happen when the mid-table inhabitants Pau and Rodez battle at Stade Du Hameau Idron 1.

Insights:
  • Pau haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Rodez have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Ligue 2

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Pau form and stats

6 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Pau have to build on here at Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 in the Ligue 2. Pau has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Tholot and the players.

Pau faced defeat in their previous match, away at Niort (0-3). Midfielder Nišić was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.03 (out of ten) in that game. Nišić had 46 successful passes (of 51 total).

Ahead of that match, Pau lost 1-2 at home to Quevilly Rouen.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Pau handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, four draws and one defeat.

The Pau fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. Pau have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rodez form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Rodez have produced an overall stat of 4-2-4 so far.

Rodez delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Bastia (placed 18th) in their previous match; a Ligue 2 game. M'Pasi (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.61. M'Pasi stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Toulouse.

Rodez are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and six defeats. From a total of nine matches.

Rodez have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Rodez in these games.

Head 2 Head

Rodez - Pau 1-0 was the scoreline in these squads' last h2h game, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Pau won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Rodez have seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

PauE. Assifuah-Inkoom
E. Assifuah-Inkoom
5 goals
PauV. Lobry
V. Lobry
4 goals
RodezL. Buadés
L. Buadés
4 goals

Pau missing players

Rodez missing players

Pau Rodez
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 3 10 19
7 6 2 Won W 1 4 7
3 1 0 Drew D 1 2 6
9 3 1 Lost L 1 4 6
19 13 5 Scored S 4 12 20
23 7 2 Conceded C 3 11 17
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
68% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 58%
42% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 30% 26%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 16%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
42% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 40% 32%
32% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 42%
32% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 37%
 
4.3 3.8 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4 4.1
4.4 3.3 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.7 3.3
1.9 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.7 1.8
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.5 10.2 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 9.4 9.3
3.6 4.5 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.6 4
28% 29% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 26%
 
9.1 8.2 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 7.7 9.4 7.5
3.7 3.3 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.5 2.6
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Pau haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Rodez have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rodez have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Ligue 2
  • Rodez 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 Ajaccio 19 11 5 3 20 8 10 7 2 1 11 2 9 4 3 2 9 6 12 38
2 Toulouse 19 10 7 2 40 18 9 5 3 1 23 10 10 5 4 1 17 8 22 37
3 Paris 19 11 3 5 25 16 9 5 3 1 11 6 10 6 0 4 14 10 9 36
4 Auxerre 19 9 6 4 32 23 10 5 3 2 20 10 9 4 3 2 12 13 9 33
5 Sochaux 19 9 6 4 20 16 10 5 3 2 9 6 9 4 3 2 11 10 4 33
6 Le Havre 19 8 8 3 20 13 10 4 4 2 9 6 9 4 4 1 11 7 7 32
7 Niort 19 8 4 7 23 21 9 5 1 3 13 8 10 3 3 4 10 13 2 28
8 Rodez 19 7 6 6 20 17 9 3 4 2 8 6 10 4 2 4 12 11 3 27
9 Guingamp 19 6 6 7 23 27 9 4 2 3 15 14 10 2 4 4 8 13 -4 24
10 Pau 19 7 3 9 19 23 10 6 1 3 13 7 9 1 2 6 6 16 -4 24
11 Quevilly Rouen 19 6 6 7 20 25 9 2 4 3 9 12 10 4 2 4 11 13 -5 24
12 Nîmes 19 6 5 8 22 24 10 3 3 4 11 13 9 3 2 4 11 11 -2 23
13 Dijon 19 7 2 10 24 27 10 4 2 4 14 14 9 3 0 6 10 13 -3 23
14 Caen 19 5 7 7 22 21 10 3 1 6 12 11 9 2 6 1 10 10 1 22
15 Amiens SC 19 4 9 6 22 19 10 3 4 3 14 9 9 1 5 3 8 10 3 21
16 Grenoble Foot 38 19 6 3 10 17 26 9 5 1 3 13 10 10 1 2 7 4 16 -9 21
17 Valenciennes 19 5 6 8 15 27 9 2 1 6 8 19 10 3 5 2 7 8 -12 21
18 Bastia 19 4 8 7 16 19 9 2 7 0 9 5 10 2 1 7 7 14 -3 20
19 Dunkerque 19 4 4 11 15 26 10 2 3 5 6 11 9 2 1 6 9 15 -11 16
20 Nancy 19 2 6 11 14 33 9 1 3 5 5 17 10 1 3 6 9 16 -19 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.