This match stars two sides dwelling in the lower parts of the Ligue 2, Pau at 16th spot and Rodez sitting at 14th. A nice chance for one of the squads to better their position.
- Pau have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Ligue 2 game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Guingamp. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Pau form and stats
Pau have played 4 Ligue 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Pau are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Metz. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated in four league matches. Sow was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.81 out of 10. The defender Sow won 14 of 15 duels.
Ahead of that match, Pau won a home game hosting Valenciennes (1-0).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 14 games. Pau has won 9 of these, drawn 5 and lost 0.
Pau aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. Pau's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rodez form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.
Rodez have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 189 minutes ago. Danger was the goal scorer.
Rodez are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Guingamp (placed 5th). M'Pasi was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.82. The agile goalkeeper M'Pasi topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Amiens SC.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Rodez in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Rodez, 8 draws and 4 defeats.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Rodez's manager Peyrelade has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Pau two wins, two draws and Rodez six victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Saivet 4 goals |   C. Dépres 3 goals |  M. Bassouamina 2 goals |
Pau missing players
Rodez missing players
| Pau | Rodez | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 90% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 60% | 80% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 20% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 40% | 25% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 30% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 60% | 30% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 3.6 | 2.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8.2 | 10.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 7.6 | 8.8 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | 3.5 |
| 23% | 25% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 23% |
| 9.7 | 8 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 10.4 | 9.7 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
- Pau have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Pau have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bordeaux | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 2 | Amiens SC | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | Sochaux | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 4 | Le Havre | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| 5 | Guingamp | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Valenciennes | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Bastia | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | Caen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 9 | Metz | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | Paris | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 11 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 12 | Dijon | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Laval | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Rodez | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Quevilly Rouen | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 16 | Pau | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 17 | Annecy | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 18 | Saint-Etienne | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 8 |
| 19 | Nimes | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 8 |
| 20 | Niort | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 8 |
