Pau fights Valenciennes in Ligue 2 battle

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 15.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Hameau (13970 seats)

Pau are leaning on their home advantage to support them before this meeting with Valenciennes. Who will win at Stade du Hameau?

Insights:
  • Valenciennes have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Ligue 2

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Ligue 2. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Toulouse.

Valenciennes have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Pau can neither be promoted or relegated from Ligue 2. Valenciennes is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Pau form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Pau have managed 8 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 18 games.

The home team returns to Stade du Hameau after being equal after 90 minutes with Toulouse (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the Ligue 2 game ended 2-2. Midfield player Quentin Daubin got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Daubin hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 35 successful passes (of 42 total). The hometeam coach D. Tholot made a successful contribution in the game against Toulouse, bringing on Ebenezer Assifuah who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Chambly (0-1).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Pau matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and one defeat (from two games).

Pau has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Pau are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade du Hameau in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 16 from 18 matches. 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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Valenciennes form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Ligue 2, are W5-D5-L8 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ligue 2 home defeat versus Le Havre with 3-5 on the scoreboard. The attacker Moussa Guel got a match rating of 7.35 in that game. Guel served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Valenciennes, as mentioned above. 8 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Nancy at their stadium, the result 3-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Valenciennes when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing two and winning one game.

Valenciennes have scored 23 goals on their travels this season, from 18 away games in the league. As for defending, Valenciennes rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 32 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Valenciennes - Pau 3-0, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

ValenciennesB. Guillaume
B. Guillaume
11 goals
ValenciennesJ. Cuffaut
J. Cuffaut
9 goals
PauR. Armand
R. Armand
7 goals

Pau missing players

Valenciennes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Pau Valenciennes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 6 18 37
10 8 2 Won W 2 5 12
11 5 3 Drew D 2 5 11
16 5 1 Lost L 2 8 14
38 22 5 Scored S 9 23 47
46 16 2 Conceded C 9 32 55
92% 89% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
68% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 89% 76%
41% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 43%
19% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 28% 27%
8% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 11% 11%
43% 39% 17% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 49%
24% 39% 67% Clean Sheets C S 17% 11% 24%
41% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 39% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 2.1
5 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
7.6 7.9 8 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6.8 7.5
2.8 2.9 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 2.9 3.4
37% 42% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 41% 36%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Valenciennes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Valenciennes have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Ligue 2
  • Valenciennes 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 Troyes 37 23 8 6 58 33 19 15 3 1 32 15 18 8 5 5 26 18 25 77
2 Clermont 37 21 9 7 60 23 19 13 5 1 37 9 18 8 4 6 23 14 37 72
3 Toulouse 37 20 9 8 68 39 19 13 4 2 44 18 18 7 5 6 24 21 29 69
4 Grenoble Foot 38 37 17 11 9 50 35 18 11 6 1 34 14 19 6 5 8 16 21 15 62
5 Paris 37 16 13 8 50 37 18 10 5 3 28 18 19 6 8 5 22 19 13 61
6 Auxerre 37 15 14 8 61 41 19 10 6 3 38 18 18 5 8 5 23 23 20 59
7 Sochaux 37 12 15 10 43 34 18 6 7 5 22 19 19 6 8 5 21 15 9 51
8 Valenciennes 37 12 11 14 47 55 19 7 6 6 24 23 18 5 5 8 23 32 -8 47
9 Nancy 37 11 13 13 51 51 18 6 7 5 26 26 19 5 6 8 25 25 0 46
10 Amiens SC 37 11 13 13 32 38 19 7 8 4 15 12 18 4 5 9 17 26 -6 46
11 Ajaccio 37 11 12 14 34 43 19 8 6 5 21 17 18 3 6 9 13 26 -9 45
12 Guingamp 37 9 17 11 39 43 19 4 10 5 19 23 18 5 7 6 20 20 -4 44
13 Le Havre 37 10 14 13 35 46 18 3 8 7 13 21 19 7 6 6 22 25 -11 44
14 Rodez 37 8 19 10 38 43 19 6 9 4 23 20 18 2 10 6 15 23 -5 43
15 Pau 37 10 11 16 38 46 18 8 5 5 22 16 19 2 6 11 16 30 -8 41
16 Niort 37 9 14 14 34 56 18 6 6 6 17 23 19 3 8 8 17 33 -22 41
17 Dunkerque 37 10 10 17 31 44 18 6 7 5 19 15 19 4 3 12 12 29 -13 40
18 Caen 37 8 14 15 32 48 18 5 9 4 15 18 19 3 5 11 17 30 -16 38
19 Chambly 37 9 11 17 41 61 19 7 3 9 21 27 18 2 8 8 20 34 -20 38
20 Chateauroux 37 4 10 23 32 58 18 3 4 11 21 31 19 1 6 12 11 27 -26 22

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 37 23 8 6 58 33 19 15 3 1 32 15 18 8 5 5 26 18 25 77
2 Clermont 37 21 9 7 60 23 19 13 5 1 37 9 18 8 4 6 23 14 37 72
3 Toulouse 37 20 9 8 68 39 19 13 4 2 44 18 18 7 5 6 24 21 29 69
4 Grenoble Foot 38 37 17 11 9 50 35 18 11 6 1 34 14 19 6 5 8 16 21 15 62
5 Paris 37 16 13 8 50 37 18 10 5 3 28 18 19 6 8 5 22 19 13 61
6 Auxerre 37 15 14 8 61 41 19 10 6 3 38 18 18 5 8 5 23 23 20 59
7 Sochaux 37 12 15 10 43 34 18 6 7 5 22 19 19 6 8 5 21 15 9 51
8 Valenciennes 37 12 11 14 47 55 19 7 6 6 24 23 18 5 5 8 23 32 -8 47
9 Nancy 37 11 13 13 51 51 18 6 7 5 26 26 19 5 6 8 25 25 0 46
10 Amiens SC 37 11 13 13 32 38 19 7 8 4 15 12 18 4 5 9 17 26 -6 46
11 Ajaccio 37 11 12 14 34 43 19 8 6 5 21 17 18 3 6 9 13 26 -9 45
12 Guingamp 37 9 17 11 39 43 19 4 10 5 19 23 18 5 7 6 20 20 -4 44
13 Le Havre 37 10 14 13 35 46 18 3 8 7 13 21 19 7 6 6 22 25 -11 44
14 Rodez 37 8 19 10 38 43 19 6 9 4 23 20 18 2 10 6 15 23 -5 43
15 Pau 37 10 11 16 38 46 18 8 5 5 22 16 19 2 6 11 16 30 -8 41
16 Niort 37 9 14 14 34 56 18 6 6 6 17 23 19 3 8 8 17 33 -22 41
17 Dunkerque 37 10 10 17 31 44 18 6 7 5 19 15 19 4 3 12 12 29 -13 40
18 Caen 37 8 14 15 32 48 18 5 9 4 15 18 19 3 5 11 17 30 -16 38
19 Chambly 37 9 11 17 41 61 19 7 3 9 21 27 18 2 8 8 20 34 -20 38
20 Chateauroux 37 4 10 23 32 58 18 3 4 11 21 31 19 1 6 12 11 27 -26 22

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