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

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 04.Nov
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Robert Diochon (12018 seats)

A short glance at the Ligue 2 table indicate an advantage to Rodez when they travel to Quevilly Rouen. However; let's wait before select a winner!

Insights:
  • Quevilly Rouen have yet to win a game at home.
  • Rodez have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ligue 2

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Quevilly Rouen form and stats

Quevilly Rouen's results here at Stade Robert Diochon in the Ligue 2 have been very modest with 0 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

The Quevilly Rouen followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stade Robert Diochon: A 1-2 defeat against Annecy (placed 12th). The first defeat after going unbeaten through three league rounds. Midfield player Pierret got a match rating of 8.01 in that game, the max score being 10. Pierret had 44 successful passes (of 55 total).

A 2-2 draw away before that, with Guingamp the opponent.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Quevilly have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 5 and lost 5.

Quevilly Rouen have scored {5 league goals} here from 6 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Quevilly Rouen defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Rodez form and stats

Rodez have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 1-3-2 (6 played).

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Bordeaux (placed 15th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2. A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Bordeaux. Rodez were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Hountondji scoring the equalizer. The draw against Bordeaux came from a losing position. The Rodez manager Santini brought on Hountondji as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfield player Buades was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Buades served one assist and hit three key passes.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Bastia.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Rodez in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Rodez, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Observe! Both teams have scored goal(s) in 10 of this club's latest 12 league matches.

Rodez have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 8 goals have been scored. Rodez's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 10 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Previous six meetings featuring these contenders: Quevilly Rouen won two, Rodez were winners in three and we saw one draw. one game with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

QuevillyS. Soumano
S. Soumano
5 goals
RodezT. Arconte
T. Arconte
4 goals
RodezL. Rajot
L. Rajot
3 goals

Quevilly Rouen missing players

Rodez missing players

Quevilly Rouen Rodez
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 2 6 12
1 0 0 Won W 1 1 5
4 2 1 Drew D 1 3 4
7 4 1 Lost L 0 2 3
12 5 0 Scored S 4 8 22
18 9 1 Conceded C 3 10 18
92% 83% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
58% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 83%
58% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 67%
33% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 42%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
58% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 83%
17% 17% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 17%
 
4.9 4.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.2 5.8
4.4 3.3 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.5 4.2
1.5 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 1.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.2 13.7 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 10.3 15
4 4.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 5.2
25% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 38% 35%
 
7.6 6.8 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.3 11.4
3.2 3.2 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.5 4.2
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Quevilly Rouen have yet to win a game at home.
  • Rodez have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Rodez have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ligue 2
  • Rodez have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in Ligue 2
  • Rodez have the most points from losing position (9) in Ligue 2
  • Rodez have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Ligue 2
  • Rodez have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Rodez haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Laval 12 8 2 2 13 6 6 5 0 1 7 3 6 3 2 1 6 3 7 26
2 Angers SCO 11 7 2 2 17 8 6 4 2 0 10 2 5 3 0 2 7 6 9 23
3 Auxerre 12 6 4 2 24 12 6 2 2 2 9 5 6 4 2 0 15 7 12 22
4 Grenoble Foot 38 12 5 6 1 16 10 6 3 3 0 9 4 6 2 3 1 7 6 6 21
5 Saint-Etienne 11 6 3 2 11 6 5 2 2 1 4 2 6 4 1 1 7 4 5 21
6 Rodez 12 5 4 3 22 18 6 4 1 1 14 8 6 1 3 2 8 10 4 19
7 Pau 12 5 3 4 19 20 6 4 1 1 11 7 6 1 2 3 8 13 -1 18
8 Guingamp 12 4 5 3 18 12 6 2 3 1 11 5 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 17
9 Ajaccio 12 4 5 3 11 12 6 3 3 0 9 4 6 1 2 3 2 8 -1 17
10 Amiens SC 12 4 4 4 10 13 7 3 3 1 8 6 5 1 1 3 2 7 -3 16
11 Caen 12 4 3 5 19 16 6 2 1 3 8 6 6 2 2 2 11 10 3 15
12 Annecy 12 3 6 3 15 16 6 1 4 1 8 8 6 2 2 2 7 8 -1 15
13 Concarneau 12 4 3 5 11 16 6 2 2 2 7 8 6 2 1 3 4 8 -5 15
14 Bastia 12 3 4 5 11 17 6 3 1 2 9 10 6 0 3 3 2 7 -6 13
15 Bordeaux 12 3 4 5 10 16 6 2 2 2 8 8 6 1 2 3 2 8 -6 12
16 Paris 12 3 2 7 14 18 6 2 1 3 8 7 6 1 1 4 6 11 -4 11
17 Troyes 12 1 7 4 14 16 5 1 2 2 6 6 7 0 5 2 8 10 -2 10
18 Valenciennes 12 1 6 5 9 17 6 0 3 3 5 10 6 1 3 2 4 7 -8 9
19 Dunkerque 12 2 3 7 11 20 6 0 2 4 4 9 6 2 1 3 7 11 -9 9
20 Quevilly Rouen 12 1 4 7 12 18 6 0 2 4 5 9 6 1 2 3 7 9 -6 7

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.