Rodez vs Dunkerque: Match guide and preview

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 26.September
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Paul Lignon (33150 seats)

It's early days in the Ligue 2 and both Rodez and Dunkerque are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Dunkerque, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

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Rodez form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Rodez's two home games in the Ligue 2 so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Stade Paul Lignon.

An away draw last time out for Rodez, facing Sochaux in a game that ended 2-2. Preceding that match was a defeat to Caen (0-3).

Opportunity lost for Rodez in the Sochaux match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Rodez at home in the league. 1 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Dunkerque form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Ligue 2, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 8 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats from 12 matches.

Dunkerque are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Ligue 2 against Valenciennes (placed 8th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Toulouse at their stadium, the result 1-0.

It's early days yet, but Dunkerque has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Rodez three wins, one draw and Dunkerque zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RodezU. Bonnet
U. Bonnet
1 goals
RodezA. Ouhafsa
A. Ouhafsa
1 goals
RodezR. Boissier
R. Boissier
1 goals

Rodez missing players

Dunkerque missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rodez Dunkerque
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 2 Played P 0 1 3
1 1 1 Won W 0 1 2
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
4 1 1 Scored S 0 1 3
6 3 3 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
50% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
25% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 67%
25% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
21 10 10 Total Shots T S 0 8 16
9 5 5 Shots on Target S O 0 4 7
44% 20% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 43%
Rodez Last season Dunkerque
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   12 25
8 6   Won W   8 14
8 3   Drew D   1 5
12 5   Lost L   3 6
31 22   Scored S   17 42
34 18   Conceded C   9 26
89% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
71% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 80%
46% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 52%
11% 14%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 24%
11% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 12%
61% 71%   BTTS BTTS   33% 56%
21% 14%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 28%
29% 14%   Failed to Score F T   33% 20%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.1 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.1
4 3   Red cards R C   0 3
 
235 127   Total Shots T S   127 282
77 48   Shots on Target S O   53 115
40% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 37%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Niort 4 3 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 10
2 Grenoble Foot 38 4 3 0 1 9 5 2 2 0 0 7 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 4 9
3 Paris 4 3 0 1 6 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 9
4 Caen 4 2 2 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 4 8
5 Sochaux 4 2 2 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 8
6 Dunkerque 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
7 Troyes 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 6
8 Valenciennes 4 2 0 2 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 6
9 Clermont 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 6
10 Le Havre 4 2 0 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 6
11 Rodez 4 1 2 1 4 6 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 -2 5
12 Nancy 4 1 1 2 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 4
13 Amiens SC 4 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 4
14 Châteauroux 4 1 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 -1 4
15 Guingamp 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 4
16 Auxerre 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 3
17 Toulouse 4 0 2 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 4 6 -3 2
18 Chambly 4 0 2 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 2 0 1 1 -4 2
19 Pau 4 0 1 3 1 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 -6 1
20 Ajaccio 3 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lorient 28 17 3 8 45 25 14 9 1 4 22 12 14 8 2 4 23 13 20 54
2 Lens 28 15 8 5 39 24 14 9 3 2 19 9 14 6 5 3 20 15 15 53
3 Ajaccio 28 15 7 6 38 22 14 6 4 4 17 12 14 9 3 2 21 10 16 52
4 Troyes 28 16 3 9 34 25 14 8 1 5 20 17 14 8 2 4 14 8 9 51
5 Clermont 28 14 8 6 35 25 14 7 3 4 21 14 14 7 5 2 14 11 10 50
6 Le Havre 28 11 11 6 38 25 14 5 7 2 18 10 14 6 4 4 20 15 13 44
7 Valenciennes 28 11 9 8 24 20 14 7 5 2 14 7 14 4 4 6 10 13 4 42
8 Guingamp 28 10 9 9 40 33 14 5 6 3 20 14 14 5 3 6 20 19 7 39
9 Grenoble Foot 38 28 7 14 7 27 29 14 3 8 3 13 13 14 4 6 4 14 16 -2 35
10 Chambly 28 9 8 11 26 32 15 4 4 7 12 21 13 5 4 4 14 11 -6 35
11 Auxerre 28 8 10 10 31 30 14 5 7 2 19 12 14 3 3 8 12 18 1 34
12 Nancy 28 6 16 6 27 26 14 6 6 2 16 9 14 0 10 4 11 17 1 34
13 Caen 28 8 10 10 33 34 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 4 5 5 19 17 -1 34
14 Sochaux 28 8 10 10 28 30 14 6 5 3 17 11 14 2 5 7 11 19 -2 34
15 Châteauroux 28 9 7 12 22 38 14 3 4 7 11 23 14 6 3 5 11 15 -16 34
16 Rodez 28 8 8 12 31 34 14 6 3 5 22 18 14 2 5 7 9 16 -3 32
17 Paris 28 7 7 14 22 40 13 3 2 8 9 22 15 4 5 6 13 18 -18 28
18 Niort 28 6 8 14 30 41 14 4 5 5 16 16 14 2 3 9 14 25 -11 26
19 Le Mans 28 7 5 16 30 45 14 5 3 6 16 17 14 2 2 10 14 28 -15 26
20 Orleans 28 4 7 17 21 43 14 2 2 10 8 23 14 2 5 7 13 20 -22 19
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pau 25 13 9 3 43 20 13 8 4 1 34 12 12 5 5 2 9 8 23 48
2 Dunkerque 25 14 5 6 42 26 13 6 4 3 25 17 12 8 1 3 17 9 16 47
3 Boulogne 25 14 4 7 32 17 12 8 2 2 18 8 13 6 2 5 14 9 15 46
4 Bourg-en-Bresse 25 11 9 5 38 30 13 6 6 1 21 11 12 5 3 4 17 19 8 42
5 Red Star 25 12 6 7 30 22 13 6 3 4 15 11 12 6 3 3 15 11 8 42
6 Avranches 24 13 3 8 30 26 12 9 1 2 19 9 12 4 2 6 11 17 4 42
7 Villefranche 25 10 11 4 34 24 13 7 4 2 21 11 12 3 7 2 13 13 10 41
8 Lyon Duchere 25 11 7 7 37 32 12 5 4 3 20 15 13 6 3 4 17 17 5 40
9 Creteil 25 9 8 8 33 27 13 5 4 4 17 13 12 4 4 4 16 14 6 35
10 Laval 25 9 8 8 26 24 13 6 3 4 14 9 12 3 5 4 12 15 2 35
11 Concarneau 25 8 7 10 21 25 12 4 4 4 12 10 13 4 3 6 9 15 -4 31
12 Cholet 25 7 7 11 32 40 12 5 4 3 14 14 13 2 3 8 18 26 -8 28
13 Quevilly Rouen 24 6 6 12 26 34 11 4 2 5 12 13 13 2 4 7 14 21 -8 24
14 Bastia-Borgo 23 5 9 9 22 32 11 5 1 5 15 17 12 0 8 4 7 15 -10 24
15 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 25 6 5 14 27 40 12 2 4 6 12 18 13 4 1 8 15 22 -13 23
16 Beziers 25 5 8 12 26 43 12 4 3 5 14 16 13 1 5 7 12 27 -17 23
17 Gazelec Ajaccio 25 4 8 13 15 35 13 3 6 4 9 10 12 1 2 9 6 25 -20 19
18 Toulon 25 1 10 14 17 34 13 1 6 6 11 14 12 0 4 8 6 20 -17 13

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 Niort 4 3 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 10
2 Grenoble Foot 38 4 3 0 1 9 5 2 2 0 0 7 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 4 9
3 Paris 4 3 0 1 6 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 9
4 Caen 4 2 2 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 4 8
5 Sochaux 4 2 2 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 8
6 Dunkerque 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
7 Troyes 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 6
8 Valenciennes 4 2 0 2 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 6
9 Clermont 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 6
10 Le Havre 4 2 0 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 6
11 Rodez 4 1 2 1 4 6 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 -2 5
12 Nancy 4 1 1 2 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 4
13 Amiens SC 4 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 4
14 Châteauroux 4 1 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 -1 4
15 Guingamp 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 4
16 Auxerre 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 3
17 Toulouse 4 0 2 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 4 6 -3 2
18 Chambly 4 0 2 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 2 0 1 1 -4 2
19 Pau 4 0 1 3 1 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 -6 1
20 Ajaccio 3 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 0

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