Ligue 2: Rodez - Grenoble Foot 38 pre-match thoughts and statistics

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Fri 24.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Paul Lignon (5955 seats)

Ligue 2: What this match might not have in elegance it should pay back in effort and commitment. Get set for Rodez - Grenoble Foot 38!

Insights:
  • Rodez have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have the fewest points (0) away in Ligue 2

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Rodez form and stats

1-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Rodez so far this season.

Rodez haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 236 minutes ago. B. Danger scored that one.

The fans are hoping that Rodez will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Ligue 2 game against Auxerre (placed 4th). Rodez's goalkeeper Lionel M'Pasi was extremely busy against Auxerre, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves. Goalkeeper Lionel M'Pasi got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.85 out of ten. M'Pasi stopped the opponent with seven saves.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Ajaccio (0-2).

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

Rodez aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Paul Lignon in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. 4 goals have been conceded.

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Grenoble Foot 38 form and stats

The manager M. Jacobacci is not happy with the away performances in the Ligue 2 so far, as all 4 matches have been lost. It's all red in the travel logs of Grenoble, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

The supporters enjoyed Grenoble's previous game versus Nancy (placed 20th), a Ligue 2 4-1 win played at home. Grenoble Foot 38 made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, Manuel Perez receiving a red card in the 45th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Grenoble Foot 38 won the match 4-1! Yoric Ravet got a match rating of 8.24 in that game, top player of the team. Ravet scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 1-4 defeat away at Toulouse before that.

Grenoble 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, three draws and six defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

Goals are few and far between in Grenoble Foot 38's away league games. Only 1 goal from 4 travels. For Grenoble, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the prior ten meetings between these two squads are: three wins for Rodez, three draws and four wins for Grenoble Foot 38. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.

Top Goalscorers

RodezL. Buadés
L. Buadés
4 goals
RodezC. Dépres
C. Dépres
2 goals
Grenoble Foot 38Y. Ravet
Y. Ravet
2 goals

Rodez missing players

Grenoble Foot 38 missing players

Rodez Grenoble Foot 38
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 1 4 9
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 3
3 2 1 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 0 Lost L 1 4 5
9 3 2 Scored S 0 1 9
11 4 2 Conceded C 1 9 15
89% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
56% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 67%
33% 25% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 56%
33% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 33%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 22%
33% 25% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 33%
33% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 22%
44% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 75% 56%
 
4.7 4.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 2.8 4.3
2.9 2 1 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.5 4.4
1.4 1.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.2 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
9.6 8.5 5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 5.8 7.3
4.3 4.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 1.5 2.6
23% 16% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 39%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have the fewest points (0) away in Ligue 2
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Ligue 2
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have the most conceded goals (9) away in Ligue 2
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have the the worst goal difference (-8) away in Ligue 2
  • Grenoble Foot 38 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Grenoble Foot 38 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Rodez have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Grenoble Foot 38 have scored away.
  • Rodez 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 Toulouse 9 7 2 0 20 6 4 3 1 0 8 3 5 4 1 0 12 3 14 23
2 Ajaccio 9 5 4 0 12 4 5 4 1 0 7 1 4 1 3 0 5 3 8 19
3 Sochaux 9 6 1 2 11 6 4 3 0 1 4 2 5 3 1 1 7 4 5 19
4 Auxerre 9 5 3 1 16 5 5 3 1 1 9 2 4 2 2 0 7 3 11 18
5 Paris 9 5 1 3 12 7 4 2 1 1 5 3 5 3 0 2 7 4 5 16
6 Pau 9 4 3 2 11 7 5 3 1 1 7 3 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 15
7 Le Havre 9 3 5 1 8 5 5 2 2 1 5 4 4 1 3 0 3 1 3 14
8 Nîmes 9 3 4 2 12 9 4 1 3 0 5 4 5 2 1 2 7 5 3 13
9 Rodez 9 3 3 3 9 11 4 1 2 1 3 4 5 2 1 2 6 7 -2 12
10 Niort 9 3 3 3 6 8 4 2 1 1 3 1 5 1 2 2 3 7 -2 12
11 Caen 9 3 2 4 9 8 5 2 0 3 7 5 4 1 2 1 2 3 1 11
12 Quevilly Rouen 9 3 2 4 9 10 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 2 1 2 6 6 -1 11
13 Guingamp 9 2 4 3 6 9 4 0 2 2 3 6 5 2 2 1 3 3 -3 10
14 Dijon 9 3 1 5 11 15 5 2 1 2 8 9 4 1 0 3 3 6 -4 10
15 Grenoble Foot 38 9 3 1 5 9 15 5 3 1 1 8 6 4 0 0 4 1 9 -6 10
16 Valenciennes 9 2 3 4 7 13 5 1 1 3 4 10 4 1 2 1 3 3 -6 9
17 Amiens SC 9 1 4 4 10 14 5 0 2 3 4 8 4 1 2 1 6 6 -4 7
18 Bastia 9 1 4 4 7 11 4 0 4 0 3 3 5 1 0 4 4 8 -4 7
19 Dunkerque 9 0 3 6 5 14 5 0 2 3 2 7 4 0 1 3 3 7 -9 3
20 Nancy 9 0 3 6 5 18 4 0 1 3 2 10 5 0 2 3 3 8 -13 3

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.