Rodez have some points to catch up on from their 17th spot, and the job starts against Niort. Read more!
- Rodez have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligue 2
- Niort have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Rodez form and stats
Rodez have played 14 Ligue 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-7-4 (wins-draws-losses). All in all it has been a very rough period for Rodez who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 13 attempts. Their previous win was against Nîmes, 119 days ago.
The fans are hoping that Rodez will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Sochaux (placed 5th).
Before that, Rodez drew at home versus Guingamp.This is expected to be a close game, with Rodez perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rodez as a small favourite), we find nine games. Rodez has won two of these, drawn five and lost two.
Rodez have scored 11 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. Rodez have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Niort form and stats
There's been little loot from Niort's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 15 away games in the Ligue 2. Niort only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Niort, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
The supporters enjoyed Niort's previous game versus Quevilly Rouen (placed 18th), a 2-0 win played at home. Sissoko, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.81. Sissoko scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Sochaux.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Niort in our archives, and the results are: one win for Niort, two draws and five defeats.
The visitors have scored 13 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Niort have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road. More than 50 percent of these were let in from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of games.
Head 2 Head
The latest head to head meeting ended Niort - Rodez 0-2, played this season. Rodez-Niort H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Rodez two wins, Niort three wins, two draws. three of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  I. Sissoko 9 goals |  B. Boutobba 5 goals |   C. Dépres 4 goals |
Rodez missing players
Niort missing players
| Rodez | Niort | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 24 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 31 |
| 34 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 31 |
| 83% | 79% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 87% | 87% |
| 63% | 57% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 67% | 63% |
| 27% | 21% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 47% | 37% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 33% | 36% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 33% | 30% |
| 37% | 43% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 27% | 37% |
| 47% | 43% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 53% | 47% |
| 3.7 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.9 | 5.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.7 | 9.5 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7.1 | 7.9 |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| 22% | 19% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | 33% |
| 8.1 | 6.3 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.3 |
| 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
- Niort have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rodez have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligue 2
- Rodez have the fewest scored goals (11) at home in Ligue 2
| 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 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 69 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 43 | 63 |
| 2 | Paris | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 43 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 56 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 55 |
| 4 | Auxerre | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 47 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 54 |
| 5 | Sochaux | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 51 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | -2 | 41 |
| 7 | Caen | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 42 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 39 |
| 8 | Niort | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 39 |
| 9 | Pau | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -3 | 39 |
| 10 | Nîmes | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | -4 | 39 |
| 11 | Guingamp | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 39 |
| 12 | Dijon | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | -3 | 38 |
| 13 | Amiens SC | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 37 |
| 14 | Bastia | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 37 |
| 15 | Valenciennes | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -8 | 36 |
| 16 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -14 | 33 |
| 17 | Rodez | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 21 | -10 | 32 |
| 18 | Quevilly Rouen | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -16 | 31 |
| 19 | Dunkerque | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 30 |
| 20 | Nancy | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 32 | -27 | 23 |
