A demanding season for Rodez so far, and that also applies to Niort. These struggling sides would trade their mothers for some vital points here.
- Rodez have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Ligue 2
- Niort have the fewest clean sheets (2) 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.
Rodez form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Ligue 2 this season. Rodez have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stade Paul Lignon. When Rodez hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Annecy, Rodez, Saint-Etienne, Nîmes, Laval and Dijon), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
The Rodez manager Santini and his players return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Monaco in the Coupe de France.
Ahead of that match, Rodez won a home game hosting Dijon (2-1).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 Rodez have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 6 and lost 2.
Rodez are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 2 match at Laval awaits in three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Rodez here at Stade Paul Lignon in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). Rodez have conceded 14 from these games.
Niort form and stats
Niort have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 1-2-5 (8 played).
Two travels in a row for Niort, whose manager de Almeida could celebrate last time after the Coupe de France win against Granville. Olaitan got a match rating of 9.21 in that game, top player of the team. Olaitan scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 37 successful passes (of 40 total).
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Pau in the Ligue 2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Niort in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Niort, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Niort as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. Niort struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games. When Niort is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Niort, Annecy, Saint-Etienne, Nîmes, Laval and Dijon.
Head 2 Head
Rodez have won or drawn the last 4 matches (1-3-0) facing Niort.Top Goalscorers
  B. Boutobba 7 goals |   C. Dépres 5 goals |  B. Danger 2 goals |
Rodez missing players
Niort missing players
| Rodez | Niort | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 15 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 21 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 65% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 65% |
| 35% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 59% |
| 18% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 41% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 38% | 47% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 47% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 62% | 53% |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.3 | 7.8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7.9 | 8.3 |
| 2.7 | 3.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 33% | 28% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 23% | 25% |
| 9.4 | 7.5 | 2.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.2 | 9.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
- Niort have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Niort have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Niort have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Ligue 2
- Niort have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligue 2
- Niort have the the worst goal difference (-13) in Ligue 2
- Rodez have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Rodez have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rodez have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Ligue 2
- Rodez have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Ligue 2
- Rodez have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Ligue 2
- Rodez haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Le Havre | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 36 |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 3 | Sochaux | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 |
| 4 | Amiens SC | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 27 |
| 5 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | Metz | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Caen | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Quevilly Rouen | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| 9 | Valenciennes | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Paris | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | -1 | 24 |
| 11 | Bastia | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Guingamp | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Pau | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 14 | Annecy | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 20 |
| 15 | Laval | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 20 |
| 16 | Dijon | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 17 | Rodez | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -6 | 18 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Niort | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -13 | 16 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 12 |
