Ligue 2: Toulouse expected to win home against Pau

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Wed 12.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium de Toulouse

Only a win will satisfy the Toulouse supporters in this Stadium de Toulouse clash with Pau, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Ligue 2 table.

Insights:
  • Toulouse have the most scored goals (66) in Ligue 2
  • Toulouse have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Pau have scored away.

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.

Pau are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Toulouse form and stats

42 points is a decent return from 18 Ligue 2 games here at Stadium de Toulouse for Toulouse. The data says 13 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. The Toulouse fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadium de Toulouse and will expect new points from this game. Toulouse has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Maxime Dupe not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.

Maxime Dupé loved the game against Caen. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-0 victory.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Toulouse as they are travelling to their away game against Dunkerque in the Ligue 2. That match is three days after this one.

The Toulouse manager P. Garande has got the team scoring with 42 from 18 home games in the league. From these home matches, Toulouse have conceded only 16 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Pau form and stats

Pau have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 2-5-11 (18 played).

The attacking players of Pau have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 192 minutes.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Ajaccio.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Valenciennes in just three days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Pau as they have only managed to score 14 times from 18 away games in the league. Pau have conceded 28 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Pau - Toulouse 0-3 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Toulouse won one game, one match ended with a draw and Pau has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zero

Top Goalscorers

ToulouseR. Healey
R. Healey
11 goals
ToulouseS. Spierings
S. Spierings
9 goals
ToulouseA. Adli
A. Adli
8 goals

Toulouse missing players

Pau missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Toulouse Pau
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 5 18 36
20 13 5 Won W 0 2 10
8 3 0 Drew D 1 5 10
8 2 1 Lost L 4 11 16
66 42 13 Scored S 2 14 36
37 16 2 Conceded C 9 28 44
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 92%
67% 72% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 67% 67%
53% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 39%
33% 39% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 17%
14% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 8%
44% 39% 17% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 42%
44% 56% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 25%
17% 17% 17% Failed to Score F T 60% 50% 42%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2.3
6 2 0 Red cards R C 3 5 5
 
11.1 11.6 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.4 7.4 7.7
4.8 4.7 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.6 2.8
38% 49% 52% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 30% 36%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Pau have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Toulouse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Toulouse have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Toulouse have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Pau have scored away.
  • Toulouse have the most scored goals (42) at home in Ligue 2
  • Toulouse have the most scored goals (66) in Ligue 2
  • Toulouse have the most scored goals in the second half (44) 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 Troyes 37 23 8 6 58 33 19 15 3 1 32 15 18 8 5 5 26 18 25 77
2 Clermont 37 21 9 7 60 23 19 13 5 1 37 9 18 8 4 6 23 14 37 72
3 Toulouse 36 20 8 8 66 37 18 13 3 2 42 16 18 7 5 6 24 21 29 68
4 Grenoble Foot 38 37 17 11 9 50 35 18 11 6 1 34 14 19 6 5 8 16 21 15 62
5 Paris 37 16 13 8 50 37 18 10 5 3 28 18 19 6 8 5 22 19 13 61
6 Auxerre 37 15 14 8 61 41 19 10 6 3 38 18 18 5 8 5 23 23 20 59
7 Sochaux 37 12 15 10 43 34 18 6 7 5 22 19 19 6 8 5 21 15 9 51
8 Valenciennes 37 12 11 14 47 55 19 7 6 6 24 23 18 5 5 8 23 32 -8 47
9 Nancy 37 11 13 13 51 51 18 6 7 5 26 26 19 5 6 8 25 25 0 46
10 Amiens SC 37 11 13 13 32 38 19 7 8 4 15 12 18 4 5 9 17 26 -6 46
11 Ajaccio 37 11 12 14 34 43 19 8 6 5 21 17 18 3 6 9 13 26 -9 45
12 Guingamp 37 9 17 11 39 43 19 4 10 5 19 23 18 5 7 6 20 20 -4 44
13 Le Havre 37 10 14 13 35 46 18 3 8 7 13 21 19 7 6 6 22 25 -11 44
14 Rodez 37 8 19 10 38 43 19 6 9 4 23 20 18 2 10 6 15 23 -5 43
15 Niort 37 9 14 14 34 56 18 6 6 6 17 23 19 3 8 8 17 33 -22 41
16 Pau 36 10 10 16 36 44 18 8 5 5 22 16 18 2 5 11 14 28 -8 40
17 Dunkerque 37 10 10 17 31 44 18 6 7 5 19 15 19 4 3 12 12 29 -13 40
18 Caen 37 8 14 15 32 48 18 5 9 4 15 18 19 3 5 11 17 30 -16 38
19 Chambly 37 9 11 17 41 61 19 7 3 9 21 27 18 2 8 8 20 34 -20 38
20 Chateauroux 37 4 10 23 32 58 18 3 4 11 21 31 19 1 6 12 11 27 -26 22

Toulouse:
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 Troyes 37 23 8 6 58 33 19 15 3 1 32 15 18 8 5 5 26 18 25 77
2 Clermont 37 21 9 7 60 23 19 13 5 1 37 9 18 8 4 6 23 14 37 72
3 Toulouse 36 20 8 8 66 37 18 13 3 2 42 16 18 7 5 6 24 21 29 68
4 Grenoble Foot 38 37 17 11 9 50 35 18 11 6 1 34 14 19 6 5 8 16 21 15 62
5 Paris 37 16 13 8 50 37 18 10 5 3 28 18 19 6 8 5 22 19 13 61
6 Auxerre 37 15 14 8 61 41 19 10 6 3 38 18 18 5 8 5 23 23 20 59
7 Sochaux 37 12 15 10 43 34 18 6 7 5 22 19 19 6 8 5 21 15 9 51
8 Valenciennes 37 12 11 14 47 55 19 7 6 6 24 23 18 5 5 8 23 32 -8 47
9 Nancy 37 11 13 13 51 51 18 6 7 5 26 26 19 5 6 8 25 25 0 46
10 Amiens SC 37 11 13 13 32 38 19 7 8 4 15 12 18 4 5 9 17 26 -6 46
11 Ajaccio 37 11 12 14 34 43 19 8 6 5 21 17 18 3 6 9 13 26 -9 45
12 Guingamp 37 9 17 11 39 43 19 4 10 5 19 23 18 5 7 6 20 20 -4 44
13 Le Havre 37 10 14 13 35 46 18 3 8 7 13 21 19 7 6 6 22 25 -11 44
14 Rodez 37 8 19 10 38 43 19 6 9 4 23 20 18 2 10 6 15 23 -5 43
15 Niort 37 9 14 14 34 56 18 6 6 6 17 23 19 3 8 8 17 33 -22 41
16 Pau 36 10 10 16 36 44 18 8 5 5 22 16 18 2 5 11 14 28 -8 40
17 Dunkerque 37 10 10 17 31 44 18 6 7 5 19 15 19 4 3 12 12 29 -13 40
18 Caen 37 8 14 15 32 48 18 5 9 4 15 18 19 3 5 11 17 30 -16 38
19 Chambly 37 9 11 17 41 61 19 7 3 9 21 27 18 2 8 8 20 34 -20 38
20 Chateauroux 37 4 10 23 32 58 18 3 4 11 21 31 19 1 6 12 11 27 -26 22

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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.