Match preview Ligue 2: Valenciennes - Pau at Stade du Hainaut

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 22.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Hainaut (24926 seats)

This match has been long awaited by fans of both sides, as it's the first Ligue 2 game of the season. Both Valenciennes and Pau are looking for a positive start to their campaigns.

Pau have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Valenciennes form and stats

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Valenciennes, who have participated in one training match. Valenciennes have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.

Last season, Valenciennes's league statistics were 11 wins, 9 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Ligue 2. Over these 28 matches they scored 24 goals and conceded 20. Playing at home last season Valenciennes managed 7-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 7 conceded.

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Pau form and stats

Just as the home team, Pau have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Pau wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

A job perfectly done for Pau last season as they secured promotion from National. With a grand total of 13 wins, 9 draws and 3 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 5 were in away matches.

Head 2 Head

Valenciennes missing players

Pau missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Valenciennes Pau
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% 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
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Valenciennes Last season Pau
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   12 25
11 7   Won W   5 13
9 5   Drew D   5 9
8 2   Lost L   2 3
24 14   Scored S   9 43
20 7   Conceded C   8 20
82% 79%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   58% 80%
43% 43%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   33% 64%
18% 14%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 48%
11% 7%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   8% 24%
4% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 20%
29% 21%   BTTS BTTS   33% 44%
46% 64%   Clean Sheets C S   67% 56%
43% 36%   Failed to Score F T   42% 20%
 
4.5 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   2.8 4.5
5.2 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 3.6
2.3 2.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.2
5 5   Red cards R C   3 4
 
258 159   Total Shots T S   97 233
86 51   Shots on Target S O   42 102
28% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 42%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajaccio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Amiens SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Auxerre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Caen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Chambly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Châteauroux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Clermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Dunkerque 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Grenoble Foot 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Guingamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Le Havre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nancy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Niort 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Paris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Pau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Rodez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sochaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Toulouse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Troyes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Valenciennes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Ajaccio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Amiens SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Auxerre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Caen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Chambly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Châteauroux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Clermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Dunkerque 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Grenoble Foot 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Guingamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Le Havre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nancy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Niort 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Paris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Pau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Rodez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sochaux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Toulouse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Troyes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Valenciennes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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