Struggling Gazélec Ajaccio will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Pau in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
It's quite the trip for Pau when visiting Gazélec Ajaccio as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Gazélec Ajaccio form and stats
Gazélec Ajaccio's struggle is real here at Stade Ange Casanova with only 12 points collected from 12 National games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-6-4. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Gazélec Ajaccio to get some points in this home game.
No payout for Gazélec Ajaccio in their previous match, an away game at Boulogne that ended in defeat 1-4. Ahead of that match, Gazélec Ajaccio lost 0-2 at home to Dunkerque.
Gazélec Ajaccio aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Ange Casanova in the league, with only 7 goals from 12 games. Gazélec Ajaccio have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Pau form and stats
5-5-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Pau, who have the most scored goals (42) in National, in their National matches away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Dunkerque game have they lost an away game, meaning Pau has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Pau goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 335 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Pau had fun at their own home (Stade Ange Casanova) last time out, beating Dunkerque 2-0. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Bourg-en-Bresse that ended 0-0.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Pau as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Pau - Gazélec Ajaccio 4-0 entered in the official records. Last five meetings between the teams: Gazélec Ajaccio won one, Pau won three and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Gueye 13 goals |  C. Sabaly 10 goals |   D. Pollet 6 goals |
Gazélec Ajaccio missing players
Pau missing players
| Gazélec Ajaccio | Pau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 42 |
| 34 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| 83% | 67% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 55% | 79% |
| 67% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 27% | 62% |
| 25% | 8% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 27% | 46% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 25% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 21% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 27% | 42% |
| 29% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 73% | 58% |
| 58% | 58% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | 21% |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 2.9 | 4.6 |
| 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 161 | 81 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 85 | 221 |
| 64 | 35 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 37 | 97 |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 22% | 43% |
- Gazélec Ajaccio has the fewest scored goals (13)
- Gazélec Ajaccio has the fewest scored goals (7) at home
- Gazélec Ajaccio has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6)
- Gazélec Ajaccio has the fewest scored goals in the second half (7)
- Gazélec Ajaccio has the the worst goal difference (-21)
- Gazélec Ajaccio have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Gazélec Ajaccio have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Pau has the fewest conceded goals (6) away
- Pau has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
- Pau has the most clean sheets (14)
- Pau has the most clean sheets (8) away
- Pau has the most scored goals (42)
- Pau has the most scored goals in the second half (25)
- Pau has the the best goal difference (+24)
- Pau have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Pau have scored more than double the goals of Gazélec Ajaccio.
- Pau have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Pau | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 42 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 48 |
| 2 | Dunkerque | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 46 |
| 3 | Boulogne | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 43 |
| 4 | Red Star | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 42 |
| 5 | Avranches | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 42 |
| 6 | Villefranche | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 40 |
| 7 | Lyon Duchère | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 40 |
| 8 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 39 |
| 9 | Laval | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 35 |
| 10 | Créteil | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 32 |
| 11 | Cholet | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | -5 | 28 |
| 12 | Concarneau | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 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 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -14 | 20 |
| 16 | Béziers | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -19 | 20 |
| 17 | Gazélec Ajaccio | 24 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 25 | -21 | 16 |
| 18 | Toulon | 24 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -16 | 13 |