National: Pau expected to win home against Toulon

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 14.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 (13970 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Pau fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Toulon's 18th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Pau and Toulon should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Pau form and stats

Pau, who have the most scored goals (37) in National, are steadily winning National games and points here at Stade Du Hameau Idron 1. 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games.

A strong away win for Pau against Red Star the last match. Ahead of that match, Pau won a home game hosting Béziers (7-0).

Pau are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 in their league games, having scored an impressive 29 goals in 11 matches. On the other hand, Pau have conceded 12 goals.

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Toulon form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Toulon so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-6 (win-draw-lose). Toulon are desperate to end a 21-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Chasselay MDA fixture. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

The manager F. Pujo was unhappy after their last game, a National match played at their home ground Stade de Bon-Rencontre. Toulon suffered a 0-1 loss to Dunkerque (placed 1st). Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Bourg-en-Bresse's place.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 14 goals have been conceded by Toulon in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Toulon - Pau 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Pau three wins, two draws and Toulon two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Pau
M. Gueye
11 goals
Pau
C. Sabaly
10 goals
PauY. Jarju
Y. Jarju
4 goals

Pau missing players

Toulon missing players

Pau Toulon
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 3 10 21
11 6 2 Won W 0 0 0
8 4 0 Drew D 1 4 10
2 1 1 Lost L 2 6 11
37 29 13 Scored S 3 6 13
18 12 3 Conceded C 5 14 26
81% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 81%
62% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 62%
48% 64% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 40% 33%
29% 45% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
24% 36% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
48% 64% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 52%
52% 36% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 19%
19% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 48%
 
4.3 5.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 2.9 3.6
3.5 2.8 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 6.2 5.2
2.2 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2 2.2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
185 108 44 Total Shots T S 18 57 133
80 45 20 Shots on Target S O 8 28 54
46% 64% 65% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 18% 20%
Key stats in National this season:
  • Pau has the most clean sheets (11)
  • Pau has the most scored goals (29) at home
  • Pau has the most scored goals (37)
  • Pau has the most scored goals in the second half (23)
  • Pau has the the best goal difference (+17) at home
  • Pau has the the best goal difference (+19)
  • Pau have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pau have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Pau have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Pau have scored more than double the goals of Toulon.
  • Pau have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Pau haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Toulon has the fewest points (4) away
  • Toulon have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Toulon have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Toulon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Toulon have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Toulon have yet to win a game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dunkerque 21 13 4 4 36 19 11 6 3 2 21 12 10 7 1 2 15 7 17 43
2 Pau 21 11 8 2 37 18 11 6 4 1 29 12 10 5 4 1 8 6 19 41
3 Villefranche 21 10 9 2 32 18 11 7 3 1 20 9 10 3 6 1 12 9 14 39
4 Lyon Duchere 21 10 7 4 35 24 10 5 4 1 19 10 11 5 3 3 16 14 11 37
5 Boulogne 21 11 4 6 24 15 10 6 2 2 13 7 11 5 2 4 11 8 9 37
6 Red Star 21 11 4 6 28 20 11 5 3 3 13 9 10 6 1 3 15 11 8 37
7 Avranches 20 10 3 7 22 21 10 7 1 2 15 7 10 3 2 5 7 14 1 33
8 Bourg-en-Bresse 21 8 8 5 29 26 11 5 5 1 18 11 10 3 3 4 11 15 3 32
9 Laval 21 7 8 6 22 20 11 4 3 4 10 9 10 3 5 2 12 11 2 29
10 Créteil 21 7 7 7 28 22 11 5 3 3 16 10 10 2 4 4 12 12 6 28
11 Cholet 21 6 6 9 26 34 10 5 3 2 14 11 11 1 3 7 12 23 -8 24
12 Quevilly Rouen 21 5 6 10 21 29 10 4 2 4 12 12 11 1 4 6 9 17 -8 21
13 Bastia-Borgo 20 4 8 8 21 31 9 4 1 4 14 16 11 0 7 4 7 15 -10 20
14 Béziers 21 4 8 9 22 38 10 3 3 4 11 14 11 1 5 5 11 24 -16 20
15 Concarneau 20 4 7 9 13 21 10 2 4 4 7 9 10 2 3 5 6 12 -8 19
16 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 21 4 5 12 23 33 10 1 4 5 9 12 11 3 1 7 14 21 -10 17
17 Gazélec Ajaccio 20 2 8 10 10 27 10 1 6 3 5 7 10 1 2 7 5 20 -17 13
18 Toulon 21 0 10 11 13 26 11 0 6 5 7 12 10 0 4 6 6 14 -13 10

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The Championnat de France National, often referred to as just National or Division 3, is the third highest division in French football. It has 18 teams, each playing 34 fixtures to decide the champion. The top three teams in the league table in May are promoted, the four lowest placed sides are relegated.