A key match in National as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Red Star in 4th position and Pau placed 2nd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
It's quite the trip for Pau when visiting Red Star as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Red Star form and stats
Red Star have played 10 National games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to Stade de Paris after being equal after 90 minutes with Dunkerque (placed 1st) on their last time out; the National game ended 1-1. Before that, Red Star drew at home versus Bourg-en-Bresse.
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 Red Star have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won four Drawn four Lost three.
Red Star has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Red Star are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade de Paris in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.
Pau form and stats
4 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Pau, who have the most clean sheets (11) in National, playing as the away team in the National this season. Two points from the last two away games for Pau, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
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 Alexis Guendouz is eager to challenge this, with his 206 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Pau are travelling after their nice 7-0 home win in the National against Béziers (placed 13th). The game before that, in the Coupe de France, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against PSG.
As mentioned above, Pau was the only team on the pitch versus Béziers in their previous game, winning 7-0. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention C. Sabaly's lethal finishing against Béziers. three goals was a big reason for the important victory.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Pau playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were seven Pau wins, five draws and five defeats.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Pau as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Pau - Red Star 3-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: one win for Red Star, two draws and two wins for Pau. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Chahiri 10 goals |  M. Gueye 10 goals | C. Sabaly 9 goals |
Red Star missing players
Pau missing players
| Red Star | Pau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 35 |
| 18 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 56% | 80% |
| 70% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 22% | 60% |
| 40% | 30% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 22% | 45% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 11% | 30% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 25% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 22% | 45% |
| 45% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 78% | 55% |
| 15% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 44% | 20% |
| 3.4 | 4 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 2.6 | 4.3 |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 2.2 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 166 | 78 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 67 | 175 |
| 67 | 33 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 30 | 75 |
| 36% | 27% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 20% | 47% |
- Pau has the fewest conceded goals (5) away
- Pau has the most clean sheets (11)
- Pau has the most clean sheets (7) away
- Pau has the most scored goals in the second half (21)
- Pau has the the best goal difference (+18)
- Pau have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- 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 | Dunkerque | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 40 |
| 2 | Pau | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 38 |
| 3 | Villefranche | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 38 |
| 4 | Red Star | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 37 |
| 5 | Lyon Duchere | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 34 |
| 6 | Boulogne | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Avranches | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 33 |
| 8 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
| 9 | Laval | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 29 |
| 10 | Creteil | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 11 | Cholet | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -8 | 23 |
| 12 | Bastia-Borgo | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Béziers | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | -16 | 19 |
| 14 | Concarneau | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | Quevilly Rouen | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 18 |
| 16 | Le Puy F.43 Auvergne | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -13 | 14 |
| 17 | Gazelec Ajaccio | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -17 | 12 |
| 18 | Toulon | 20 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -12 | 10 |