Match preview National: Rodez - Tours at Stade Paul Lignon

Competition: France National
Date: Thu 21.March
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Paul Lignon

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and 14th place in the table will show on the pitch.

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!

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Rodez form and stats

Rodez has performed well at Stade Paul Lignon so far this season with 9 wins from 12 matches. Points have also been lost, 1 after draws and 2 from defeats. Ever since the Quevilly Rouen game Rodez has been unbeatable here at Stade Paul Lignon producing six straight wins.

Rodez drew their last game, 1-1 away at Villefranche (placed 11th). Before that, Rodez had a home game versus Pau which ended with a victory 2-0.

Rodez has scored 17 goals at home this season, in 26 matches. Rodez have only conceded 7 in these games.

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Tours form and stats

Playing away, Tours have won 3 games, drawn 6 and suffered 4 defeats so far this season. They have scored 5 goals and conceded 8 times.

The supporters enjoyed Tours's previous game versus Concarneau, a National 1-0 win played at home. A loss against Villefranche was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Tours are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels and have only managed 5 goals from 26 away games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

Tours - Rodez 0-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Rodez, 0 draws and 1 win for Tours.

Top Goalscorers

F. David
8 goals
U. Bonnet
7 goals
D. Caddy
5 goals

Rodez missing players

Tours missing players

Rodez Tours
Total Home Statistic Away Total
26 12 Played 13 26
92% 100% Over 0.5 77% 65%
58% 50% Over 1.5 38% 35%
38% 33% Over 2.5 15% 15%
12% 8% Over 3.5 8% 4%
4% 8% Over 4.5 0% 0%
46% 42% Both teams to score 23% 15%
46% 42% Clean Sheet 46% 58%
15% 17% Failed To Score 54% 62%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Rodez 26 16 6 4 36 17 12 9 1 2 17 7 14 7 5 2 19 10 19 54
2 Chambly 26 15 7 4 36 19 14 10 4 0 26 7 12 5 3 4 10 12 17 52
3 Le Mans 26 11 10 5 28 20 13 6 4 3 15 10 13 5 6 2 13 10 8 43
4 Laval 26 13 4 9 36 31 13 10 2 1 26 13 13 3 2 8 10 18 5 43
5 Cholet 26 11 8 7 35 28 13 5 5 3 18 14 13 6 3 4 17 14 7 41
6 Lyon Duchère 25 10 8 7 32 28 12 5 5 2 14 8 13 5 3 5 18 20 4 38
7 Boulogne 26 9 10 7 25 21 12 5 4 3 13 8 14 4 6 4 12 13 4 37
8 Avranches 25 9 7 9 25 27 12 5 5 2 14 11 13 4 2 7 11 16 -2 34
9 Quevilly Rouen 26 8 10 8 24 25 12 4 5 3 13 9 14 4 5 5 11 16 -1 34
10 Concarneau 26 8 8 10 23 32 13 5 5 3 14 12 13 3 3 7 9 20 -9 32
11 Villefranche 26 6 14 6 23 24 13 3 5 5 12 15 13 3 9 1 11 9 -1 32
12 Bourg-en-Bresse 25 8 7 10 27 28 13 6 3 4 16 12 12 2 4 6 11 16 -1 31
13 Pau 26 9 4 13 27 27 13 6 3 4 17 10 13 3 1 9 10 17 0 31
14 Tours 26 6 11 9 13 18 13 3 5 5 8 10 13 3 6 4 5 8 -5 29
15 Marignane Gignac 26 6 8 12 24 33 14 5 4 5 15 12 12 1 4 7 9 21 -9 26
16 Dunkerque 26 6 7 13 27 37 13 3 3 7 15 17 13 3 4 6 12 20 -10 25
17 Entente SSG 26 3 12 11 17 28 14 1 7 6 9 17 12 2 5 5 8 11 -11 21
18 Drancy JA 25 4 7 14 16 31 13 4 4 5 11 9 12 0 3 9 5 22 -15 19

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