📏 Form Guide

Valenciennes FC

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Valenciennes FC will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 2-1 Ligue 2 defeat in their last game at the hands of Annecy FC.

In that game, Valenciennes FC managed 54% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. The only player to score for Valenciennes FC was Flamarion (23'). Annecy got 16 shots at goal with 12 of them on target. Nordine Kandil (48') and Martin Adeline (49') scored for Annecy FC.

Valenciennes FC have really been misfiring in more recent games. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 1 against opposition teams over the course of their last 6 matches. In those meetings, Valenciennes FC have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 10.

Pau FC

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Previously, Pau FC drew 1-1 in the Ligue 2 tie with AC Ajaccio.

In that game, Pau FC managed 59% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Pau FC was Ange Ahoussou (23'). For their opponents, Ajaccio got 3 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Thomas Mangani (6') was the scorer for AC Ajaccio.

During their 6 most recent matches, Nicolas Usaï's Pau FC have turned their attacks into goals a total of 9 times - giving them the goals per game average of 1.5.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 15/05/2021 shows us that Valenciennes FC have won 1 of them & Pau FC 3, with the number of drawn results being 2.

17 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 7 from Les Athéniens and 10 for Pau FC. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

The previous league game between these clubs was Ligue 2 match day 17 on 05/12/2023 when the final score was Pau FC 3-1 Valenciennes FC.

On that day, Pau FC managed 63% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. The scorers were Moussa Sylla (45', 90') and Mons Bassouamina (72').

Valenciennes FC got 14 shots on goal with 7 on target. Nick Venema (48') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Abdelatif Kherradji.

📰 Team News: Valenciennes FC

Jordan Poha (unknown injury), David Kruse (unknown injury) and Allan Linguet (Foot injury) won’t be playing for Valenciennes FC gaffer Ahmed Kantari.

📰 Team News: Pau FC

Out of a mainly healthy group of players, there is just the lone fitness issue for the Pau FC manager Nicolas Usaï to be concerned about. Jean Lambert Evan's (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be in action.

⚡ Prediction

We feel that Valenciennes FC will need to push hard to register a score against this Pau FC outfit who we think should score at least once to put them ahead.

Therefore, we predict a highly competitive game with a 0-1 advantage for Pau FC at the conclusion of the game.

Expecting it to be tight.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 16:06 13/04/2024