Ligue 2 WON 2–2
Fri, Aug 28 · 20:00 · Stade Paul-Lignon
Rodez Home
VS
PAU Away
Rodez vs PAU — Ligue 2
Tipster's pick Over 1.5 Goals
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.20 Odds via Bet365
Our estimate76%
This price needs83%
Expert analysis

Rodez Home Form Points to Open Game

Rodez continue to create chances and find the net regularly when playing in front of their own supporters. PAU have shown defensive lapses on the road that allow opponents to build leads. Past meetings between these sides have produced open exchanges with goals at both ends. Rodez recent results feature attacking sequences that stretch the opposition. PAU away games reveal an inability to close out matches without conceding. The pattern of sustained pressure from the hosts combined with visitor vulnerabilities points toward multiple goals in this fixture.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 72.7% win rate
Result
2–2 WON

Our pick “Over 1.5 Goals” at odds 1.20 won — final score 2–2.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. B. Leye assist J. Benet 2'
  3. R. Lipinski 3'
  4. I. Balde assist R. Lipinski 28'
  5. T. Debes 31'
  6. B. Leye assist A. Briancon 37'
  7. H. Benali 45+3'
  8. Second half
  9. S. Basse ↓ A. Abdallah 59'
  10. A. Lefebvre ↓ B. Leye 59'
  11. L. Gadegbeku ↓ L. Rajot 64'
  12. E. Jean-Lambert ↓ R. Ponti 64'
  13. S. Luyambula ↓ C. Issanchou 64'
  14. K. Nagera ↓ M. Touho 64'
  15. A. Mbaye ↓ H. Benali 68'
  16. G. Paquiez ↓ A. Briancon 68'
  17. L. Laurent 70'
  18. O. Joly ↓ D. Pavlovic 72'
  19. O. Joly assist M. Magnin 83'
  20. N. Nsingi ↓ L. Laurent 85'
  21. M. Magnin 89'
This season
Rodez PAU
Over 2.5 goals 67% 0%
Clean sheet 0% 33%
Failed to score 33% 67%
Scored per game 2.7 0.3
Conceded per game 1.7 0.7
Scored home / away 3.0 / 2.5 0.0 / 1.0

Across 3 and 3 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
2 MON Montpellier 3 2 1 0 7
3 ROD Rodez ▲ 3 2 0 1 6
4 ANN Annecy 3 2 0 1 6
5 REI Reims 3 1 2 0 5
6 MET Metz 3 1 2 0 5
7 RED RED Star FC 93 3 1 2 0 5
8 DUN Dunkerque 3 1 1 1 4
9 NAN Nancy 3 1 1 1 4
10 LAV Laval 3 1 1 1 4
11 SOC Sochaux 3 1 1 1 4
12 GUI Guingamp 3 1 0 2 3
13 PAU PAU ▲ 3 1 0 2 3
14 DIJ Dijon 3 0 2 1 2
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Rodez DLWLW
D @ Toulouse 1–1 Jul 25
L @ Montpellier 2–4 Aug 1
W vs Laval 3–1 Aug 8
L @ Annecy 0–2 Aug 14
W @ Nantes 5–2 Aug 22
PAU LLLWL
L @ Real Sociedad II 0–4 Jul 25
L vs Real Unión 1–2 Aug 1
L vs Annecy 0–1 Aug 8
W @ Dijon 1–0 Aug 14
L vs Nancy 0–1 Aug 21
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Rodez
Scored 2.2 avg
1 2 3 0 5
Conceded 2.0 avg
1 4 1 2 2
PAU
Scored 0.4 avg
0 1 0 1 0
Conceded 1.6 avg
4 2 1 0 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
4 Rodez
2 Draws
3 PAU
Jan 2026 PAU 3–3 Rodez Draw
Sep 2025 Rodez 1–2 PAU PAU
Feb 2025 PAU 0–5 Rodez Rodez
Dec 2024 Rodez 1–0 PAU Rodez
Aug 2024 Rodez 1–4 PAU PAU

Over 2.5 goals in 7 of the last 9 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Rodez 5-3-2
  • 16 Lucas Margueron G
  • 13 Corentin Issanchou Roubiou D
  • 24 Loni Laurent D
  • 4 Mathis Magnin D
  • 3 Raphaël Lipinski D
  • 20 Ryan Ponti D
  • 8 Damjan Pavlović M
  • 6 Jordan Mendes Correia M
  • 29 Antonin Cartillier M
  • 18 Ibrahima Baldé F
  • 11 Mathis Touho F
Bench Enzo Crombez, Luzolo Vangi Vungele, Evan’s Jean-Lambert, Steven Luyambula Biwa, Octave Joly, Samy Benchama, Nachon Nsingi, Kenny Nagera

Didier Santini

PAU 5-3-2
  • 1 Brice Maubleu G
  • 2 Tom Pouilly D
  • 4 Axel Dodote D
  • 88 Axel Bamba D
  • 23 Anthony Briançon D
  • 97 Akim Abdallah D
  • 6 Cheikh Fall M
  • 21 Jessy Benet M
  • 9 Babacar Leye M
  • 7 Hacene Benali F
  • 5 Lorenzo Rajot F
Bench Esteban Salles, Souleymane Basse, Mathys Tourraine, Gaëtan Paquiez, Luan Gadegbeku, Alexis Lefebvre, Abdoulaye Mbaye, Royce Openda, Tom Saettel

Thierry Debes