Pau vs Laval betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Ligue 2 match on January 31st, 2025

A Ligue 2 match between Pau and Laval will hold on January 31st, 2025, Friday at 19:00h (UTC), in France, check the Pau vs Laval betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Pau vs Laval will occur

The game takes place in the small Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 stadium, in the city of Bizanos, with a capacity for 13970 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can find all the follow-up to the match live on Betarena, bringing odds, events, statistics, and more to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Pau vs Laval betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Ligue 2 has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.47 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.46 goals per game of the last championship.

Pau last match

Pau in its last official match drew (1-1) against Bastia, in a match valid for Ligue 2. Coach N. Usaï's lined up a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The draw (odd 3.50) turned out to be a good result, taking into account that the favoritism was on the other team's side.

Pau has shown a performance not up to what they use to, but one of the few players who has stood out is certainly Khalid Boutaïb. Good physical presence and good ball control shown on several occasions, he was one of the team's best in the last match.

Laval last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Ligue 2, Laval, who used a 5-4-1 formation, faced the Troyes team with a final score of 1-0.

A very even game was expected, with odds for the home win at 2.70.

Pau vs Laval h2h

When these teams last met at Ligue 2, Laval was 12th place while Pau was in 5th place. Laval deployed in a 3-4-3 formation while Pau set up a 5-3-2 alignment.

These two clubs faced each other for the last time in a match of the 2024/2025 Ligue 2 season. The match, played on 27-09-2024, recorded the 3-1 win for Laval.

Pau

Ligue 2 leaderboard now

Considering the home team Pau, standing in 8th place with 28 points in the Ligue 2 competition in France. Their performance statistics have been such as 7 wins, 6 losses and, 7 draws.

Which means that Grenoble Foot 38 team, at position 9, is in close pursuit with an advantage of 1 point, in the 21st round.

Pau occupies the middle of the league table in the France Ligue 2 and thus is in a quiet position in the standings. However, the team will try to get a win by using the home factor to its advantage.

Pau analysis

Currently, in the Ligue 2, Pau sums 23 goals for and a total of 22 goals against, after 20 rounds played.

Pau has been hard to beat lately, drawing their last 3 matches and winning the other 2. They have shown great resilience and character in these matches, and it seems that they are a tough nut to crack for any team in the league.

Pau average number of shots on goal is 4.45 per match, and this is another important indicator that tells us that the team certainly does not have an irresistible attack, and therefore scores little.

With an average ball possession of 48.15% per game in the current league, Pau cannot call itself a team that holds the game in its hands, rather it prefers the counterattacking strategy. But if they want to try to win the game against Laval they must try to impose their game to create difficulties for their opponents.

Having won twice away from home compared to matches played at home which gave them a record of 5 wins, 1 loss, and 3 draws prove the team is stronger when paying in their own yard.

Best goalscorer from Pau

There are always individualities that stand out in a squad and in the team's attack, Khalid Boutaïb has held that position so far in the competition. Serving Pau with 5 goals this season, the Attacker has been a key player in winning triumphs.

Laval

Ligue 2 leaderboard now

Laval arrives in this game with 33 points, and in 6th place in the Ligue 2, having won 9 games in total and lost 5 times, making a total of 6 draws.

Which means that in the 21st round, the team is ahead with the same number of points over Annecy team who is in the 7th place.

Laval analysis

Currently, in the Ligue 2, Laval sums 30 goals for and a total of 19 goals against, after 20 rounds played.

Laval is a more offensive team than Pau, having 1931 attacks vs. 1910 from Pau, having scored 30 times, in comparison, Pau converted into goal 23 times.

Best goalscorer from Laval

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Malik Tchokounte. Laval owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 7 goals in this season.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Pau is Khalid Boutaïb, who has already scored 5 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Laval is Malik Tchokounte, he has scored in 7 opportunities.

A good time to bet for those watching the live game is in the 75-90 minute period where most goals happen.

Taking into consideration that Laval scores an average of 1.5 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.75.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 5.18 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.1 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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