Annecy 1-2 Rodez result, stats and report

Matthéo Xantippe's eleventh-minute finish gave Grenoble Foot 38 a deserved 1-0 victory at Rodez, with the away side dominating every meaningful statistic on a night when the home team simply did not compete.

Rodez led twice at home but Pau refused to lie down, with substitute Octave Joly's late strike securing a 2-2 draw that will frustrate the hosts given their dominance with the ball.

Pape Moussa Fall scored three times as Metz dismantled Rodez 4-1 at home in Ligue 2, delivering the kind of dominant, competitive performance their previous four matches had failed to produce.

Grenoble Foot 38 led through Thibault Rambaud's second-half goal but Annecy hit back through Samba Diba to share the spoils in a competitive Ligue 2 Friday night fixture. A fair result on the stats, though Grenoble will feel they let two points slip at home.

Saint-Étienne arrive at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard on the back of five straight Ligue 2 wins. Rodez have beaten them before and they know it.

Rodez carry one of the most productive home records in the early Ligue 2 season into Friday's fixture, but Nancy have yet to lose on their travels this term and arrive in no mood to be written off.

Annecy arrive at this fixture in solid home form and sitting fourth in the early Ligue 2 standings, while Dijon carry a negative momentum slope and just two points from their opening three games. Friday's match has the shape of a contest where structure and preparation could prove decisive.

Guingamp host an Annecy side that has won three of their last four away fixtures, making this a genuine examination of what the home side can build at the Roudourou. The patterns in the data tell a clear story, and it is not a comfortable one for Guingamp.