Épinal vs Lille II CFA Group A preview

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Competition: France CFA Group A
Competition: Sat 22.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)

With their 9 point advantage in the league table, Épinal fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Lille II.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

This pitch has grass, which is not Lille II's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Lille II have performed like this: Played 35 matches resulting in 10 wins, 11 draws and 14 defeats with the goal stats 37-49 (scored/conceded).

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Épinal form and stats

Overall CFA Group A stats at home this season for Épinal are 5-3-2 (wins-draw-losses).

Preceding that match was the home Coupe de France game against Saint-Etienne that was lost 1-2.

Épinal has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. From these home matches, Épinal have conceded only 6 goals.

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Lille II form and stats

Lille II have only collected 9 points from their away games in the CFA Group A, after 2-3-5 (10 played).

Lille II played 1-1 against St Maur Lusitanos in their previous match. A 0-2 defeat away at Sainte Geneviève before that.

Goals are few and far between in Lille II's away league games. Only 5 goals from 10 travels. Lille II have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Lille II - Épinal 0-0. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's four Épinal victories, three draws and two Lille II wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ÉpinalJ. Krasso
J. Krasso
4 goals
ÉpinalA. Berkane
A. Berkane
3 goals
ÉpinalP. Léonard
P. Léonard
2 goals

Épinal missing players

Lille II missing players

Épinal Lille II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 10 4 Played P 3 10 19
7 5 2 Won W 0 2 3
5 3 1 Drew D 2 3 8
6 2 1 Lost L 1 5 8
21 14 4 Scored S 3 5 12
14 6 1 Conceded C 4 10 20
83% 90% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 79%
61% 70% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 40% 53%
39% 30% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 20% 26%
11% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 10% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 30% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 20% 37%
50% 50% 75% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 32%
33% 30% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 60% 53%
 
3.5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 1.7 2.7
3.2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 4.4 4.3
2.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.4 1.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
28 0 0 Total Shots T S 10 17 60
10 0 0 Shots on Target S O 4 6 25
30% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 17% 20%
Key stats in CFA Group A this season:
  • Lille II has the fewest scored goals (12)
  • Lille II has the fewest scored goals (5) away
  • Lille II have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Lille II have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Épinal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Épinal have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lille II have scored away.
  • Épinal have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sedan 19 14 5 0 26 1 10 7 3 0 15 1 9 7 2 0 11 0 25 47
2 Bastia 19 15 2 2 33 13 10 9 0 1 20 6 9 6 2 1 13 7 20 47
3 Bobigny 19 13 4 2 34 11 9 4 3 2 15 8 10 9 1 0 19 3 23 43
4 Reims II 19 10 4 5 39 30 9 6 0 3 22 15 10 4 4 2 17 15 9 34
5 Sainte Geneviève 19 7 7 5 24 23 10 5 3 2 15 12 9 2 4 3 9 11 1 28
6 Épinal 18 7 5 6 21 14 10 5 3 2 14 6 8 2 2 4 7 8 7 26
7 Lens II 19 6 6 7 24 27 9 2 4 3 11 13 10 4 2 4 13 14 -3 24
8 St Maur Lusitanos 19 6 5 8 22 22 10 6 2 2 15 8 9 0 3 6 7 14 0 23
9 Belfort 19 5 4 10 22 29 10 3 3 4 15 15 9 2 1 6 7 14 -7 19
10 Haguenau 19 5 4 10 20 29 10 4 2 4 13 11 9 1 2 6 7 18 -9 19
11 Schiltigheim 18 5 3 10 25 35 8 3 0 5 12 12 10 2 3 5 13 23 -10 18
12 Lille II 19 3 8 8 12 20 9 1 5 3 7 10 10 2 3 5 5 10 -8 17
13 Olympique St Quentin 19 4 5 10 17 26 9 2 4 3 10 12 10 2 1 7 7 14 -9 17
14 Drancy JA 19 3 8 8 15 25 10 1 4 5 3 7 9 2 4 3 12 18 -10 17
15 Mulhouse 19 2 10 7 15 26 9 0 5 4 3 10 10 2 5 3 12 16 -11 16
16 Croix Football IC 19 4 4 11 16 34 9 2 1 6 9 20 10 2 3 5 7 14 -18 16

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