CFA Group A preview: Can Versailles edge out victory against Blois?

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Competition: France CFA Group A
Competition: Sat 28.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Montbauron (6208 seats)

CFA Group A: A pair of participants who have performed superbly so far. Get to know Versailles - Blois with this complete preview!

Insights:
  • Versailles have the fewest conceded goals (15) in CFA Group A
  • Blois have the most conceded goals (53) in CFA Group A

Versailles are already the CFA Group A winners and can relax with the season objective secured. If they do relax it might give the away team a slightly better chance in this one. For Blois most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

This looks to be an intriguing match with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!

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Versailles form and stats

Versailles are steadily winning CFA Group A games and points here at Stade de Montbauron. 7 wins, 7 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 14 games. Versailles are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Versailles lost their last game at St-Pryvé St-Hilaire (placed 6th) after a 0-1 scoreline.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Stade Plabennec in a game that was won 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Versailles handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

The Versailles fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 14 matches. Versailles have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 6 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Blois form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Blois, who have the most conceded goals (53) in CFA Group A, have produced an overall stat of 4-3-7 so far. A depressing four defeats in a row for Blois in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Lorient II.

The fans enjoyed Blois's previous fixture versus Vitré (placed 16th), a 5-4 win played at home. An amazing comeback from Blois last time out, trailing 1-3 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to Popineau scoring the winning goal in the 88th minute.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Rouen wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Blois are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

The visiting Blois have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Blois rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 26 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the history books show this recent game: Blois - Versailles 0-2.

Top Goalscorers

BloisJ. Popineau
J. Popineau
16 goals
BloisA. Diakhaby
A. Diakhaby
11 goals
VersaillesC. Ibayi
C. Ibayi
10 goals

Versailles missing players

Blois missing players

Versailles Blois
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 3 14 29
17 7 1 Won W 1 4 12
10 7 2 Drew D 0 3 7
2 0 0 Lost L 2 7 10
44 18 2 Scored S 2 19 51
15 6 1 Conceded C 4 26 53
90% 79% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
66% 50% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 71% 79%
38% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 64% 66%
10% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 48%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 31%
41% 36% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 71% 76%
52% 64% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 14% 14%
17% 21% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 14% 10%
 
4 4 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.9 4.4
4 3.4 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.9 3.7
1.5 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 1.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
9.9 11.2 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 7.2 9
5.1 5.8 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4 5.2
29% 20% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 31% 36%
 
8.7 7.8 5.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 11.2 10.3
3.1 3 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 5.5 5.2
Key stats in CFA Group A this season:
  • Blois have the most conceded goals (53) in CFA Group A
  • Blois have the most points from losing position (15) in CFA Group A
  • Blois have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in CFA Group A
  • Blois haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Versailles have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Versailles have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Versailles have the fewest conceded goals (15) in CFA Group A
  • Versailles have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in CFA Group A
  • Versailles have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in CFA Group A
  • Versailles have the most clean sheets (13) in CFA Group A
  • Versailles have the most clean sheets (9) at home in CFA Group A
  • Versailles have the most matches under the total-line (12) in CFA Group A
  • Versailles have the the best goal difference (+29) in CFA Group A

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Versailles 29 17 10 2 44 15 14 7 7 0 18 6 15 10 3 2 26 9 29 61
2 Lorient II 29 15 8 6 44 22 15 9 3 3 22 8 14 6 5 3 22 14 22 53
3 C' Chartres 29 15 5 9 52 44 15 8 3 4 29 21 14 7 2 5 23 23 8 50
4 Rouen 29 11 11 7 36 27 14 5 5 4 13 12 15 6 6 3 23 15 9 44
5 Blois 29 12 7 10 51 53 15 8 4 3 32 27 14 4 3 7 19 26 -2 43
6 St-Pryvé St-Hilaire 29 12 6 11 37 37 15 7 3 5 15 15 14 5 3 6 22 22 0 42
7 Vannes 29 10 9 10 41 41 14 4 5 5 22 24 15 6 4 5 19 17 0 39
8 Guingamp II 29 10 8 11 40 46 15 3 5 7 16 26 14 7 3 4 24 20 -6 38
9 Poissy 29 7 15 7 33 34 15 5 6 4 16 15 14 2 9 3 17 19 -1 36
10 Granville 29 7 14 8 33 31 14 3 7 4 18 19 15 4 7 4 15 12 2 35
11 Chateaubriant Voltigeurs 29 9 8 12 27 32 15 7 3 5 17 14 14 2 5 7 10 18 -5 35
12 Caen II 29 9 7 13 27 39 14 5 4 5 17 20 15 4 3 8 10 19 -12 34
13 Saint-Malo 29 9 6 14 32 38 14 7 2 5 18 18 15 2 4 9 14 20 -6 33
14 Romorantin 29 8 8 13 31 40 14 5 4 5 18 17 15 3 4 8 13 23 -9 32
15 Stade Plabennec 29 6 8 15 27 43 15 6 4 5 19 22 14 0 4 10 8 21 -16 26
16 Vitré 29 5 10 14 35 48 14 4 5 5 17 19 15 1 5 9 18 29 -13 25

Read more about CFA Group A

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