Football match betting preview: Belfort vs Épinal

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Competition: France CFA Group B
Competition: Fri 29.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Roger-Serzian (5500 seats)

Belfort - Épinal in CFA Group B: Statistics, line-ups, fixtures, the latest developments and headlines. Get our thorough guide!

Insights:
  • Belfort have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in CFA Group B
  • Épinal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Belfort form and stats

Belfort's struggle is real here at Stade Roger-Serzian with only 12 points collected from 13 CFA Group B games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-3-7. With eight home CFA Group B games in a row without a win, the Belfort fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Metz II game long ago, can be stopped today.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Épinal last time out and are looking for a victory here.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Entente SSG with a 4-1 scoreline.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Belfort have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost one.

Belfort have scored 12 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Belfort have conceded 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Épinal form and stats

The visitors are W6-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the CFA Group B. It's three draws from Épinal's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Épinal are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Belfort (placed 12th).

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Beauvais.

The travelling fans enjoy Épinal's attacking play in away games, having scored 22 goals in 14 league matches away. As for defending, Épinal rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the squads played each other previously this season; Belfort - Épinal 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Belfort wins - draws - Épinal wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BelfortJ. Chapit
J. Chapit
8 goals
ÉpinalA. Coulibaly
A. Coulibaly
8 goals
ÉpinalO. Abdeldjelil
O. Abdeldjelil
7 goals

Belfort missing players

Épinal missing players

Belfort Épinal
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 5 14 27
8 3 1 Won W 2 6 11
6 3 0 Drew D 1 3 8
13 7 2 Lost L 2 5 8
27 12 3 Scored S 5 22 44
37 17 5 Conceded C 5 21 29
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
67% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 71% 67%
44% 38% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 57% 44%
22% 15% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 43% 33%
11% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 21% 15%
44% 46% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 64% 52%
19% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 29% 37%
44% 46% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 7% 22%
 
3.5 2.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.1 4.3
3.6 3.3 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 3.4 3.4
2 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.4 2.2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
6.2 5.3 4.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 12.4 12.2
3.2 2.3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 5.7 5.6
27% 43% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 25% 23%
 
9.2 9.3 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 9.9 9.7
3.6 3.7 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.6
Key stats in CFA Group B this season:
  • Belfort have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in CFA Group B
  • Belfort have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Épinal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Épinal haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Gobelins 26 17 5 4 36 16 13 10 3 0 16 4 13 7 2 4 20 12 20 56
2 Fleury 91 26 17 4 5 45 22 13 9 1 3 20 6 13 8 3 2 25 16 23 55
3 St Maur Lusitanos 26 11 11 4 27 16 13 5 6 2 16 8 13 6 5 2 11 8 11 44
4 Bobigny 26 11 11 4 36 29 13 7 3 3 19 15 13 4 8 1 17 14 7 44
5 Beauvais 26 13 5 8 22 21 13 5 3 5 11 13 13 8 2 3 11 8 1 44
6 Épinal 27 11 8 8 44 29 13 5 5 3 22 8 14 6 3 5 22 21 15 41
7 Auxerre II 26 11 5 10 27 27 13 7 2 4 18 15 13 4 3 6 9 12 0 38
8 Reims II 26 9 6 11 34 35 13 5 4 4 18 14 13 4 2 7 16 21 -1 33
9 Olympique St Quentin 26 7 11 8 30 31 14 3 7 4 19 19 12 4 4 4 11 12 -1 32
10 Sainte Genevieve 26 7 10 9 23 26 13 3 5 5 12 15 13 4 5 4 11 11 -3 31
11 Haguenau 26 8 6 12 39 47 13 6 3 4 22 21 13 2 3 8 17 26 -8 30
12 Belfort 27 8 6 13 27 37 13 3 3 7 12 17 14 5 3 6 15 20 -10 30
13 Schiltigheim 26 4 12 10 19 26 13 3 6 4 11 11 13 1 6 6 8 15 -7 24
14 Metz II 26 6 6 14 24 35 13 3 3 7 10 16 13 3 3 7 14 19 -11 24
15 Lens II 26 4 11 11 21 34 13 2 5 6 12 20 13 2 6 5 9 14 -13 23
16 Entente SSG 26 5 3 18 13 36 13 2 1 10 6 21 13 3 2 8 7 15 -23 18

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