Boulogne vs Racing Besançon: Match guide and preview

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Competition: France CFA Group B
Competition: Fri 16.December
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Libération (15034 seats)

Boulogne are hosting Racing Besançon for yet another vital fixture following their 3-1 result vs 14th-placed Olympique St Quentin.

Insights:
  • Boulogne have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Racing Besançon have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in CFA Group B

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.

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Boulogne form and stats

With 1 CFA Group B win, 3 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Boulogne are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Boulogne enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Olympique St Quentin's place. The match ended 3-1 with Kyei, Keita and Beauvue scoring.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Wasquehal.

Boulogne aren't scoring a lot here at Stade de la Libération in the league, with only {6 goals} from 7 games. On the other hand, Boulogne have conceded 8 goals.

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Racing Besançon form and stats

2-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Racing Besançon in their CFA Group B matches away. When Racing Besançon is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Reims II, Colmar, Racing Besançon, Olympique St Quentin and Haguenau is teams we like to compare Boulogne with.

Racing Besançon might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Creteil proved too strong as Racing Besançon slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade Léo Lagrange. That loss was their first after four consecutive league games winning points.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Fleury 91.

The attacking power of Racing Besançon when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Racing BesançonR. Marques Dias Brito
R. Marques Dias Brito
6 goals
Racing BesançonL. Mendy
L. Mendy
4 goals
BoulogneB. Diomandé
B. Diomandé
3 goals

Boulogne missing players

Racing Besançon missing players

Boulogne Racing Besançon
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 7 1 Played P 3 7 13
3 1 0 Won W 2 2 3
3 3 1 Drew D 0 3 5
7 3 0 Lost L 1 2 5
14 6 0 Scored S 3 6 14
17 8 0 Conceded C 2 6 18
92% 86% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 85%
62% 57% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 57% 69%
54% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 29% 38%
23% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 23%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
62% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 57% 62%
15% 29% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 23%
31% 29% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 31%
 
5.3 6.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 2.5 3.7
4.6 4.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.8 4
2.3 2.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.9 15.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 2 2.8 8
4.8 5.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 1.8 4
14% 14% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 57% 29%
 
8.4 8.8 6 Shots against (avg) S A 10 8.8 7.8
3.7 3.2 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.5 3.7
Key stats in CFA Group B this season:
  • Boulogne have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Racing Besançon have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in CFA Group B
  • Racing Besançon have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fleury 91 13 7 4 2 23 21 6 3 3 0 12 7 7 4 1 2 11 14 2 25
2 Creteil 13 7 4 2 22 12 6 2 2 2 10 8 7 5 2 0 12 4 10 25
3 Bobigny 12 7 3 2 26 10 6 5 1 0 19 3 6 2 2 2 7 7 16 24
4 Metz II 13 6 2 5 20 19 7 2 2 3 10 11 6 4 0 2 10 8 1 20
5 Furiani-Agliani 13 6 2 5 12 9 6 4 1 1 7 2 7 2 1 4 5 7 3 20
6 Sainte Genevieve 13 6 1 6 19 18 7 3 1 3 10 8 6 3 0 3 9 10 1 19
7 Belfort 12 5 4 3 16 15 6 4 1 1 10 4 6 1 3 2 6 11 1 19
8 St Maur Lusitanos 13 5 4 4 14 13 7 4 2 1 12 7 6 1 2 3 2 6 1 19
9 Épinal 12 5 3 4 21 12 5 2 1 2 9 5 7 3 2 2 12 7 9 18
10 Wasquehal 12 4 2 6 15 21 6 3 0 3 9 12 6 1 2 3 6 9 -6 14
11 Racing Besançon 13 3 5 5 14 18 6 1 2 3 8 12 7 2 3 2 6 6 -4 14
12 Haguenau 12 3 4 5 16 20 7 3 3 1 10 5 5 0 1 4 6 15 -4 13
13 Colmar 12 3 3 6 10 19 5 2 1 2 5 4 7 1 2 4 5 15 -9 12
14 Olympique St Quentin 12 3 3 6 10 17 6 1 2 3 3 6 6 2 1 3 7 11 -7 12
15 Boulogne 13 3 3 7 14 17 7 1 3 3 6 8 6 2 0 4 8 9 -3 12
16 Reims II 12 2 3 7 9 20 7 2 0 5 6 13 5 0 3 2 3 7 -11 9

Read more about CFA Group B

The Championnat National 2 is often called National 2. It is the fourth level of the football league pyramid in France and divided into four groups of 16 teams, based on location. Each team plays 30 fixtures and the club with the most league table points, regardless of group, is crowned champion.