CFA Group B duel: Close contest expected between Épinal and Beauvais

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Competition: France CFA Group B
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Colombière (8000 seats)

Beauvais journey to Épinal and Stade de la Colombière packed with confidence, but the team playing at home is hard to beat. More info on the match here!

Insights:
  • Épinal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

It's no vacation for neither Épinal nor Beauvais as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Épinal form and stats

5 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Épinal have to build on here at Stade de la Colombière in the CFA Group B.

Épinal are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 225 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Colin).

Épinal's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Beauvais (placed 4th).

In the match before that, Épinal hosted Entente SSG and drew the game 0-0.

A decent goal production from Épinal in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 13 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Épinal have conceded only 8 goals.

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Beauvais form and stats

Beauvais have an excellent away record in the CFA Group B so far with 8-2-3 from 13 games. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Beauvais's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the St Maur Lusitanos game.

480 minutes! That's how long the Beauvais goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Beauvais play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Épinal (placed 6th).

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Bobigny.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have battled earlier this season: Épinal - Beauvais 0-1. Épinal-Beauvais H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Épinal two wins, Beauvais three wins, one draw. three of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ÉpinalA. Coulibaly
A. Coulibaly
8 goals
ÉpinalO. Abdeldjelil
O. Abdeldjelil
7 goals
ÉpinalA. M'Madi
A. M'Madi
6 goals

Épinal missing players

Beauvais missing players

Épinal Beauvais
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
11 5 0 Won W 2 8 13
7 5 3 Drew D 1 2 5
8 3 1 Lost L 1 3 8
43 22 1 Scored S 5 11 22
28 8 2 Conceded C 5 8 21
88% 77% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
65% 62% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 38% 42%
46% 31% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 15% 27%
35% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 4%
15% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
50% 38% 25% BTTS BTTS 75% 23% 31%
38% 46% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 54% 50%
23% 38% 75% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 31%
 
4 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.3 3.9
3.6 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.8 4.5
2.1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.9 2.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.7 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.1 7.5
5.6 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.3 3.1
24% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 23% 22%
 
10 8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 18.5 10.7 10.1
3.7 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 4.2 4.1
Key stats in CFA Group B this season:
  • Épinal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Épinal have won significantly more 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 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 Beauvais 26 13 5 8 22 21 13 5 3 5 11 13 13 8 2 3 11 8 1 44
5 Bobigny 25 11 10 4 34 27 13 7 3 3 19 15 12 4 7 1 15 12 7 43
6 Épinal 26 11 7 8 43 28 13 5 5 3 22 8 13 6 2 5 21 20 15 40
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 25 7 10 8 28 29 13 3 6 4 17 17 12 4 4 4 11 12 -1 31
10 Sainte Geneviève 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 25 7 5 13 22 35 12 3 2 7 11 16 13 4 3 6 11 19 -13 26
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 25 5 3 17 12 32 12 2 1 9 5 17 13 3 2 8 7 15 -20 18

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.