Épinal vs Belfort: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: France CFA Group B
Competition: Sat 13.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Colombière (8000 seats)

Épinal look forward to meeting Belfort with faith in picking up all three points. Will they? Check our match guide!

Insights:
  • Épinal have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in CFA Group B
  • Belfort have the fewest scored goals (25) in CFA Group B

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Épinal form and stats

Overall CFA Group B results at home this season for Épinal are 7-2-4 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Épinal, their manager Tissot and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

A good away victory last time out for Épinal, who won 2-0 against Metz II (placed 15th). At last, a league victory after three matches without.

Ahead of that match, Épinal lost 0-4 at home to Reims II.

Épinal have conceded 19 in these home matches.

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Belfort form and stats

There's been little loot from Belfort's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 13 away games in the CFA Group B. Belfort only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 4 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.

The attacking players of Belfort have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 262 minutes.

There were no winners in Belfort's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Furiani-Agliani (placed 4th).

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

Lacking goals? 13 of this team's most recent 15 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Belfort as they have only managed to score 8 times from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Belfort have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams met each other before this match year: Belfort - Épinal 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Épinal won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Belfort have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight.

Top Goalscorers

ÉpinalB. Labissiere
B. Labissiere
9 goals
ÉpinalA. Coulibaly
A. Coulibaly
6 goals
BelfortC. Dutournier
C. Dutournier
5 goals

Épinal missing players

Belfort missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Épinal Belfort
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
15 7 3 Won W 1 1 7
6 2 0 Drew D 0 4 10
6 4 1 Lost L 3 8 10
50 26 10 Scored S 2 8 25
31 19 7 Conceded C 6 19 29
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
85% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 54% 59%
63% 77% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 33%
41% 62% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 11%
15% 23% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
67% 69% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 38% 44%
22% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 26%
19% 23% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 62% 37%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.2 3.9
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.2 3.4
1.4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.9 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
6.3 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6 7.9
3.3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 3.4
45% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 20%
 
4.2 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 6.2 5.5 7.8
1.7 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 2.5 3.9
Key stats in CFA Group B this season:
  • Belfort have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Belfort have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Belfort have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Belfort have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in CFA Group B
  • Belfort have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in CFA Group B
  • Belfort have the fewest points (7) away in CFA Group B
  • Belfort have the fewest scored goals (25) in CFA Group B
  • Belfort have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in CFA Group B
  • Belfort haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Belfort is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Épinal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Épinal have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Belfort have scored away.
  • Épinal have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in CFA Group B
  • 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 Fleury 91 28 16 6 6 46 31 14 11 3 0 30 8 14 5 3 6 16 23 15 54
2 Bobigny 28 17 4 7 56 29 14 11 2 1 35 9 14 6 2 6 21 20 27 52
3 Épinal 27 15 6 6 50 31 13 7 2 4 26 19 14 8 4 2 24 12 19 51
4 Furiani-Agliani 28 12 8 8 34 24 14 9 4 1 24 7 14 3 4 7 10 17 10 44
5 Créteil 28 11 10 7 39 29 14 6 5 3 21 14 14 5 5 4 18 15 10 43
6 Wasquehal 28 13 2 13 45 47 14 7 0 7 24 25 14 6 2 6 21 22 -2 38
7 Racing Besançon 27 9 9 9 27 29 13 4 4 5 14 17 14 5 5 4 13 12 -2 36
8 Haguenau 27 10 6 11 33 40 14 6 4 4 17 14 13 4 2 7 16 26 -7 36
9 Boulogne 27 10 5 12 32 31 14 4 4 6 12 14 13 6 1 6 20 17 1 35
10 Colmar 27 9 7 11 29 36 13 5 3 5 16 13 14 4 4 6 13 23 -7 34
11 St Maur Lusitanos 27 8 9 10 29 34 14 5 5 4 21 18 13 3 4 6 8 16 -5 33
12 Belfort 27 7 10 10 25 29 14 6 6 2 17 10 13 1 4 8 8 19 -4 31
13 Sainte Geneviève 27 9 4 14 29 39 13 4 2 7 13 14 14 5 2 7 16 25 -10 31
14 Olympique St Quentin 27 9 4 14 27 41 13 5 2 6 11 13 14 4 2 8 16 28 -14 31
15 Metz II 27 8 4 15 34 47 14 4 3 7 20 22 13 4 1 8 14 25 -13 28
16 Reims II 28 4 10 14 28 46 14 2 3 9 16 29 14 2 7 5 12 17 -18 22

Table
  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 28 16 6 6 46 31 14 11 3 0 30 8 14 5 3 6 16 23 15 54
2 Bobigny 28 17 4 7 56 29 14 11 2 1 35 9 14 6 2 6 21 20 27 52
3 Épinal 27 15 6 6 50 31 13 7 2 4 26 19 14 8 4 2 24 12 19 51
4 Furiani-Agliani 28 12 8 8 34 24 14 9 4 1 24 7 14 3 4 7 10 17 10 44
5 Créteil 28 11 10 7 39 29 14 6 5 3 21 14 14 5 5 4 18 15 10 43
6 Wasquehal 28 13 2 13 45 47 14 7 0 7 24 25 14 6 2 6 21 22 -2 38
7 Racing Besançon 27 9 9 9 27 29 13 4 4 5 14 17 14 5 5 4 13 12 -2 36
8 Haguenau 27 10 6 11 33 40 14 6 4 4 17 14 13 4 2 7 16 26 -7 36
9 Boulogne 27 10 5 12 32 31 14 4 4 6 12 14 13 6 1 6 20 17 1 35
10 Colmar 27 9 7 11 29 36 13 5 3 5 16 13 14 4 4 6 13 23 -7 34
11 St Maur Lusitanos 27 8 9 10 29 34 14 5 5 4 21 18 13 3 4 6 8 16 -5 33
12 Belfort 27 7 10 10 25 29 14 6 6 2 17 10 13 1 4 8 8 19 -4 31
13 Sainte Geneviève 27 9 4 14 29 39 13 4 2 7 13 14 14 5 2 7 16 25 -10 31
14 Olympique St Quentin 27 9 4 14 27 41 13 5 2 6 11 13 14 4 2 8 16 28 -14 31
15 Metz II 27 8 4 15 34 47 14 4 3 7 20 22 13 4 1 8 14 25 -13 28
16 Reims II 28 4 10 14 28 46 14 2 3 9 16 29 14 2 7 5 12 17 -18 22

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