CFA Group B match preview and statistics: Épinal fight Gobelins

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Competition: France CFA Group B
Competition: Sat 10.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Colombière (8000 seats)

A key match in CFA Group B as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Épinal in 1st position and Gobelins placed 3rd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Épinal form and stats

Épinal must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three CFA Group B games here at Stade de la Colombière.

Happy days for Épinal in their previous game, a CFA Group B match away at Schiltigheim (placed 15th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Olympique St Quentin.

Épinal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. Épinal's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Gobelins form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) in CFA Group B, are W1-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the CFA Group B. Visiting Gobelins has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Gobelins have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 194 minutes since they last conceded in CFA Group B.

B. Traoré came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Gazélec Ajaccio last time out, making the manager F. Valeri feel like a tactical genius.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gobelins as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. Gobelins's manager F. Valeri has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

ÉpinalE. Lepaul
E. Lepaul
4 goals
ÉpinalK. Bennekrouf
K. Bennekrouf
2 goals
GobelinsC. Touré
C. Touré
2 goals

Épinal missing players

Gobelins missing players

Épinal Gobelins
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 1 4 7
5 2 0 Won W 0 1 3
0 0 0 Drew D 1 2 3
2 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
10 3 0 Scored S 0 3 7
6 3 2 Conceded C 0 1 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 71%
71% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 25% 43%
43% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 29%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 29%
29% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 75% 57%
29% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 75% 43%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.5 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
34 14 5 Total Shots T S 6 11 23
15 7 2 Shots on Target S O 2 4 13
47% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 8%
Key stats in CFA Group B this season:
  • Gobelins has the fewest conceded goals (1) away in CFA Group B
  • Gobelins has the fewest conceded goals (3) in CFA Group B
  • Gobelins has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in CFA Group B
  • Gobelins have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Épinal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Épinal 7 5 0 2 10 6 3 2 0 1 3 3 4 3 0 1 7 3 4 15
2 St Maur Lusitanos 7 4 1 2 13 6 4 2 1 1 9 4 3 2 0 1 4 2 7 13
3 Gobelins 7 3 3 1 7 3 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 4 12
4 Auxerre II 7 3 3 1 10 7 3 2 1 0 3 1 4 1 2 1 7 6 3 12
5 Gazélec Ajaccio 7 3 2 2 9 5 3 2 0 1 6 2 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 11
6 Haguenau 6 3 2 1 7 4 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 2 1 0 4 2 3 11
7 Lens II 7 3 2 2 9 12 3 0 2 1 2 5 4 3 0 1 7 7 -3 11
8 Metz II 7 3 1 3 8 7 4 3 1 0 7 2 3 0 0 3 1 5 1 10
9 Bobigny 6 3 1 2 7 10 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 2 5 -3 10
10 Reims II 7 2 3 2 12 7 3 2 1 0 9 0 4 0 2 2 3 7 5 9
11 Sedan 7 1 5 1 5 5 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 0 3 1 1 2 0 8
12 Belfort 7 2 2 3 9 10 4 2 0 2 7 7 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 8
13 Beauvais 7 1 4 2 6 7 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 0 3 1 2 3 -1 7
14 Entente SSG 7 1 1 5 5 11 4 1 1 2 3 4 3 0 0 3 2 7 -6 4
15 Schiltigheim 7 1 1 5 4 16 4 1 1 2 3 5 3 0 0 3 1 11 -12 4
16 Olympique St Quentin 7 0 3 4 5 10 4 0 3 1 2 3 3 0 0 3 3 7 -5 3

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.