Classic home win, the away team steals the points or a point each? It's all up in the air when the mid-table inhabitants Épinal and Metz II meet at Stade de la Colombière.
- Épinal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Metz II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Épinal form and stats
The CFA Group B results at home this season for Épinal are 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Épinal are returning here after visiting Reims II and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. Laurent, M'Madi, Labissiere and Coulibaly scored the goal(s). As mentioned above, Épinal "killed" Reims II in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Haguenau in a game that was won 5-1.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Olympique St Quentin are coming to town in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Épinal are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches.
Metz II form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their CFA Group B travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Metz II seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Metz II had fun at their own home (Stade de la Colombière) last time out, beating Furiani-Agliani 1-0. Mukuta scored. That win felt sweet as this team had gone five league games without winning. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Saillant when Mukuta scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute.
A 1-2 defeat away at Sainte Geneviève before that.Metz has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. Metz II struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Épinal four wins, one draw and Metz II four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Kalambayi Mukuta 5 goals |  B. Labissiere 4 goals | ?. Soumah-Abbad 4 goals |
Épinal missing players
Metz II missing players
| Épinal | Metz II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 21 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 73% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 55% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 58% |
| 45% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 42% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 25% |
| 64% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 58% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.5 | 4.2 |
| 4.8 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.8 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 18.5 | 11.2 |
| 5.8 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 11 | 5.5 |
| 26% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 21% |
| 7.8 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.5 | 7.7 |
| 3.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
- Metz II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Metz II have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Metz II haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Épinal have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Épinal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Épinal have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Épinal haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Créteil | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 2 | Fleury 91 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 22 |
| 3 | Bobigny | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 |
| 4 | Belfort | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | St Maur Lusitanos | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Sainte Geneviève | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | Épinal | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| 8 | Metz II | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Furiani-Agliani | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 10 | Racing Besançon | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | Haguenau | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Olympique St Quentin | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Colmar | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -9 | 11 |
| 14 | Boulogne | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 15 | Wasquehal | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
| 16 | Reims II | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 8 |
