Football betting preview: Épinal vs Metz II

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Competition: France CFA Group B
Competition: Sat 26.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Colombière (8000 seats)

Welcome to Stade de la Colombière and this match starring Épinal & Metz II in the CFA Group B. Here's all you need to know!

Insights:
  • Épinal have the most scored goals (40) in CFA Group B
  • Metz II is in the worst form (0-3-3)

Both teams have had plentiful rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an animated match!

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Épinal form and stats

Épinal have played 10 CFA Group B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Épinal drew their last game, 2-2 away at St Maur Lusitanos (placed 4th).

In the match before that, Épinal hosted Fleury 91 and drew the game 1-1.

Épinal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade de la Colombière in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.

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Metz II form and stats

Playing away, Metz II have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 5 defeats in the CFA Group B this season. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Metz II, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Reims II game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

Metz II might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Entente SSG proved too strong as Metz II slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade Dezavelle.

Before that, Metz travelled to Schiltigheim and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Metz II have scored 14 goals in 11 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Metz II have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These two sides played each other earlier on this campaign: Metz II - Épinal 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Épinal three wins, one draw and Metz II four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ÉpinalA. Coulibaly
A. Coulibaly
8 goals
ÉpinalO. Abdeldjelil
O. Abdeldjelil
7 goals

Épinal missing players

Metz II missing players

Épinal Metz II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 10 3 Played P 3 11 22
10 4 1 Won W 0 3 6
5 4 1 Drew D 2 3 5
7 2 1 Lost L 1 5 11
40 20 6 Scored S 2 14 24
26 7 3 Conceded C 4 16 31
91% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 91% 86%
68% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 68%
55% 40% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 45%
41% 30% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 32%
18% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 14%
55% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 64% 50%
36% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 27%
18% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 36%
 
3.7 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.1 3.8
3.6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 7 5.9
2.1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.1 1.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.1 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 7.1 8.6
5.7 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.1 3.8
28% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 59% 41%
 
9.7 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 12 10.8
3.7 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.1 4.7
Key stats in CFA Group B this season:
  • Metz II have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Metz II have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Metz II is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Épinal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Épinal have the most scored goals (40) in CFA Group B
  • Épinal have the the best goal difference (+13) at home 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 Gobelins 22 16 4 2 32 11 12 9 3 0 14 4 10 7 1 2 18 7 21 52
2 Fleury 91 22 14 3 5 37 19 11 7 1 3 16 5 11 7 2 2 21 14 18 45
3 Bobigny 22 10 8 4 30 25 12 6 3 3 16 14 10 4 5 1 14 11 5 38
4 St Maur Lusitanos 22 9 10 3 24 14 11 5 5 1 15 6 11 4 5 2 9 8 10 37
5 Épinal 22 10 5 7 40 26 10 4 4 2 20 7 12 6 1 5 20 19 14 35
6 Beauvais 22 10 4 8 19 21 11 4 2 5 10 13 11 6 2 3 9 8 -2 34
7 Reims II 22 9 5 8 33 29 11 5 4 2 18 10 11 4 1 6 15 19 4 32
8 Olympique St Quentin 22 7 9 6 26 24 12 3 5 4 15 15 10 4 4 2 11 9 2 30
9 Auxerre II 22 8 5 9 23 24 11 6 2 3 16 12 11 2 3 6 7 12 -1 29
10 Haguenau 22 8 4 10 36 41 11 6 2 3 21 19 11 2 2 7 15 22 -5 28
11 Sainte Geneviève 22 6 7 9 20 24 11 2 4 5 10 14 11 4 3 4 10 10 -4 25
12 Metz II 22 6 5 11 24 31 11 3 2 6 10 15 11 3 3 5 14 16 -7 23
13 Belfort 22 6 4 12 21 34 10 3 1 6 11 15 12 3 3 6 10 19 -13 22
14 Schiltigheim 22 4 9 9 18 24 11 3 4 4 10 10 11 1 5 5 8 14 -6 21
15 Lens II 22 2 10 10 16 32 11 2 4 5 11 18 11 0 6 5 5 14 -16 16
16 Entente SSG 22 4 2 16 11 31 10 1 1 8 4 16 12 3 1 8 7 15 -20 14

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.