CFA Group B match preview and facts: Épinal against Reims II

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Competition: France CFA Group B
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Colombière (8000 seats)

Épinal are chasing the top league places while Reims II are more nervous about steering clear of relegation. Expected home win or surprise away points?

Insights:
  • Épinal have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in CFA Group B
  • Reims II have the fewest scored goals (23) in CFA Group B

4-8-7 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Reims II when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 19 matches are 20-29 (scored/conceded).

This could be an engrossing game with lots of action and bustle as both squads are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's go!

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Épinal form and stats

7 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Épinal have to build on here at Stade de la Colombière in the CFA Group B.

Épinal drew their last game, 1-1 away at Haguenau (placed 6th).

Preceding that match was the home game against Boulogne that was lost 1-3.

Observe: 11 of the most recent 14 league matches from these players have seen goals scored by both teams.

Épinal can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 26 times. Épinal's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Reims II form and stats

Reims II have only collected 10 points from their away games in the CFA Group B, after 1-7-4 (12 played). One point away has become something of a habit for Reims II who have played out draws in their last three away games.

Reims II's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Furiani-Agliani that finished 1-1.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Sainte Genevieve.

Take note! Both teams have scored at least one goal in 10 of this club's latest 12 league games.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Reims II as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Reims in these games.

Head 2 Head

Épinal have won or drawn the last 4 matches (3-1-0) versus Reims II.

The latest registered match featuring both these contenders is the Reims II - Épinal 0-4 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

ÉpinalB. Labissiere
B. Labissiere
8 goals
ÉpinalA. Coulibaly
A. Coulibaly
6 goals
ÉpinalI. Camara
I. Camara
4 goals

Épinal missing players

Reims II missing players

Épinal Reims II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 4 12 25
14 7 3 Won W 0 1 3
6 2 1 Drew D 2 7 10
5 3 0 Lost L 2 4 12
48 26 11 Scored S 4 8 23
27 15 4 Conceded C 7 14 40
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 88%
84% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 72%
64% 75% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 52%
40% 58% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 8% 32%
16% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
72% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 60%
20% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 20%
16% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 50% 32%
 
3.1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 4 4.1
2.8 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 9.5 6.4 5.5
1.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1 1.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
6.3 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 9.9 10.9
3.2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 4 4.3
48% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 17% 22%
 
4.2 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 9.6 11.2
1.7 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.6 5.7
Key stats in CFA Group B this season:
  • Reims II have the fewest scored goals (23) in CFA Group B
  • Reims II have the the worst goal difference (-17) in CFA Group B
  • Épinal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Épinal have scored more than double the goals of Reims II.
  • 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 26 15 6 5 43 29 13 10 3 0 27 8 13 5 3 5 16 21 14 51
2 Bobigny 26 16 4 6 50 27 13 10 2 1 30 9 13 6 2 5 20 18 23 49
3 Épinal 25 14 6 5 48 27 12 7 2 3 26 15 13 7 4 2 22 12 21 48
4 Créteil 25 10 9 6 35 26 12 5 4 3 18 13 13 5 5 3 17 13 9 39
5 Furiani-Agliani 25 10 7 8 30 23 12 7 4 1 20 6 13 3 3 7 10 17 7 37
6 Haguenau 26 10 6 10 31 36 13 6 4 3 15 10 13 4 2 7 16 26 -5 36
7 Racing Besançon 26 9 8 9 26 28 13 4 4 5 14 17 13 5 4 4 12 11 -2 35
8 St Maur Lusitanos 26 8 9 9 29 31 14 5 5 4 21 18 12 3 4 5 8 13 -2 33
9 Boulogne 26 9 5 12 30 31 13 3 4 6 10 14 13 6 1 6 20 17 -1 32
10 Wasquehal 26 11 2 13 38 45 13 6 0 7 21 25 13 5 2 6 17 20 -7 32
11 Colmar 26 8 7 11 26 35 13 5 3 5 16 13 13 3 4 6 10 22 -9 31
12 Belfort 25 7 9 9 25 28 13 6 5 2 17 10 12 1 4 7 8 18 -3 30
13 Sainte Genevieve 25 8 4 13 28 34 12 3 2 7 12 14 13 5 2 6 16 20 -6 28
14 Metz II 25 8 4 13 34 43 13 4 3 6 20 20 12 4 1 7 14 23 -9 28
15 Olympique St Quentin 25 8 4 13 25 38 12 4 2 6 9 12 13 4 2 7 16 26 -13 28
16 Reims II 25 3 10 12 23 40 13 2 3 8 15 26 12 1 7 4 8 14 -17 19

Read more about CFA Group B

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