CFA Group B duel: Close contest expected between Granville and Saint-Malo

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Competition: France CFA Group B
Competition: Sat 08.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Louis-Dior (27670 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Granville in 7th and Saint-Malo in 8th place.

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

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Granville form and stats

5-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the CFA Group B numbers at home for Granville so far this season.

Stress levels are on the rise for Granville's attacking players as they have now played 183 minutes without scoring in a league game. J. Mouaddib was their last goal scorer.

The Granville fans got no joy from their last match, a CFA Group B game also here at Stade Louis-Dior: A 0-3 defeat against Vannes (placed 5th). Before that, Granville played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Angers SCO II.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Granville have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost two.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Granville here at Stade Louis-Dior in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 9 games). Granville have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Saint-Malo form and stats

The visitors are W4-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the CFA Group B.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Entente SSG.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Saint-Malo playing away and similar expectations, we found one relevant match. Results were one Saint-Malo win, zero draws and zero defeats.

Saint-Malo have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Saint-Malo have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Saint-Malo - Granville 0-0 entered in the official records. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's two Granville victories, three draws and four Saint-Malo wins. two of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GranvilleC. Ibayi
C. Ibayi
4 goals
GranvilleT. Théault
T. Théault
3 goals
Saint-MaloG. Danic
G. Danic
3 goals

Granville missing players

Saint-Malo missing players

Granville Saint-Malo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 2 Played P 2 9 17
7 5 1 Won W 1 4 6
5 1 0 Drew D 0 2 6
5 3 1 Lost L 1 3 5
13 8 2 Scored S 2 12 19
17 8 3 Conceded C 4 12 18
76% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 82%
53% 56% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 71%
35% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 41%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 18%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
24% 22% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 47%
47% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 41%
53% 44% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 11% 29%
 
3.1 4.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.7 4.6
3.3 3.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.3 3.4
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.3 2.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
64 39 0 Total Shots T S 0 28 83
28 19 0 Shots on Target S O 0 15 43
18% 16% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 26%
Key stats in CFA Group B this season:
  • Granville has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
  • Granville have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Saint-Malo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Saint-Malo have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Saint-Malo haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Rouen 17 11 5 1 23 11 8 5 2 1 13 8 9 6 3 0 10 3 12 38
2 C' Chartres 17 10 5 2 32 16 8 5 2 1 15 7 9 5 3 1 17 9 16 35
3 Stade Briochin 17 10 4 3 27 19 9 6 2 1 18 9 8 4 2 2 9 10 8 34
4 Lorient II 17 8 6 3 18 10 9 5 3 1 12 4 8 3 3 2 6 6 8 30
5 Vannes 17 7 7 3 29 18 9 4 4 1 15 8 8 3 3 2 14 10 11 28
6 Gobelins 17 8 3 6 26 18 9 3 1 5 14 12 8 5 2 1 12 6 8 27
7 Granville 17 7 5 5 13 17 9 5 1 3 8 8 8 2 4 2 5 9 -4 26
8 Saint-Malo 17 6 6 5 19 18 8 2 4 2 7 6 9 4 2 3 12 12 1 24
9 Angers SCO II 17 5 7 5 15 13 8 3 4 1 7 2 9 2 3 4 8 11 2 22
10 Guingamp II 17 6 2 9 24 26 8 3 0 5 10 12 9 3 2 4 14 14 -2 20
11 Fleury 91 17 5 5 7 17 20 8 2 4 2 8 8 9 3 1 5 9 12 -3 20
12 Entente SSG 17 4 6 7 15 19 9 3 4 2 10 7 8 1 2 5 5 12 -4 18
13 Poissy 17 2 9 6 20 26 9 2 4 3 11 12 8 0 5 3 9 14 -6 15
14 Vitre 17 2 9 6 15 21 9 2 3 4 10 13 8 0 6 2 5 8 -6 15
15 Oissel CMS 17 2 5 10 13 30 8 1 4 3 7 14 9 1 1 7 6 16 -17 11
16 Mantes 78 17 0 2 15 5 29 8 0 1 7 2 14 9 0 1 8 3 15 -24 2

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