CFA Group B match prediction: Little separates Sainte Geneviève and St Maur Lusitanos in quality

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Competition: France CFA Group B
Competition: Sat 13.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Maurice Béraud

The path has mostly gone uphill for Sainte Geneviève so far, and you could say the same about St Maur Lusitanos. These students from the school of hard knocks would trade their mothers for some vital points here.

Insights:
  • Sainte Geneviève have the fewest points from losing position (0) in CFA Group B

Sainte Geneviève and St Maur Lusitanos should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Sainte Geneviève form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Sainte Geneviève have to build on here at Stade Maurice Béraud in the CFA Group B. When Sainte Geneviève hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Reims II, Olympique St Quentin, Sainte Geneviève, Belfort and Metz II), they have won 2 of 4 matches!

Geneviève lost their last game at Bobigny (placed 2nd) after a 0-5 scoreline. As you see from the result above, Sainte Geneviève suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Ahead of that match, Sainte Geneviève won a home game hosting Belfort (1-0).

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 Geneviève have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 1 and lost 4.

It should be added that a peek at the 10 latest league games shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Sainte Geneviève's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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St Maur Lusitanos form and stats

St Maur Lusitanos have only collected 13 points from their away games in the CFA Group B, after 3-4-6 (13 played).

There might be some fixture complaints from Lusitanos as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-3 against Fleury 91.

Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Bobigny.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with St Maur Lusitanos playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 2 St Maur Lusitanos wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.

The attacking power of Lusitanos when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 13 league matches away. St Maur Lusitanos have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have met before this season: St Maur Lusitanos - Sainte Geneviève 1-4. Head to head data (for the former eight meetings): Sainte Geneviève won three games, four matches ended in a draw and St Maur Lusitanos managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / six.

Top Goalscorers

GenevièveS. Touré
S. Touré
8 goals
St Maur LusitanosJ. Ahoure
J. Ahoure
7 goals
St Maur LusitanosP. Koffi
P. Koffi
6 goals

Sainte Geneviève missing players

St Maur Lusitanos missing players

Sainte Geneviève St Maur Lusitanos
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
9 4 2 Won W 2 3 8
4 2 1 Drew D 2 4 9
14 7 1 Lost L 0 6 10
29 13 4 Scored S 4 8 29
39 14 3 Conceded C 2 16 34
89% 85% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 89%
63% 54% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 74%
56% 54% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 31% 41%
26% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 19%
19% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
52% 54% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 31% 52%
22% 23% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 23% 19%
37% 38% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 62% 41%
 
2.4 1.9 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4 4
3.2 0.9 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2.3 2.3 3.8
1.6 1.1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.8 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
5.9 3.4 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 6 6.6
2.6 1.6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.1 3.4
38% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 18% 33%
 
9.2 3.6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 9.9 9.2
4.1 1.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.7 4.8 4.3
Key stats in CFA Group B this season:
  • Sainte Geneviève have the fewest points from losing position (0) in CFA Group B
  • Sainte Geneviève have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Sainte Geneviève 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 28 16 6 6 46 31 14 11 3 0 30 8 14 5 3 6 16 23 15 54
2 Bobigny 28 17 4 7 56 29 14 11 2 1 35 9 14 6 2 6 21 20 27 52
3 Épinal 27 15 6 6 50 31 13 7 2 4 26 19 14 8 4 2 24 12 19 51
4 Furiani-Agliani 28 12 8 8 34 24 14 9 4 1 24 7 14 3 4 7 10 17 10 44
5 Créteil 28 11 10 7 39 29 14 6 5 3 21 14 14 5 5 4 18 15 10 43
6 Wasquehal 28 13 2 13 45 47 14 7 0 7 24 25 14 6 2 6 21 22 -2 38
7 Racing Besançon 27 9 9 9 27 29 13 4 4 5 14 17 14 5 5 4 13 12 -2 36
8 Haguenau 27 10 6 11 33 40 14 6 4 4 17 14 13 4 2 7 16 26 -7 36
9 Boulogne 27 10 5 12 32 31 14 4 4 6 12 14 13 6 1 6 20 17 1 35
10 Colmar 27 9 7 11 29 36 13 5 3 5 16 13 14 4 4 6 13 23 -7 34
11 St Maur Lusitanos 27 8 9 10 29 34 14 5 5 4 21 18 13 3 4 6 8 16 -5 33
12 Belfort 27 7 10 10 25 29 14 6 6 2 17 10 13 1 4 8 8 19 -4 31
13 Sainte Geneviève 27 9 4 14 29 39 13 4 2 7 13 14 14 5 2 7 16 25 -10 31
14 Olympique St Quentin 27 9 4 14 27 41 13 5 2 6 11 13 14 4 2 8 16 28 -14 31
15 Metz II 27 8 4 15 34 47 14 4 3 7 20 22 13 4 1 8 14 25 -13 28
16 Reims II 28 4 10 14 28 46 14 2 3 9 16 29 14 2 7 5 12 17 -18 22

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.