Soccer betting preview: Béziers welcomes Bourges Foot 18 in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: France CFA Group D
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Sauclières (18555 seats)

Both these teams are capable of winning this one, Bourges Foot 18 holding a 2 point advantage on Béziers in the tables. Game on!

Insights:
  • Béziers have the most scored goals (20) at home in CFA Group D
  • Bourges Foot 18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Béziers form and stats

20 points is a decent return from 9 CFA Group D games here at Stade de Sauclières for Béziers. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

The home team returns to Stade de Sauclières after drawing with Trélissac (placed 11th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Stade Montois.

This is expected to be a close game, with Béziers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Béziers as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Béziers has won five of these, drawn two and lost six.

Goals decide football matches and Béziers are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 9 league matches.

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Bourges Foot 18 form and stats

5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Bourges Foot 18 playing as the away team in the CFA Group D this season. Bourges Foot 18 love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Bourges's previous game was their home loss versus Angouleme (0-1).

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Yzeure.

The visiting Bourges Foot 18 have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 10 games.

Head 2 Head

These teams encountered each other previously this campaign: Bourges Foot 18 - Béziers 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

Bourges Foot 18A. Nsimba Labe
A. Nsimba Labe
11 goals
BéziersR. Mayela
R. Mayela
6 goals
Bourges Foot 18J. Debal
J. Debal
6 goals

Béziers missing players

Bourges Foot 18 missing players

Béziers Bourges Foot 18
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 2 10 19
8 6 1 Won W 1 5 9
5 2 1 Drew D 0 1 4
6 1 0 Lost L 1 4 6
25 20 4 Scored S 2 14 27
20 9 3 Conceded C 1 10 17
84% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
79% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 70% 74%
47% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 42%
16% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 11%
11% 22% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 11%
47% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 53%
37% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 30% 26%
32% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 30% 26%
 
5 4.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4
4.9 4.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3.2
1.4 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.3 12.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.5 11
4.8 5.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5.5 3.8
42% 45% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 33%
 
10.3 9.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8.5 8.8
4.3 3.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.5 3.8
Key stats in CFA Group D this season:
  • All of Béziers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bourges Foot 18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Béziers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Béziers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Béziers have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Béziers have the most scored goals (20) at home in CFA Group D
  • Béziers have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in CFA Group D
  • Béziers 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 Angouleme 20 11 6 3 27 15 11 7 2 2 16 7 9 4 4 1 11 8 12 39
2 Bergerac 19 10 7 2 23 10 10 6 3 1 13 5 9 4 4 1 10 5 13 37
3 Yzeure 19 8 8 3 20 14 9 2 6 1 7 5 10 6 2 2 13 9 6 32
4 Bourges Foot 18 19 9 4 6 27 17 9 4 3 2 13 7 10 5 1 4 14 10 10 31
5 Andrézieux 19 9 4 6 23 16 10 5 2 3 13 10 9 4 2 3 10 6 7 31
6 Canet Roussillon 18 9 4 5 18 19 10 6 1 3 12 10 8 3 3 2 6 9 -1 31
7 Béziers 19 8 5 6 25 20 9 6 2 1 20 9 10 2 3 5 5 11 5 29
8 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 18 7 6 5 20 13 8 4 4 0 11 2 10 3 2 5 9 11 7 27
9 Nantes II 19 6 8 5 23 19 10 4 3 3 9 9 9 2 5 2 14 10 4 26
10 Les Herbiers 20 6 6 8 23 27 9 4 0 5 10 14 11 2 6 3 13 13 -4 24
11 Trélissac 19 6 5 8 16 17 9 2 3 4 7 8 10 4 2 4 9 9 -1 23
12 Angers SCO II 19 5 7 7 19 20 9 3 4 2 8 7 10 2 3 5 11 13 -1 22
13 Chamalières 19 6 4 9 23 27 10 4 2 4 16 14 9 2 2 5 7 13 -4 22
14 Colomiers US 19 4 7 8 16 24 10 1 5 4 9 12 9 3 2 4 7 12 -8 19
15 Montpellier II 19 4 4 11 18 29 10 1 3 6 8 16 9 3 1 5 10 13 -11 16
16 Stade Montois 19 1 1 17 14 48 9 1 0 8 6 22 10 0 1 9 8 26 -34 4

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