National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Entente SSG or Épinal that keep their silverware dream alive.
Entente SSG form and stats
Entente SSG have reached this Coupe de France stage through battling and winning against Sainte Genevieve and Croix Football IC. Last season their Coupe de France adventure ended in the 16th finals.The story so far in the CFA Group B for Entente SSG at their home stadium is 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 197 minutes.
The Entente SSG crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Rouen here in a CFA Group B match. In the game before, an away victory in the Coupe de France match versus Croix Football IC with a 1-0 scoreline.
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 Entente SSG have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 19 matches with the results: Won 5 Drawn 9 Lost 5.
Entente SSG are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. From these home matches, Entente SSG have conceded only 5 goals.
Épinal form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Mulhouse and Sochaux in order to reach 32nd Finals of Coupe de France. They also participated in Coupe de France last season. This ended in the 8th round.Épinal play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Mulhouse. That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Drancy JA in the CFA Group A.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found one similar match played by Épinal in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Épinal, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Krasso 4 goals |   C. Rodrigues Silva 3 goals |  A. Magnora 2 goals |
Entente SSG missing players
Épinal missing players
| Entente SSG | Épinal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Scored | S | 12 | 31 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Conceded | C | 18 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 2.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 190 | 94 | Total Shots | T S | 36 | 49 | ||
| 93 | 51 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 19 | ||
| 22% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 47% | ||
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 34 |
| 2 | Stade Briochin | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 3 | C' Chartres | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Gobelins | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Lorient II | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Vannes | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 23 |
| 7 | Granville | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 22 |
| 8 | Saint-Malo | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 9 | Angers SCO II | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | Fleury 91 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Guingamp II | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 17 |
| 12 | Vitre | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Poissy | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 14 | Entente SSG | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 15 | Oissel CMS | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 11 |
| 16 | Mantes 78 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | -23 | 1 |