National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Épinal or Lille that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Épinal form and stats
Last season, Épinal's Coupe de France journey ended in the 8th round.On the other hand, in the Coupe de France, Épinal has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
In their previous game, the manager X. Collin led his Épinal to a defeat in the CFA Group A match away at Croix Football IC. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade de la Colombière. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Saint-Pierroise.
Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Épinal have been in this position before, they have won 0, drawn 0 and lost 1 from one game. 1 defeat by at least two goals.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Bobigny are coming to town in three days.
Lille form and stats
Lille was sent out of Coupe de France in the 8th finals last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lille so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-7 (win-draw-lose). Three has not been a lucky number for Lille as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Montpellier match. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Lille are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
The attacking players of Lille have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 257 minutes.
Lille failed to get anything from their last game, a Ligue 1 home match vs Paris Saint Germain that ended with defeat 0-2. Ahead of that match was the Coupe de la Ligue away draw versus Olympique Lyonnais that ended 2-2.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Lille given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed three matches with 3 wins as expected, 0 draws and 0 surprise home wins. The favourites won 1 of these games by at least two goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Lille manager C. Galtier as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Strasbourg.
The attacking power of Lille when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 10 league matches away. In the opposite end, Lille have conceded 17 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  V. Osimhen 10 goals |   J. Krasso 4 goals |  L. Rémy 3 goals |
Épinal missing players
Lille missing players
| Épinal | Lille | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 30 | 19 | Scored | S | 17 | 32 | ||
| 24 | 5 | Conceded | C | 23 | 33 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 15% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 48% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 3.8 | 5.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 67 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 149 | 315 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 65 | 124 | ||
| 38% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 38 | 52 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 42 |
| 3 | Rennes | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 37 |
| 4 | Montpellier | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Olympique Lyonnais | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 32 |
| 6 | Nantes | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | Lille | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 31 |
| 8 | Strasbourg | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 30 |
| 9 | Angers SCO | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -2 | 30 |
| 10 | Bordeaux | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 29 |
| 11 | Reims | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 29 |
| 12 | Nice | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 29 |
| 13 | Monaco | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 29 |
| 14 | Brest | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 28 |
| 15 | Saint-Étienne | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 28 |
| 16 | Metz | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 23 |
| 17 | Dijon | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 21 |
| 18 | Amiens SC | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -17 | 18 |
| 19 | Nîmes | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -19 | 15 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 28 | -26 | 12 |