Concarneau vs Dunkerque betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir (18110 seats)

Develop their own match tactics or look more at the opponent? Both Concarneau and Dunkerque have to try something separate than what they have done uptil now. Read more!

Insights:
  • Concarneau have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Ligue 2
  • Dunkerque have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Ligue 2 game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Saint-Étienne. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Concarneau form and stats

Concarneau, who have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Ligue 2, have played 4 Ligue 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager Mignan led his Concarneau to a defeat away at Angers SCO. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir. Wahib was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.64 out of 10. The defender Wahib won 12 of 16 duels.

Before that match, a win away at Valenciennes.

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 Concarneau have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 3 and lost 0.

Concarneau has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: {1 goals} from 4 games.

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Dunkerque form and stats

Playing away, Dunkerque have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season. Three has not been a lucky number for Dunkerque as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Grenoble Foot 38 match.

The attacking players of Dunkerque have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 215 minutes.

Two away games in a row for Dunkerque, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Saint-Étienne. Bardeli got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, top player of the team. Bardeli hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 42 successful passes (of 50 total).

A loss against Quevilly Rouen was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Dunkerque playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 2 Dunkerque wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

The attacking power of Dunkerque when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. Dunkerque struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Previous nine meetings with these participants: Concarneau won three, Dunkerque triumphed in six and we saw zero draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

ConcarneauY. Merdji
Y. Merdji
2 goals
DunkerqueR. Ghrieb
R. Ghrieb
2 goals
ConcarneauM. Etuin
M. Etuin
1 goals

Concarneau missing players

Dunkerque missing players

Concarneau Dunkerque
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 0 4 9
2 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
2 2 1 Drew D 0 1 3
5 2 0 Lost L 0 2 5
5 1 0 Scored S 0 3 6
12 4 0 Conceded C 0 7 13
89% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 89%
56% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 56%
22% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 44%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 22%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
22% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 33%
22% 25% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 22%
67% 75% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 56%
 
4.8 4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.8 4.4
5.8 4.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.5 5.6
1.7 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.8 11.5 13 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.2 10.8
3.9 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4.4
14% 8% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 19% 15%
 
15.2 13 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14.2 14
5 3.8 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.5 4.4
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Concarneau have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Concarneau have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Ligue 2
  • Concarneau have yet to win a game at home.
  • Dunkerque have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dunkerque have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dunkerque have scored at least twice as many goals away as Concarneau have scored home.
  • Dunkerque 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 Laval 9 7 1 1 12 5 5 5 0 0 7 2 4 2 1 1 5 3 7 22
2 Grenoble Foot 38 9 5 4 0 9 2 5 3 2 0 6 1 4 2 2 0 3 1 7 19
3 Auxerre 9 5 3 1 21 10 5 2 2 1 9 4 4 3 1 0 12 6 11 18
4 Angers SCO 9 5 2 2 11 7 5 3 2 0 8 2 4 2 0 2 3 5 4 17
5 Saint-Étienne 9 5 2 2 10 6 4 2 1 1 4 2 5 3 1 1 6 4 4 17
6 Guingamp 9 4 2 3 14 8 4 2 1 1 7 1 5 2 1 2 7 7 6 14
7 Rodez 9 4 2 3 14 12 4 3 0 1 8 4 5 1 2 2 6 8 2 14
8 Pau 9 4 2 3 14 14 5 3 1 1 8 5 4 1 1 2 6 9 0 14
9 Amiens SC 9 4 2 3 8 8 5 3 2 0 7 2 4 1 0 3 1 6 0 14
10 Caen 9 4 1 4 13 8 5 2 0 3 7 5 4 2 1 1 6 3 5 13
11 Ajaccio 9 3 4 2 8 10 5 2 3 0 7 4 4 1 1 2 1 6 -2 13
12 Annecy 9 2 5 2 11 12 5 1 3 1 7 7 4 1 2 1 4 5 -1 11
13 Bordeaux 9 3 3 3 8 11 4 2 1 1 6 5 5 1 2 2 2 6 -3 11
14 Bastia 9 2 2 5 8 15 4 2 0 2 7 9 5 0 2 3 1 6 -7 8
15 Concarneau 9 2 2 5 5 12 4 0 2 2 1 4 5 2 0 3 4 8 -7 8
16 Troyes 9 1 4 4 11 13 4 1 1 2 6 6 5 0 3 2 5 7 -2 7
17 Paris 9 2 1 6 9 13 4 2 0 2 6 3 5 0 1 4 3 10 -4 7
18 Dunkerque 9 1 3 5 6 13 5 0 2 3 3 6 4 1 1 2 3 7 -7 6
19 Valenciennes 9 1 3 5 3 11 4 0 1 3 2 7 5 1 2 2 1 4 -8 6
20 Quevilly Rouen 9 1 2 6 7 12 4 0 1 3 2 5 5 1 1 3 5 7 -5 5

Read more about Ligue 2

Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.