The league table in National 3: Group D tells a story about these teams so far, with Istres leading Ardziv by 11 points. Match preview to follow:
Istres and Ardziv 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.
Istres form and stats
The story so far in the National 3: Group D for Istres at their home stadium is 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Istres after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Istres supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Nice II in National 3: Group D and win 1-0. Heartbreak before that as Istres lost 1-3 at Côte Bleue's place.
Istres are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Istres are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Ardziv form and stats
0-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ardziv, who have the most conceded goals (23) in National 3: Group D, in their National 3: Group D matches away. Ardziv seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Ardziv failed to get anything from their last game, a Coupe de France home match vs Le Puy F.43 Auvergne that ended with defeat 0-1. Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Côte Bleue.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Ardziv's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. There are big problems for the Ardziv defense as they have conceded 14 goals in 4 away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Gigliotti 7 goals |  J. Bru 3 goals |  C. Hernandez 3 goals |
Istres missing players
Ardziv missing players
| Istres | Ardziv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 56% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 22% |
| 78% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 22% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- All of Ardziv's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ardziv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ardziv have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Ardziv have yet to win a game away.
- Ardziv haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Istres have created more than twice as many corners as Ardziv.
- Istres have not yet lost a game at home.
- Istres have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ardziv have scored away.
- Istres have scored in all their matches so far.
- Istres haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lucciana | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 2 | Consolat Marseille | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Istres | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Nice II | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Aubagne | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | Villefranche SJB | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Ajaccio II | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Cannes | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Gemenos | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Côte Bleue | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Furiani-Agliani | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 12 | Mandelieu LN | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 13 | Ardziv | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | -15 | 6 |
| 14 | FB Île Rousse | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 4 |