Annecy vs Bastia-Borgo: Match guide and preview

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 18.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parc des Sports (16109 seats)

Annecy are favourites to win this home fixture against Bastia-Borgo, if the league positions are to be trusted. Or could we be in for a surprise?

Insights:
  • Annecy have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in National
  • Bastia-Borgo have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in National

Annecy and Bastia-Borgo 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.

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Annecy form and stats

25 points is a decent return from 12 National games here at Parc des Sports for Annecy. The data says 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.

Happy days for Annecy in their previous game, a fixture away at Villefranche (placed 5th) that ended with a 2-1 victory.

Before that game, the home loss against Stade Briochin with the scoreline 2-4.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Annecy matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, two draws and zero defeats (from four games).

Annecy have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Parc des Sports with 22 goals in 12 league matches. Annecy have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Bastia-Borgo form and stats

Bastia-Borgo have only collected 3 points from their away games in the National, after 0-3-9 (12 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.

There were no winners in Bastia-Borgo's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Orléans (placed 11th).

Prior to that match, the Bastia-Borgo manager Rossi faced defeat when travelling to Red Star and losing 2-5.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Bastia-Borgo playing away, we found seven games. Results were zero away wins, two draws and five home wins.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Bastia-Borgo, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head game ended Bastia-Borgo - Annecy 1-2, played this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - two - zero (Annecy wins - draws - Bastia-Borgo wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three duels.

Top Goalscorers

AnnecyR. Spano
R. Spano
7 goals
AnnecyG. Kyeremeh
G. Kyeremeh
6 goals
AnnecyK. Testud
K. Testud
6 goals

Annecy missing players

Bastia-Borgo missing players

Annecy Bastia-Borgo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 2 Played P 4 12 24
12 7 2 Won W 0 0 4
8 4 0 Drew D 2 3 8
5 1 0 Lost L 2 9 12
35 22 5 Scored S 2 8 29
22 7 2 Conceded C 4 27 44
84% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 96%
68% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 83%
40% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 58% 67%
16% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 42%
12% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
40% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 42% 54%
48% 75% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 8% 17%
28% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 58% 33%
 
4.7 5.2 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.8 3.7
3.3 3.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.1 4.2
2 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.5 1.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
9.4 10.3 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 7.7 8.5
3.9 3.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.8 3.8
36% 49% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 24% 32%
 
6.4 6.5 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16.8 13 11.2
2.5 2.4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 6.3 5.5
Key stats in National this season:
  • Annecy have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Annecy have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Bastia-Borgo have scored away.
  • Annecy have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in National
  • Annecy have the most clean sheets (9) at home in National
  • Annecy have the the best goal difference (+15) at home in National
  • Bastia-Borgo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Bastia-Borgo have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in National
  • Bastia-Borgo have the fewest points (3) away in National
  • Bastia-Borgo have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in National
  • Bastia-Borgo have the the worst goal difference (-19) away in National
  • Bastia-Borgo have yet to win a 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 25 15 4 6 32 21 13 7 2 4 16 11 12 8 2 2 16 10 11 49
2 Concarneau 25 13 8 4 34 18 13 9 1 3 19 8 12 4 7 1 15 10 16 47
3 Annecy 25 12 8 5 35 22 12 7 4 1 22 7 13 5 4 4 13 15 13 44
4 Bourg-en-Bresse 25 12 7 6 43 25 13 6 5 2 18 9 12 6 2 4 25 16 18 43
5 Villefranche 25 12 7 6 29 20 12 6 3 3 15 9 13 6 4 3 14 11 9 43
6 Le Mans 25 12 6 7 26 20 13 8 2 3 15 8 12 4 4 4 11 12 6 42
7 Chateauroux 25 11 8 6 31 21 13 7 5 1 21 9 12 4 3 5 10 12 10 41
8 Sedan 25 10 9 6 31 25 13 7 3 3 15 10 12 3 6 3 16 15 6 39
9 Stade Briochin 25 9 8 8 27 23 13 8 2 3 20 9 12 1 6 5 7 14 4 35
10 Red Star 25 10 3 12 40 36 12 5 1 6 20 18 13 5 2 6 20 18 4 33
11 Orléans 25 8 9 8 28 27 12 5 4 3 16 10 13 3 5 5 12 17 1 33
12 Cholet 25 9 5 11 38 46 12 6 3 3 25 19 13 3 2 8 13 27 -8 32
13 Avranches 25 9 5 11 24 39 12 6 1 5 13 19 13 3 4 6 11 20 -15 32
14 Sète 25 7 5 13 27 33 13 4 4 5 15 13 12 3 1 8 12 20 -6 26
15 Chambly 25 5 6 14 29 46 12 2 5 5 19 22 13 3 1 9 10 24 -17 21
16 Bastia-Borgo 24 4 8 12 29 44 12 4 5 3 21 17 12 0 3 9 8 27 -15 20
17 Créteil 25 5 5 15 27 45 13 4 4 5 17 19 12 1 1 10 10 26 -18 20
18 Boulogne 24 2 7 15 21 40 11 0 5 6 9 18 13 2 2 9 12 22 -19 12

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The Championnat de France National, often referred to as just National or Division 3, is the third highest division in French football. It has 18 teams, each playing 34 fixtures to decide the champion. The top three teams in the league table in May are promoted, the four lowest placed sides are relegated.