National preview: Can Bastia-Borgo edge out victory against Gazélec Ajaccio?

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Competition: France National
Date: Fri 31.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Paul Antoniotti (1300 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the National, with both Bastia-Borgo and Gazélec Ajaccio experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 15th and the visitors in 17th place.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Bastia-Borgo form and stats

Bastia-Borgo, who have the most conceded goals (15) at home in National, have played 8 National games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 202 minutes without scoring a league goal. M. Penneteau was the last player to find the net. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Stephan Milosavljevic not having conceded a league goal in 212 minutes.

An away draw last time out for Bastia-Borgo, facing Concarneau in a game that ended 0-0. Preceding that match was a Coupe de France defeat to Saint-Etienne (0-3).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bastia-Borgo handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W2-D0-L2.

The Bastia-Borgo fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Bastia-Borgo defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Gazélec Ajaccio form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gazélec Ajaccio so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-6 (win-draw-lose). Gazélec Ajaccio are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Dunkerque fixture. Bitter travels for Gazélec Ajaccio as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Dunkerque match.

The attacking players of Gazélec Ajaccio have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 624 minutes.

There were no winners in Gazélec Ajaccio's previous match, a National home game that ended 0-0 vs Toulon (placed 18th). A 0-1 loss hosting Beziers before that.

Gazélec Ajaccio are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 12 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Gazélec Ajaccio's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 9 matches. For Gazélec Ajaccio, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Gazélec Ajaccio - Bastia-Borgo 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Gazélec AjaccioD. Pollet
D. Pollet
5 goals
 A. Durimel
A. Durimel
3 goals
 C. Odzoumo
C. Odzoumo
3 goals

Bastia-Borgo missing players

Gazélec Ajaccio missing players

Bastia-Borgo Gazélec Ajaccio
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 3 Played P 1 9 18
3 3 2 Won W 0 1 2
8 1 0 Drew D 1 2 7
7 4 1 Lost L 0 6 9
19 12 7 Scored S 1 4 8
27 15 8 Conceded C 1 18 24
72% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 78%
61% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 61%
50% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 22%
33% 38% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 17%
22% 38% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
56% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 22% 22%
33% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 33%
39% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 67%
 
4.7 5.5 6 Corners For (avg) C F 6 3.5 3.7
3.5 3.1 3.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 4.5 2.8
1.7 1.8 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2 1.7
3 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 3 5
 
181 110 49 Total Shots T S 20 57 137
65 40 16 Shots on Target S O 8 18 52
29% 30% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 22% 15%
Key stats in National this season:
  • Bastia-Borgo has the most conceded goals (15) at home
  • Bastia-Borgo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bastia-Borgo have scored more than double the goals of Gazélec Ajaccio.
  • Gazélec Ajaccio has the fewest scored goals (4) away
  • Gazélec Ajaccio has the fewest scored goals (8)
  • Gazélec Ajaccio has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5)
  • Gazélec Ajaccio has the fewest scored goals in the second half (3)
  • Gazélec Ajaccio has the the worst goal difference (-14) away
  • Gazélec Ajaccio has the the worst goal difference (-16)
  • Gazélec Ajaccio have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Gazélec Ajaccio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gazélec Ajaccio 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 Dunkerque 19 12 3 4 34 18 10 6 2 2 20 11 9 6 1 2 14 7 16 39
2 Red Star 19 11 3 5 26 17 10 5 3 2 12 7 9 6 0 3 14 10 9 36
3 Villefranche 19 9 8 2 30 18 10 6 3 1 18 9 9 3 5 1 12 9 12 35
4 Pau 19 9 8 2 28 17 10 5 4 1 22 12 9 4 4 1 6 5 11 35
5 Lyon Duchère 19 9 6 4 31 21 9 4 4 1 16 8 10 5 2 3 15 13 10 33
6 Boulogne 19 9 4 6 19 14 9 5 2 2 10 6 10 4 2 4 9 8 5 31
7 Avranches 18 9 3 6 18 17 9 6 1 2 12 6 9 3 2 4 6 11 1 30
8 Laval 19 7 7 5 20 17 10 4 2 4 9 8 9 3 5 1 11 9 3 28
9 Bourg-en-Bresse 19 7 7 5 26 24 10 4 5 1 16 10 9 3 2 4 10 14 2 28
10 Créteil 19 6 7 6 23 19 10 4 3 3 13 10 9 2 4 3 10 9 4 25
11 Cholet 19 6 5 8 26 31 9 5 2 2 14 11 10 1 3 6 12 20 -5 23
12 Beziers 19 4 7 8 22 31 9 3 2 4 11 14 10 1 5 4 11 17 -9 19
13 Concarneau 18 4 6 8 13 19 9 2 4 3 7 7 9 2 2 5 6 12 -6 18
14 Quevilly Rouen 19 4 6 9 19 26 9 3 2 4 10 11 10 1 4 5 9 15 -7 18
15 Bastia-Borgo 18 3 8 7 19 27 8 3 1 4 12 15 10 0 7 3 7 12 -8 17
16 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 19 3 5 11 19 30 9 0 4 5 6 12 10 3 1 6 13 18 -11 14
17 Gazélec Ajaccio 18 2 7 9 8 24 9 1 5 3 4 6 9 1 2 6 4 18 -16 12
18 Toulon 19 0 10 9 12 23 10 0 6 4 7 11 9 0 4 5 5 12 -11 10

Read more about National

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.