Evenly matched teams: Béziers vs Avranches match preview

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 06.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de Sauclières (18555 seats)

The visiting Avranches side should be favourites in this visit to Béziers, as the away team holds a 22 point advantage from their 23 league games this season.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

It's quite the trip for Avranches when visiting Béziers as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

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Béziers form and stats

Béziers, who have the most conceded goals (43) in National, have played 11 National games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-5 (wins-draws-losses). Béziers has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager D. Santini and the players.

The fans are hoping that Béziers will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the National game against Concarneau (placed 12th). Preceding that match was the home game against Créteil that was lost 1-2.

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 Béziers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won six, drawn four and lost six.

Béziers has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. On the other hand, Béziers have conceded 16 goals.

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Avranches form and stats

Playing away, Avranches have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the National this season.

Avranches go into this game after a win, the home game against Quevilly Rouen that ended 3-2. Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at Lyon Duchère.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Avranches in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Avranches, two draws and four defeats.

Avranches have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 11 goals have been scored. 15 goals have been conceded by Avranches in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Avranches - Béziers 1-1 entered in the official records. Béziers-Avranches H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Béziers two wins, Avranches two wins, three draws. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Béziers
K. Testud
9 goals
Avranches
M. Nilor
8 goals
Avranches
C. Boateng
5 goals

Béziers missing players

Avranches missing players

Béziers Avranches
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 11 5 Played P 3 11 23
4 3 1 Won W 2 4 13
8 3 1 Drew D 1 2 3
12 5 3 Lost L 0 5 7
24 12 4 Scored S 3 11 30
43 16 6 Conceded C 1 15 24
88% 91% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 73% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 73% 70%
58% 55% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 39%
33% 27% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 17%
12% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
62% 64% 40% BTTS BTTS 33% 45% 48%
25% 27% 40% Clean Sheets C S 67% 18% 26%
25% 18% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 26%
 
3.6 3.8 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 4.1 3.6
4.4 4.6 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.1 4
2 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.3 1.7
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
188 100 46 Total Shots T S 16 76 151
87 50 20 Shots on Target S O 10 37 76
28% 24% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 30% 37%
Key stats in National this season:
  • Avranches haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Béziers has the most conceded goals (43)
  • Béziers has the most conceded goals in the second half (26)
  • Béziers has the most dropped points from leading position (17)
  • Béziers is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pau 24 13 9 2 42 18 13 8 4 1 34 12 11 5 5 1 8 6 24 48
2 Dunkerque 24 14 4 6 41 25 12 6 3 3 24 16 12 8 1 3 17 9 16 46
3 Boulogne 24 13 4 7 29 17 12 8 2 2 18 8 12 5 2 5 11 9 12 43
4 Red Star 24 12 6 6 29 20 12 6 3 3 14 9 12 6 3 3 15 11 9 42
5 Avranches 23 13 3 7 30 24 12 9 1 2 19 9 11 4 2 5 11 15 6 42
6 Villefranche 24 10 10 4 33 23 13 7 4 2 21 11 11 3 6 2 12 12 10 40
7 Lyon Duchère 24 11 7 6 37 31 11 5 4 2 20 14 13 6 3 4 17 17 6 40
8 Bourg-en-Bresse 24 10 9 5 35 30 12 5 6 1 18 11 12 5 3 4 17 19 5 39
9 Laval 24 9 8 7 26 21 13 6 3 4 14 9 11 3 5 3 12 12 5 35
10 Créteil 24 8 8 8 31 26 13 5 4 4 17 13 11 3 4 4 14 13 5 32
11 Cholet 24 7 7 10 32 37 11 5 4 2 14 11 13 2 3 8 18 26 -5 28
12 Concarneau 24 7 7 10 19 24 12 4 4 4 12 10 12 3 3 6 7 14 -5 28
13 Quevilly Rouen 24 6 6 12 26 34 11 4 2 5 12 13 13 2 4 7 14 21 -8 24
14 Bastia-Borgo 23 5 9 9 22 32 11 5 1 5 15 17 12 0 8 4 7 15 -10 24
15 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 24 5 5 14 26 40 12 2 4 6 12 18 12 3 1 8 14 22 -14 20
16 Béziers 24 4 8 12 24 43 11 3 3 5 12 16 13 1 5 7 12 27 -19 20
17 Gazélec Ajaccio 24 3 8 13 13 34 12 2 6 4 7 9 12 1 2 9 6 25 -21 16
18 Toulon 24 1 10 13 16 32 12 1 6 5 10 12 12 0 4 8 6 20 -16 13

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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.