Delightful dogfight as daring Boulogne duels with determined Annecy

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 08.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Libération (15034 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the National, Boulogne holding 15th place and Annecy lying 17th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Boulogne has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in National
  • Annecy has the most conceded goals (29) in National

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Annecy, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

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Boulogne form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the National this season. Boulogne have only managed 0 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss from their games here at Stade de la Libération. Boulogne are slowly digging their own grave here at Stade de la Libération with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Red Star match.

A good away victory last time out for Boulogne, who won 2-1 against Cholet (placed 4th). Before that game, the home loss against Avranches with the scoreline 0-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Boulogne have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 21 games) they have won nine times, drawn nine and lost three.

Boulogne have scored 5 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Boulogne have conceded only 6 goals.

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Annecy form and stats

Annecy, who have the most conceded goals (29) in National, have only collected 4 points from their away games in the National, after 1-1-6 (8 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Annecy's last three away games as they have all been lost.

There were no winners in Annecy's previous match, a National home game that ended 1-1 vs Bastia (placed 2nd). A loss against Concarneau was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Annecy are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of four matches.

Annecy have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 8 goals have been scored. The Annecy manager M. Poinsignon has some worries about the defense as 17 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

AnnecyA. Mogni
A. Mogni
3 goals
BoulogneR. Frikeche
R. Frikeche
2 goals
BoulogneE. Joseph
E. Joseph
2 goals

Boulogne missing players

Annecy missing players

Boulogne Annecy
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 1 8 16
3 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
8 6 2 Drew D 0 1 6
5 1 0 Lost L 1 6 8
13 5 1 Scored S 0 8 18
18 6 1 Conceded C 1 17 29
81% 71% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
50% 57% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 62% 69%
31% 14% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 62% 50%
19% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 31%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 25%
44% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 62% 69%
31% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 19%
44% 43% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 38% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.7 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.1
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.9 7.9 7 Shots (avg) S ( 5 8.2 6.7
3.7 3.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3 2.6
22% 21% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 45%
Key stats in National this season:
  • Annecy has the most conceded goals (17) away in National
  • Annecy has the most conceded goals (29) in National
  • Annecy has the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in National
  • Annecy has the most dropped points from leading position (14) in National
  • Annecy has the the worst goal difference (-11) in National
  • Annecy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Annecy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Annecy is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Boulogne has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in National
  • Boulogne have yet to win a game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Quevilly Rouen 16 9 4 3 29 16 9 5 2 2 16 7 7 4 2 1 13 9 13 31
2 Bastia 16 8 5 3 27 15 7 4 2 1 12 4 9 4 3 2 15 11 12 29
3 Red Star 16 8 5 3 23 15 8 5 1 2 10 8 8 3 4 1 13 7 8 29
4 Cholet 16 7 4 5 24 24 9 5 2 2 19 14 7 2 2 3 5 10 0 25
5 Laval 16 6 6 4 19 15 7 3 1 3 11 10 9 3 5 1 8 5 4 24
6 Concarneau 16 5 8 3 20 17 7 2 4 1 7 5 9 3 4 2 13 12 3 23
7 Créteil 16 5 8 3 12 11 9 5 3 1 10 6 7 0 5 2 2 5 1 23
8 Le Mans 16 4 10 2 18 16 7 1 5 1 6 7 9 3 5 1 12 9 2 22
9 Stade Briochin 16 5 6 5 17 18 9 5 3 1 9 6 7 0 3 4 8 12 -1 21
10 Orléans 16 5 5 6 21 16 9 5 2 2 18 8 7 0 3 4 3 8 5 20
11 Avranches 16 6 2 8 19 21 10 4 0 6 14 16 6 2 2 2 5 5 -2 20
12 Sète 16 5 4 7 17 18 7 4 3 0 11 2 9 1 1 7 6 16 -1 19
13 Bourg-en-Bresse 16 4 7 5 13 18 7 2 4 1 6 8 9 2 3 4 7 10 -5 19
14 Bastia-Borgo 16 4 6 6 15 23 8 2 4 2 8 9 8 2 2 4 7 14 -8 18
15 Boulogne 16 3 8 5 13 18 7 0 6 1 5 6 9 3 2 4 8 12 -5 17
16 Villefranche 16 4 4 8 8 13 7 1 2 4 1 6 9 3 2 4 7 7 -5 16
17 Annecy 16 2 6 8 18 29 8 1 5 2 10 12 8 1 1 6 8 17 -11 12
18 Lyon Duchère 16 1 8 7 13 23 9 1 4 4 7 12 7 0 4 3 6 11 -10 11

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.