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

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 18.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Libération (15034 seats)

Boulogne are receiving Bastia-Borgo for yet another vital fixture after their 1-1 result versus 3rd-placed Annecy.

Insights:
  • Boulogne have the fewest scored goals (17) in National
  • Bastia-Borgo have the fewest points (3) away in National

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!

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Boulogne form and stats

Boulogne's results here at Stade de la Libération in the National have been very modest with 0 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. All in all it has been a very rough period for Boulogne who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 14 attempts. Their previous win was against Bastia-Borgo, 161 days ago.

The home followers saw a 1-1 draw versus Annecy last time out and are looking for a win here.

Ahead of that match, Boulogne lost 0-4 at home to Red Star.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Boulogne handle that role? We have found 22 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, ten draws and four defeats.

Boulogne have scored 8 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded.

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Bastia-Borgo form and stats

There's been little loot from Bastia-Borgo's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 11 away games in the National. Bastia-Borgo only have 0 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.

Bastia-Borgo played 1-1 against Concarneau in their previous match.

Prior to that match, the Bastia-Borgo manager Rossi faced defeat when travelling to Laval and losing 0-1.

Bastia-Borgo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, six draws and ten defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. When Bastia-Borgo is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Chambly, Bastia-Borgo, Creteil, Red Star and Avranches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides face each other this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Bastia-Borgo - Boulogne 0-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Boulogne two wins, one draw and Bastia-Borgo two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 4 red cards from the last five duels.

Top Goalscorers

Bastia-BorgoA. Cropanese
A. Cropanese
6 goals
Bastia-BorgoM. Ba
M. Ba
4 goals
BoulogneM. Noc
M. Noc
3 goals

Boulogne missing players

Bastia-Borgo missing players

Boulogne Bastia-Borgo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 3 11 21
2 0 0 Won W 0 0 3
6 5 1 Drew D 1 3 7
12 5 1 Lost L 2 8 11
17 8 1 Scored S 4 6 21
33 16 5 Conceded C 8 22 37
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 95%
75% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 81%
50% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 55% 62%
25% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 27% 33%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 9% 5%
50% 70% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 36% 52%
15% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 14%
45% 30% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 64% 38%
 
2.8 1.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3.8 3.7
2.7 0.7 0.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.4 4.2
1.6 0.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.5 1.7
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
5.5 3.6 12 Shots (avg) S ( 14 7.4 8.3
2.8 1.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 2.5 3.4
30% 44% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 21% 29%
 
7.8 3.9 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 13.1 11.4
2.9 1.5 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6.2 5.6
Key stats in National this season:
  • Bastia-Borgo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Bastia-Borgo have the fewest points (3) away in National
  • Bastia-Borgo have the the worst goal difference (-16) away in National
  • Bastia-Borgo have yet to win a game away.
  • Boulogne have the fewest points (5) at home in National
  • Boulogne have the fewest scored goals (17) in National
  • Boulogne have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in National
  • Boulogne have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in National
  • Boulogne have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in National
  • Boulogne have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Boulogne have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Boulogne have yet to win a game at home.
  • Boulogne 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 Laval 21 14 2 5 28 17 11 6 1 4 13 10 10 8 1 1 15 7 11 44
2 Concarneau 21 12 6 3 29 14 11 8 1 2 17 7 10 4 5 1 12 7 15 42
3 Annecy 21 11 7 3 31 14 10 7 3 0 20 3 11 4 4 3 11 11 17 40
4 Bourg-en-Bresse 21 11 5 5 38 20 11 5 4 2 14 6 10 6 1 3 24 14 18 38
5 Châteauroux 21 9 6 6 26 19 11 7 3 1 19 7 10 2 3 5 7 12 7 33
6 Villefranche 20 9 6 5 22 16 9 5 2 2 12 6 11 4 4 3 10 10 6 33
7 Le Mans 21 9 6 6 22 18 11 6 2 3 12 8 10 3 4 3 10 10 4 33
8 Sedan 21 8 8 5 26 21 11 6 3 2 13 8 10 2 5 3 13 13 5 32
9 Orléans 21 8 6 7 25 23 10 5 3 2 15 8 11 3 3 5 10 15 2 30
10 Cholet 21 9 3 9 34 39 10 6 2 2 23 16 11 3 1 7 11 23 -5 30
11 Stade Briochin 21 6 7 8 19 20 11 6 2 3 16 8 10 0 5 5 3 12 -1 25
12 Sète 20 7 3 10 23 24 11 4 3 4 14 11 9 3 0 6 9 13 -1 24
13 Avranches 21 7 3 11 20 37 10 5 0 5 11 18 11 2 3 6 9 19 -17 24
14 Red Star 21 7 2 12 31 34 10 3 1 6 12 16 11 4 1 6 19 18 -3 23
15 Chambly 21 5 5 11 27 37 10 2 4 4 17 18 11 3 1 7 10 19 -10 20
16 Bastia-Borgo 21 3 7 11 21 37 10 3 4 3 15 15 11 0 3 8 6 22 -16 16
17 Creteil 20 4 4 12 18 34 10 3 3 4 11 14 10 1 1 8 7 20 -16 16
18 Boulogne 20 2 6 12 17 33 10 0 5 5 8 16 10 2 1 7 9 17 -16 11

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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.