Boulogne fights Pau in National battle

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Competition: France National
Date: Fri 20.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Libération (15034 seats)

Boulogne will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Pau.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Pau have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Boulogne form and stats

Boulogne have played 7 National games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Boulogne drew their last game, 1-1 away at Dunkerque (placed 3rd). Before that match, a win away at Toulon.

The Boulogne fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. Boulogne have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Pau form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (27) in National, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the National. It’s been three wins in a row for Pau on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Pau failed to get anything from their last game, a National home match vs Le Puy F.43 Auvergne (placed 17th) that ended with defeat 2-3. Prior to that result Pau won their away game at Marssac SRDT in the Coupe de France. The scoreline was 4-1.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Pau as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Pau as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Boulogne-Pau H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Boulogne 3 wins, Pau 1 win, 6 draws. 6 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Pau
M. Gueye
9 goals
BoulogneS. Id Azza
S. Id Azza
6 goals
Pau
C. Sabaly
6 goals

Boulogne missing players

Pau missing players

Boulogne Pau
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 2 7 16
7 4 1 Won W 2 4 9
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 5
6 2 1 Lost L 0 1 2
15 9 1 Scored S 2 6 27
14 6 1 Conceded C 0 5 16
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 71% 88%
62% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 29% 62%
25% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 31%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 25%
38% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 50%
31% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 71% 50%
38% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 12%
 
4.7 3.9 3.5 Corners For (avg) C F 3 2.7 4.5
4.2 4.7 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 4.8 3.7
2.4 2.9 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2.3
7 4 1 Red Cards R C 1 2 3
 
137 51 13 Total Shots T S 15 51 130
63 26 7 Shots on Target S O 7 25 58
21% 35% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 24% 47%
Key stats in National this season:
  • Boulogne have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Boulogne have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Boulogne haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Pau has the fewest conceded goals (5) away
  • Pau has the most clean sheets (5) away
  • Pau has the most clean sheets (8)
  • Pau has the most scored goals (27)
  • Pau has the most scored goals in the second half (15)
  • Pau have won significantly less corners away then 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 Pau 16 9 5 2 27 16 9 5 3 1 21 11 7 4 2 1 6 5 11 32
2 Villefranche 16 8 6 2 24 13 9 5 3 1 15 7 7 3 3 1 9 6 11 30
3 Dunkerque 16 9 3 4 25 15 9 5 2 2 17 9 7 4 1 2 8 6 10 30
4 Red Star 16 9 2 5 21 15 9 5 2 2 11 6 7 4 0 3 10 9 6 29
5 Lyon Duchere 16 8 4 4 23 17 7 3 3 1 9 5 9 5 1 3 14 12 6 28
6 Bourg-en-Bresse 16 7 5 4 22 16 9 4 4 1 14 8 7 3 1 3 8 8 6 26
7 Laval 16 7 5 4 18 12 9 4 2 3 9 5 7 3 3 1 9 7 6 26
8 Creteil 16 6 7 3 22 14 9 4 3 2 13 8 7 2 4 1 9 6 8 25
9 Boulogne 16 7 3 6 15 14 7 4 1 2 9 6 9 3 2 4 6 8 1 24
10 Avranches 16 7 3 6 14 16 7 4 1 2 8 5 9 3 2 4 6 11 -2 24
11 Cholet 16 6 4 6 22 22 7 5 1 1 12 5 9 1 3 5 10 17 0 22
12 Beziers 15 3 6 6 17 24 7 3 2 2 9 9 8 0 4 4 8 15 -7 15
13 Bastia-Borgo 16 3 6 7 19 27 7 3 0 4 12 15 9 0 6 3 7 12 -8 15
14 Concarneau 16 3 5 8 12 19 8 2 3 3 7 7 8 1 2 5 5 12 -7 14
15 Quevilly Rouen 16 3 5 8 15 23 7 2 1 4 8 11 9 1 4 4 7 12 -8 14
16 Gazelec Ajaccio 15 2 6 7 8 21 7 1 4 2 4 5 8 1 2 5 4 16 -13 11
17 Le Puy F.43 Auvergne 16 2 4 10 16 28 7 0 3 4 5 10 9 2 1 6 11 18 -12 10
18 Toulon 16 0 9 7 12 20 9 0 6 3 7 10 7 0 3 4 5 10 -8 9

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.