Boulogne vs Red Star betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 28.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Libération (15034 seats)

Boulogne - Red Star: National basement teams hungry for points and triumph. Here are all the interesting data and information before the match!

Insights:
  • Boulogne is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Red Star have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in National

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Boulogne form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the National this season. Boulogne, who have the fewest points (4) at home in National, have only managed 0 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stade de la Libération. All in all it has been a very rough period for Boulogne who hasn’t won a league-game in their last twelve attempts. Their previous win was against Bastia-Borgo, 140 days ago.

Boulogne are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Orleans.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Stade Briochin.

This is expected to be a close game, with Boulogne perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Boulogne as a small favourite), we find eight games. Boulogne has won one of these, drawn five and lost two.

Boulogne aren't scoring a lot here at Stade de la Libération in the league, with only 7 goals from 8 games. Boulogne have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Red Star form and stats

3-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Red Star in their National matches away. It's a growing despair in Red Star as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Chambly with 1-2 on the scoreboard.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Laval.

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

Red Star has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 9 games. In the opposite end, Star have conceded 17 goals in their away games. When Red Star is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Chambly, Sète, Bastia-Borgo, Creteil and Red Star.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams face each other this season, as the statistics show this recent match: Red Star - Boulogne 1-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Boulogne wins - draws - Red Star wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Red StarP. Ba
P. Ba
8 goals
Red StarD. Durand
D. Durand
6 goals
Red StarC. N'Doye
C. N'Doye
5 goals

Boulogne missing players

Red Star missing players

Boulogne Red Star
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 1 Played P 4 9 18
2 0 0 Won W 1 3 6
5 4 1 Drew D 1 1 1
11 4 0 Lost L 2 5 11
16 7 1 Scored S 5 15 26
28 11 1 Conceded C 6 17 32
89% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 89% 83%
50% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 78% 72%
22% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 44% 33%
11% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 17%
50% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 56% 61%
17% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 11%
44% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 28%
 
2.6 1.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.2 5
2.9 0.6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.9 4.1
1.6 0.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2 1.8
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
5.3 2.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.9 11.5
2.9 1.8 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.9 5.2
31% 50% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 34% 28%
 
7.5 2.4 4 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 10.1 8.7
2.8 0.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4 3.8
Key stats in National this season:
  • Boulogne have the fewest points (4) at home in National
  • Boulogne have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in National
  • Boulogne have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in National
  • 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)
  • Red Star have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Red Star have scored at least twice as many goals away as Boulogne have scored home.
  • Red Star have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in National
  • Red Star haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Concarneau 18 11 5 2 26 12 9 7 1 1 15 6 9 4 4 1 11 6 14 38
2 Laval 19 12 2 5 24 16 10 5 1 4 12 10 9 7 1 1 12 6 8 38
3 Annecy 19 10 6 3 27 11 9 6 3 0 17 1 10 4 3 3 10 10 16 36
4 Villefranche 18 9 6 3 22 12 8 5 2 1 12 4 10 4 4 2 10 8 10 33
5 Bourg-en-Bresse 19 9 5 5 34 19 10 4 4 2 12 6 9 5 1 3 22 13 15 32
6 Chateauroux 19 8 6 5 22 16 10 6 3 1 15 6 9 2 3 4 7 10 6 30
7 Le Mans 17 7 5 5 19 16 9 5 2 2 10 6 8 2 3 3 9 10 3 26
8 Sedan 19 6 8 5 20 20 10 5 3 2 10 7 9 1 5 3 10 13 0 26
9 Cholet 16 7 3 6 28 30 8 5 2 1 19 11 8 2 1 5 9 19 -2 24
10 Avranches 18 7 3 8 20 31 8 5 0 3 11 14 10 2 3 5 9 17 -11 24
11 Orleans 18 6 5 7 21 21 9 4 3 2 14 8 9 2 2 5 7 13 0 23
12 Stade Briochin 19 5 6 8 16 19 10 5 2 3 14 8 9 0 4 5 2 11 -3 21
13 Sète 17 6 2 9 21 23 9 4 2 3 14 10 8 2 0 6 7 13 -2 20
14 Red Star 18 6 1 11 26 32 9 3 0 6 11 15 9 3 1 5 15 17 -6 19
15 Chambly 19 5 4 10 23 32 9 2 3 4 15 16 10 3 1 6 8 16 -9 19
16 Creteil 18 4 4 10 15 27 10 3 3 4 11 14 8 1 1 6 4 13 -12 16
17 Bastia-Borgo 19 3 6 10 20 35 9 3 3 3 14 14 10 0 3 7 6 21 -15 15
18 Boulogne 18 2 5 11 16 28 8 0 4 4 7 11 10 2 1 7 9 17 -12 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.