Match preview National: Boulogne - Red Star at Stade de l'Epopée

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 28.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de l'Epopée (12430 seats)

Game week two of the National season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Boulogne - Red Star preview:

Red Star could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a National game only four sleeps ago.

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Boulogne form and stats

Boulogne are confident in defense, having played 219 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Boulogne enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Quevilly Rouen's place. The match ended 1-0 with R. Frikeche scoring. Before that match, a win away at Quevilly Rouen.

Last season, Boulogne's league statistics were 14 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the National. Over these 25 matches they scored 32 goals and conceded 17. Playing at home last season Boulogne managed 8-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 8 conceded.

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Red Star form and stats

Red Star might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Bastia proved too strong as Red Star slumped to a 3-5 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade de Paris (Stade Bauer) (Saint-Ouen). Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Concarneau.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Bastia was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today?

A new game in only four days for Red Star, the National home match versus Le Mans. Busy days.

Let's have a look at how Red Star performed last season in the National: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 15/11 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's two Boulogne victories, two draws and five Red Star wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Boulogne missing players

Red Star missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Boulogne Red Star
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 5
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 5
3 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 3
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
Boulogne Last season Red Star
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
14 8   Won W   6 12
4 2   Drew D   3 6
7 2   Lost L   3 7
32 18   Scored S   15 30
17 8   Conceded C   11 22
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 88%
60% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 64%
32% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 40%
8% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 12%
4% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 4%
32% 50%   BTTS BTTS   42% 44%
44% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 48%
32% 17%   Failed to Score F T   25% 20%
 
4.8 4.2   Corners for (avg) C F   2.8 3.5
3.8 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4.8
2.1 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2
7 4   Red cards R C   3 6
 
230 110   Total Shots T S   103 194
119 65   Shots on Target S O   39 83
25% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bastia 1 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 3
2 Concarneau 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Stade Briochin 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Boulogne 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Laval 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Annecy 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Le Mans 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
8 Lyon Duchere 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Villefranche 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Bastia-Borgo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Bourg-en-Bresse 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Cholet 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Creteil 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Sete 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Orleans 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Red Star 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Avranches 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season 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 25 13 9 3 43 20 13 8 4 1 34 12 12 5 5 2 9 8 23 48
2 Dunkerque 25 14 5 6 42 26 13 6 4 3 25 17 12 8 1 3 17 9 16 47
3 Boulogne 25 14 4 7 32 17 12 8 2 2 18 8 13 6 2 5 14 9 15 46
4 Bourg-en-Bresse 25 11 9 5 38 30 13 6 6 1 21 11 12 5 3 4 17 19 8 42
5 Red Star 25 12 6 7 30 22 13 6 3 4 15 11 12 6 3 3 15 11 8 42
6 Avranches 24 13 3 8 30 26 12 9 1 2 19 9 12 4 2 6 11 17 4 42
7 Villefranche 25 10 11 4 34 24 13 7 4 2 21 11 12 3 7 2 13 13 10 41
8 Lyon Duchere 25 11 7 7 37 32 12 5 4 3 20 15 13 6 3 4 17 17 5 40
9 Creteil 25 9 8 8 33 27 13 5 4 4 17 13 12 4 4 4 16 14 6 35
10 Laval 25 9 8 8 26 24 13 6 3 4 14 9 12 3 5 4 12 15 2 35
11 Concarneau 25 8 7 10 21 25 12 4 4 4 12 10 13 4 3 6 9 15 -4 31
12 Cholet 25 7 7 11 32 40 12 5 4 3 14 14 13 2 3 8 18 26 -8 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 25 6 5 14 27 40 12 2 4 6 12 18 13 4 1 8 15 22 -13 23
16 Beziers 25 5 8 12 26 43 12 4 3 5 14 16 13 1 5 7 12 27 -17 23
17 Gazelec Ajaccio 25 4 8 13 15 35 13 3 6 4 9 10 12 1 2 9 6 25 -20 19
18 Toulon 25 1 10 14 17 34 13 1 6 6 11 14 12 0 4 8 6 20 -17 13

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bastia 1 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 3
2 Concarneau 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Stade Briochin 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Boulogne 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Laval 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Annecy 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Le Mans 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
8 Lyon Duchere 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Villefranche 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Bastia-Borgo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Bourg-en-Bresse 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Cholet 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Creteil 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Sete 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Orleans 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Quevilly Rouen 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Red Star 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Avranches 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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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.