National duel: Close contest expected between Boulogne and Sète

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 01.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Libération (15034 seats)

Victories have not come easily for Boulogne so far, and that also applies to Sète. These brave battlers eye some crucial points here.

Insights:
  • Boulogne have the fewest scored goals (22) in National
  • Sète have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Sète 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.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Boulogne form and stats

With 0 National wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Boulogne are certainly not brimming with confidence. 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 twelve attempts. The last victory here came in the Chambly match.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Simon Pontdeme not having conceded a league goal in 257 minutes.

A strong away win for Boulogne against Châteauroux the last match, as Busin were on target.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Créteil that ended 0-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Boulogne have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won one, drawn five and lost two.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Boulogne as they have a new game in only four days, a National match thankfully also at home. Bastia-Borgo are visiting.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Boulogne here at Stade de la Libération in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 12 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Boulogne defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. 10 of these goals came after the match timer had passed 60 minutes (more than 55 percent). Boulogne has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Sète form and stats

Sète have only collected 10 points from their away games in the National, after 3-1-9 (13 played).

There were no winners in Sète's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Concarneau (placed 3rd).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Laval wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sète playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were four Sète wins, five draws and four defeats.

The attacking power of Sète when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. As for defending, Sète rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches. When Sète is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Chambly, Sète, Bastia-Borgo, Créteil and Avranches.

Head 2 Head

The latest archived history featuring both these teams is the Sète - Boulogne 4-0 played previously this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Boulogne victory, one draw and three Sète wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SèteW. Jarmouni
W. Jarmouni
5 goals
BoulogneC. N'Sikulu
C. N'Sikulu
4 goals
SèteE. Celestine
E. Celestine
4 goals

Boulogne missing players

Sète missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Boulogne Sète
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 3 Played P 3 13 27
3 0 0 Won W 1 3 7
8 6 2 Drew D 0 1 6
15 6 1 Lost L 2 9 14
22 9 2 Scored S 6 12 28
40 18 3 Conceded C 6 21 35
88% 83% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
69% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 63%
50% 42% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 46% 41%
23% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 31% 26%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 8% 7%
50% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 46% 44%
19% 17% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 26%
42% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 41%
 
3 2.3 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.5 3.6
2.8 0.9 1.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.2 5.8
1.9 1.2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 2.2
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
6.8 5.2 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.2 9
3 2.3 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.7 3.9 4
28% 32% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 24% 26%
 
8.6 4.5 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13.9 11.3
3.3 2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 6.4 5.1
Key stats in National this season:
  • Boulogne have the fewest points (6) at home in National
  • Boulogne have the fewest scored goals (22) in National
  • Boulogne have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in National
  • Boulogne have the the worst goal difference (-9) 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.
  • Sète have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sète haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 27 17 4 6 35 22 14 8 2 4 17 11 13 9 2 2 18 11 13 55
2 Annecy 27 14 8 5 42 24 13 8 4 1 25 8 14 6 4 4 17 16 18 50
3 Concarneau 27 13 10 4 35 19 14 9 2 3 19 8 13 4 8 1 16 11 16 49
4 Bourg-en-Bresse 27 13 7 7 46 27 14 6 5 3 19 11 13 7 2 4 27 16 19 46
5 Villefranche 27 13 7 7 33 24 13 6 3 4 16 12 14 7 4 3 17 12 9 46
6 Le Mans 27 12 8 7 29 23 14 8 3 3 16 9 13 4 5 4 13 14 6 44
7 Châteauroux 27 11 9 7 31 22 14 7 5 2 21 10 13 4 4 5 10 12 9 42
8 Stade Briochin 27 11 8 8 32 24 14 9 2 3 22 9 13 2 6 5 10 15 8 41
9 Sedan 27 10 9 8 31 29 14 7 3 4 15 12 13 3 6 4 16 17 2 39
10 Red Star 27 11 4 12 43 38 13 6 1 6 22 19 14 5 3 6 21 19 5 37
11 Orléans 27 9 10 8 30 28 13 5 5 3 16 10 14 4 5 5 14 18 2 37
12 Cholet 27 9 6 12 39 50 13 6 3 4 26 23 14 3 3 8 13 27 -11 33
13 Avranches 27 9 5 13 26 43 13 6 1 6 14 21 14 3 4 7 12 22 -17 32
14 Sète 27 7 6 14 28 35 14 4 5 5 16 14 13 3 1 9 12 21 -7 27
15 Créteil 27 6 6 15 29 45 14 5 4 5 19 19 13 1 2 10 10 26 -16 24
16 Chambly 27 5 7 15 31 50 13 2 6 5 21 24 14 3 1 10 10 26 -19 22
17 Bastia-Borgo 26 4 8 14 31 50 13 4 5 4 22 20 13 0 3 10 9 30 -19 20
18 Boulogne 26 3 8 15 22 40 12 0 6 6 9 18 14 3 2 9 13 22 -18 16

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 Laval 27 17 4 6 35 22 14 8 2 4 17 11 13 9 2 2 18 11 13 55
2 Annecy 27 14 8 5 42 24 13 8 4 1 25 8 14 6 4 4 17 16 18 50
3 Concarneau 27 13 10 4 35 19 14 9 2 3 19 8 13 4 8 1 16 11 16 49
4 Bourg-en-Bresse 27 13 7 7 46 27 14 6 5 3 19 11 13 7 2 4 27 16 19 46
5 Villefranche 27 13 7 7 33 24 13 6 3 4 16 12 14 7 4 3 17 12 9 46
6 Le Mans 27 12 8 7 29 23 14 8 3 3 16 9 13 4 5 4 13 14 6 44
7 Châteauroux 27 11 9 7 31 22 14 7 5 2 21 10 13 4 4 5 10 12 9 42
8 Stade Briochin 27 11 8 8 32 24 14 9 2 3 22 9 13 2 6 5 10 15 8 41
9 Sedan 27 10 9 8 31 29 14 7 3 4 15 12 13 3 6 4 16 17 2 39
10 Red Star 27 11 4 12 43 38 13 6 1 6 22 19 14 5 3 6 21 19 5 37
11 Orléans 27 9 10 8 30 28 13 5 5 3 16 10 14 4 5 5 14 18 2 37
12 Cholet 27 9 6 12 39 50 13 6 3 4 26 23 14 3 3 8 13 27 -11 33
13 Avranches 27 9 5 13 26 43 13 6 1 6 14 21 14 3 4 7 12 22 -17 32
14 Sète 27 7 6 14 28 35 14 4 5 5 16 14 13 3 1 9 12 21 -7 27
15 Créteil 27 6 6 15 29 45 14 5 4 5 19 19 13 1 2 10 10 26 -16 24
16 Chambly 27 5 7 15 31 50 13 2 6 5 21 24 14 3 1 10 10 26 -19 22
17 Bastia-Borgo 26 4 8 14 31 50 13 4 5 4 22 20 13 0 3 10 9 30 -19 20
18 Boulogne 26 3 8 15 22 40 12 0 6 6 9 18 14 3 2 9 13 22 -18 16

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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.