It's early days in the National and both Boulogne and Villefranche are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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.
Boulogne form and stats
Two National home games so far for Boulogne, who are yet to win here at Stade de la Libération. Only 2 points so far. Two draws in a row at home now for Boulogne.
An away draw last time out for Boulogne, facing Bourg-en-Bresse in a game that ended 3-3. In the match before that, Boulogne hosted Le Mans and drew the game 0-0.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Boulogne have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 20 games) they have won nine times, drawn eight and lost three.
There will be little rest for Boulogne after this match as they are travelling to Sete for a National game in only four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Boulogne at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Villefranche form and stats
Villefranche are still undefeated on their travels in the National. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Villefranche failed to get anything from their last game, a National home match vs Bastia (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-3. Preceding that game was the away victory against Red Star with the score of 2-0.
Villefranche are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and zero defeats. From a total of three matches.
A new game in only four days for Villefranche, the National home match versus Le Mans. Busy days.
4 goals so far away for Villefranche, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - one - two (Boulogne wins - draws - Villefranche wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Joseph 2 goals |   M. Blanc 2 goals | J. Mendy 1 goals |
Boulogne missing players
Villefranche missing players
| Boulogne | Villefranche | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | 16 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 18 | 53 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 57% | 18% |
- All of Villefranche's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Boulogne has the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in National
- Boulogne have not yet lost a game.
- Boulogne have yet to win a game at home.
- Villefranche have not yet lost a game away.
- Villefranche have scored in all their away matches so far.
| Boulogne | Last season | Villefranche | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Scored | S | 13 | 34 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 13 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 6 | ||
| 230 | 110 | Total Shots | T S | 120 | 284 | ||
| 119 | 65 | Shots on Target | S O | 45 | 111 | ||
| 25% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| 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 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Bastia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | Creteil | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Avranches | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Boulogne | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Cholet | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Concarneau | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Le Mans | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 9 | Stade Briochin | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Quevilly Rouen | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Bastia-Borgo | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Red Star | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Villefranche | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Orleans | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Sete | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Lyon Duchere | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 17 | Annecy | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 18 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 2 |