Bourg-en-Bresse vs Annecy: Soccer match preview

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Competition: France National
Competition: Fri 06.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Raymond Troussier (40494 seats)

The Bourg-en-Bresse & Annecy head coaches Pochat and Guyot are both fearing and looking forward to this key fixture in the higher regions of the National standings.

Insights:
  • Bourg-en-Bresse have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Annecy have the most scored goals (53) in National

Bourg-en-Bresse are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Annecy are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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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Bourg-en-Bresse form and stats

7-5-4 (win-draw-lost) are the National numbers at home for Bourg-en-Bresse so far this season.

Ouazzani was the last player to score a league goal for Bourg-en-Bresse and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Bourg-en-Bresse haven't scored in 189 minutes.

Bourg-en-Bresse shared the glory with Orléans in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.

Before that game, the home loss against Red Star with the scoreline 0-2.

Bourg-en-Bresse has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. From these home matches, Bourg-en-Bresse have conceded only 14 goals.

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Annecy form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their National travels is 7 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Annecy goalkeeper Florian Escales is eager to challenge this, with his 285 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Annecy are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the game against Sète (placed 14th). It's hard not to mention Bosetti's lethal finishing against Sète. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

Prior to that result Annecy won their away game at Châteauroux. The scoreline was 1-0.

Annecy are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 16 games (in the league). Annecy have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides encountered each other previously this season: Annecy - Bourg-en-Bresse 2-0. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (Bourg-en-Bresse wins - draws - Annecy wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AnnecyR. Spano
R. Spano
11 goals
Bourg-en-BresseJ. Quarshie
J. Quarshie
10 goals
AnnecyA. Bosetti
A. Bosetti
9 goals

Bourg-en-Bresse missing players

Annecy missing players

Bourg-en-Bresse Annecy
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 16 32
14 7 1 Won W 2 7 18
9 5 1 Drew D 0 5 9
9 4 2 Lost L 2 4 5
51 22 3 Scored S 4 20 53
33 14 5 Conceded C 4 18 27
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 88%
81% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 69%
47% 31% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 47%
22% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 25%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 16%
56% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 44%
28% 38% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 47%
25% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 22%
 
4.7 5.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.3 4.6
3.8 4.2 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 3.3 3.2
1.9 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 1.9 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 3 3 4
 
9.9 11.8 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.1 10
4.2 4.6 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.2 4.3
38% 30% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 38%
 
7.5 7.1 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.2 6.6 6.3
3.4 3 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.7 2.5
Key stats in National this season:
  • Annecy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Annecy have the most scored goals (53) in National
  • Annecy have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in National
  • Annecy have the the best goal difference (+26) in National
  • Bourg-en-Bresse have won significantly more corners at home than 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 32 20 6 6 46 26 16 10 2 4 21 11 16 10 4 2 25 15 20 66
2 Annecy 32 18 9 5 53 27 16 11 4 1 33 9 16 7 5 4 20 18 26 63
3 Villefranche 32 17 8 7 42 28 16 9 3 4 22 15 16 8 5 3 20 13 14 59
4 Concarneau 32 14 13 5 43 26 16 9 4 3 22 11 16 5 9 2 21 15 17 55
5 Bourg-en-Bresse 32 14 9 9 51 33 16 7 5 4 22 14 16 7 4 5 29 19 18 51
6 Châteauroux 32 14 9 9 40 28 16 8 5 3 25 13 16 6 4 6 15 15 12 51
7 Stade Briochin 32 13 9 10 44 33 16 9 3 4 25 14 16 4 6 6 19 19 11 48
8 Sedan 32 12 11 9 36 35 16 8 4 4 18 14 16 4 7 5 18 21 1 47
9 Le Mans 32 12 9 11 32 30 16 8 4 4 18 12 16 4 5 7 14 18 2 45
10 Orléans 32 11 11 10 34 32 16 6 6 4 19 13 16 5 5 6 15 19 2 44
11 Red Star 31 12 5 14 48 44 15 6 2 7 23 21 16 6 3 7 25 23 4 41
12 Cholet 32 11 7 14 45 57 16 7 4 5 28 27 16 4 3 9 17 30 -12 40
13 Avranches 32 10 6 16 32 56 16 6 2 8 17 29 16 4 4 8 15 27 -24 36
14 Sète 31 8 7 16 30 40 16 5 6 5 18 15 15 3 1 11 12 25 -10 31
15 Bastia-Borgo 32 7 9 16 39 56 16 6 5 5 27 23 16 1 4 11 12 33 -17 30
16 Boulogne 32 6 9 17 28 46 16 3 7 6 14 20 16 3 2 11 14 26 -18 26
17 Chambly 32 6 8 18 34 58 16 3 6 7 23 30 16 3 2 11 11 28 -24 26
18 Créteil 32 6 7 19 30 52 16 5 4 7 19 22 16 1 3 12 11 30 -22 25

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.